Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to EXTREME Heat Wave in Europe" video.

  1. If talking AC keep in mind that while lowering interior condions that heat PLUS heat ofvpower used is being dumped into the outdoors heat environment. Thus temperatures of cities are now misleading for records of maximum temperatures. Only remote country open fields, forests and construction free should be used. Heat Island is made even worse by the buildings, concrete and asphalt making up almost entire city areas. Power consumption gas burning, cars all add to the temperatures. Quoting that city X has a hundred year record temperature now so many degrees hotter than ever before, for last 120 years is entirely fake. The areas of cities, population growth and energy use, mostly becoming heat, have all massively increased. What energy was used by people in that long past time a wood stove lit to cook meals in hot weather not run otherwise a few candles for a few hours each evening. What is now used ovens and stove tops, hot water on tap, often from 24/7 heated storage tank, AC, TVs and computers, probably more than 1 car per household, massivevasphalt roads and car parks huge buildings all AC equipped spring out all that heat to keep offices, shopping malls, cinemas cool 24/7 whether occupied or empty. The claimed record temperatures are a LIE and FAKE, as a very large part is created by our ultra comfortable city life. The old times record temperatures were basically all natural, current ones are results of mankind current wasteful, life input and very little natural change. US cities as noted previously are becoming massive car parks and too dependant on personal cars with none or very little public transport provided. Too much dependance on energy used for convenience and comfort. Turn off lights appliances, etc when not used . Do not run AC or heating for that matter except in extremes of conditions. Then only in occupied spaces. Large buildings and spaces should be off lights AC etc when not in use. Further keep more green spaces, with shade, and free airflow. Do not deforest entire areas. Keep town densities low, limit dark hard surfaces and roof tops.
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  2. While Rome and southerly regions of Italy may have had less snow, the Alpine north as much of Europe had extra heavy snow cover, much as many areas in USA did last winter. So drought in parts of Italy, not all of Italy.
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  3. Well realistically middle Italy is at same latitudes as Spain, and that has both Mediteranian AND Atlantic ocean moderating influences, yet the central and southern Spain has climate much like southern USA and Northern Mexico. Hot dry, and desert like conditions, thus also all those numerous "Spagetti Western Movies" filmed there rather than Mexico and dry states of USA. Also Italy and Greece are long known for hotter dry climates, with normal clothing being if anything light and sparce. Further these countries are all a relatively short distance north of what is among largest desert areas of the would, Arabia, Egypt Libya, Morroco, none of which can be visualised as anything but hot and dry. A minor shift in prevalent wind directions and all of those countries on north of Mediteranean would get major heat waves. What is the normal visual representation of life in Roman and historical Greek times, style of clothing, etc. Surely the present times climate can not be seen as unusual for the area. In fact having spent many years on temporary work in southern Germany into these summer months June to August in the 1980s to early 2000s, I can say with certainty that when winds regularly swung to being from generally southern direction, southern Germany spent days and weeks above 35°C to over 40°C, so 90°F to over 104°F, leaving locals wilting in heat. I on the otherhand, being used to Australian summer kind of enjoyed that weather more than the sub 0°C, sub 32°F of winter Dec to Feb, and even 10cm snow in start of May one time. In fact always some light snow to early May. Yes much of the time more moderate. Even my home city Hamburg where I was born closer to the North Sea and Demark, Sweden UK was at times into mid 30s°C so into 90s°F. There heat like that was not uncommon for some summer times. Not extremely common, but so affecting people that school children were sent home at above 27°C. One thing that seems to be very hidden is that science has noted that the last 5000 years, about half the time since exiting extremes of last ice age climate has been unusually stable with sediments, tree rings and many other research data shows that past normal was far more variable. Same as recent years of "Polar Vortex" induced massive winter cold and extremes of snow fall that have hit your USA and much of Europe in recent winters the same atmospheric flow pattern changes are bringing some variation is summer not just winter. Global Warming? Man made? Well CO2 is far from extreme as history goes, and shifts of climate also not. The entire middle east and deserts across North Africa were in recent enough times, cradle of civilisation times, covered by thick forests and lighter plant growth, supporting populations and human development, and had it been as barren and desolate as now mankind would have settled elsewhere in preference. None of that change is modern CO2 emissions, though most probably seriously influenced by mankind, defoliating, for fire wood, construction material and creation of farming land. Diverting and damming rivers. Much such as mankind still is doing. Rainfall is promoted by forests, deserts promoted by cleared land. Hotter conditions created by cleared land no shade anywhere, cooler conditions in forested shady places. Does man have influence on climate, definitely, but CO2 or destroying forests for fields roads, concrete jungles? Current CO2 lifting has been beneficial to crop increases, and satellites are tracking considerable greening of many places. The CO2 levels were heading to low limits just above minimum to sustain plant life, known and proven, and greenhouses often purposely used CO2 release to increase crop vitality. Know what happens when plant go, all life dies for lack of food. A slight lift of temperature increases evaporation, wich leads to more clouds that reflect more sun dropping solar input, just think which hotter a long spell of clear weather or a long spell of cloudy conditions say for same location, New Mexico or Texas, or even Michigan. Clouds release rain which is very important for all plant growth, think of thos US states now drying in draught, Oklahoma, Mississippi for example, grass shrived brown unsuitable as feed, and unlikely to provide enough straw for comming winter which is most likely to again give snow and ice to the even the southern USA like recent winters. A real double whammy to farming and thereby food resources for all US people. Inflation? You bet, but worse is nothing available for any price.
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