Mixed messages from National Geographic: CO2 emissions are evil, and also, why not get in your private fossil-fueled car and take a good long unnecessary Drive! this summer

Drive!

As heat and humidity soar, and air quality declines, our friends at National Geographic suggest we get in our cars and Drive!

2012: Warmist William Chameides sees CO2-induced "bad times" that "might parallel the period when the plague wiped out a third of the world's population"

The annual conference, presented by the Aspen Institute and National Geographic, is titled “Living in the New Normal” this year. The opening discussion carried the same name, but it soon became evident that there is no new normal.

“We're living in a new abnormal, perhaps,” said Dennis Dimick, National Geographic magazine's executive editor for the environment. He showed detailed graphic displays that demonstrate how global temperatures have increased 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1970s...Moderator and National Geographic magazine senior environment editor Rob Kunzig called Trenberth “the go-to guy” for journalists writing about extreme weather events...He gave a sobering assessment that humans are headed toward “bad times.” It might parallel the period when the plague wiped out a third of the world's population, [William Chameides] said