@ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 [1/14] It is very sad that @NatGeo is now publishing such disinformation. The article is lies.

The Earth is greening, thanks to elevated CO2 -- especially in arid

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @NatGeo [2/14] NASA measures it, from satellites:
https://t.co/hMRH45G1cY

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 [3/14] @NatGeo used to be better. In 2009 they reported, "Vast swaths of North Africa are getting noticeably lusher due to warming temperatures, new satellite images show, suggesting a possible boon for people living in the driest part of the continent."
https://t.co/skFrhlN78Q

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 [4/14] @NewScientist reported the "remarkable environmental turnaround," including a “quite spectacular regeneration of vegetation,” and "a 70 per cent increase in yields of local cereals such as sorghum and millet in one province in recent years."
https://t.co/PeTJ747Q2q

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [5/14] Note that sorghum & millet are C4 plants. It was once thought that, unlike C3 plants, C4 plants would benefit little from rising CO2 levels. But C4 crops are favored for their drought-hardiness, &eCO2 is especially beneficial under dry conditions.
https://t.co/Ts9tEegTr7

Rising CO2 levels mitigate drought impacts. Elevated CO2 (eCO2) helps plants use water more efficiently, by improving CO2 stomatal conductance relative to transpiration. It's especially helpful in arid regions & during drought. Here's a paper about corn:https://t.co/lZ0wL4Gnvn
— Dave Burton \u274c (@ncdave4life) August 19, 2020

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [6/14] Elevated CO2 (eCO2) is beneficial for almost all ecosystems. In fact, eCO2 even helps pine forests withstand bark beetles.

https://t.co/0WLLhr49BS

https://t.co/uBBKitKhlp

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [7/14] Elevated CO2 helps warm the Earth, but there's no convincing evidence that's harmful. In fact, scientists call warm climate periods "climate optimums."

Plus, elevated CO2 is VERY beneficial for agriculture — a fact known to science for >100 years.
https://t.co/R6kXDd1yLX

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [8/14] Elevated CO2 improves crop yields & mitigates drought impacts. That's helping make famines rare for first time in history.

https://t.co/fcijxLkG2U

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [9/14] Those too young to know how important that is should count themselves blessed! Famine used to be a scourge comparable to war & disease.
https://t.co/Ew49yJznQy

Ending famine is a VERY Big Deal, comparable to ending war and disease. Compare:

\u25cf 1918 flu pandemic killed 2% of world population.

\u25cf WWII killed 2.7% of world population.

\u25cf The global drought & famine of 1876-78 killed 3.7% of world population.
— Dave Burton \u274c (@ncdave4life) December 18, 2019

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [10/14] We'll never get CO2 to anywhere near optimum (Cretaceous/Jurassic) levels, but the modest increase so far is helping both man and nature.
https://t.co/DxW7nb4P5i

The imagined major harms of manmade climate change simply are not happening. For instance, sea-level trends haven't changed significantly since the 1920s.https://t.co/cUTnRhnLnQ
— Dave Burton \u274c (@ncdave4life) November 25, 2020

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [11/14] The imagined major harms of manmade climate change simply are not happening. For instance, sea-level trends haven't changed significantly since the 1920s.

https://t.co/cUTnRhnLnQ

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [12/14] The great Nobel laurate & climatology pioneer Svante Arrhenius foresaw the benefits of eCO2, way back in 1908.
https://t.co/qsb2jLJFbS

https://t.co/TyJybmvO8B

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [13/14] Arrhenius even predicted "Arctic amplification" -- the fact that that the warming effect of elevated CO2 is disproportionately at high latitudes, where it beneficially makes the frigid climates slightly less harsh:

https://t.co/PRWOdlM0YU

@smarzeli @ianrowley677 @chimera414 @BrknMan @ancistroneura @sueytonius @swcrisis @eloarefab @BailFund_Brawl @IngersolRobert @OscarsWild1 @RuleByLogic @KCTaz @Kenneth72712993 @alshalloway @ClimatePatriot @joetheatheistp @insane_voice @TheDisproof @Ceist8 @BradPKeyes @Fauntleroy1934 @DawnTJ90 @Jamz129 @JsharkJill @Tangomitteckel @joedieseldodge @BadgersNo @fknsavages27 @SimonPearson961 @JoeTheAtheist @CMorrisonEsq @maya_phd @CymaticWave @Schtickery @ClimateDepot @stevenmosher @Willard1951 @Tokyo_Tom @jc_Craze @DanCady @PolAnimalAus @ZombiePiano @SimonMaxfield8 @CrangusShish @Gladfly1 @AtomsksSanakan @leonardjcohen @FrankWi74044551 @newscientist [14/14] The best evidence shows that manmade climate change is real, but modest & benign, and CO2 emissions are highly beneficial.

The major harms are all merely hypothetical (& mostly implausible). The benefits are real, measured & very large.
https://t.co/OFwigReQge

To learn about #ClimateChange see:https://t.co/bDDNCzj9VC
It has:
\u25cf accurate intro climatology info
\u25cf in-depth science from BOTH skeptics & alarmists
\u25cf links to balanced debates between experts on BOTH sides
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— Dave Burton \u274c (@ncdave4life) January 9, 2020

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Next level tactic when closing a sale, candidate, or investment:

Ask: \u201cWhat needs to be true for you to be all in?\u201d

You'll usually get an explicit answer that you might not get otherwise. It also holds them accountable once the thing they need becomes true.
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) February 27, 2018

2/ First, “X” could be lots of things. Examples: What would need to be true for you to

- “Feel it's in our best interest for me to be CMO"
- “Feel that we’re in a good place as a company”
- “Feel that we’re on the same page”
- “Feel that we both got what we wanted from this deal

3/ Normally, we aren’t that direct. Example from startup/VC land:

Founders leave VC meetings thinking that every VC will invest, but they rarely do.

Worse over, the founders don’t know what they need to do in order to be fundable.

4/ So why should you ask the magic Q?

To get clarity.

You want to know where you stand, and what it takes to get what you want in a way that also gets them what they want.

It also holds them (mentally) accountable once the thing they need becomes true.

5/ Staying in the context of soliciting investors, the question is “what would need to be true for you to want to invest (or partner with us on this journey, etc)?”

Multiple responses to this question are likely to deliver a positive result.