Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The Climate Scam: What We Are Up Against

The Climate Scam: What We Are Up Against

What I call the “climate scam” is the proposition that human use of fossil fuels will shortly bring about a catastrophic increase in atmospheric temperatures, and that this crisis can easily be averted by governments in a few rich countries, with about 10% of the world’s population, imposing crippling coercive restrictions and cost increases on fossil fuel use while also massively subsidizing alternative “renewable” energy sources.

I have long thought that this scam could not go on too much longer.

...But here are two other reasons for my view that are more important:

...I still believe that eventually this scam will fall apart, and for the reasons given (among other reasons).

...For today, I want to focus on a related phenomenon, namely, that coterie of highly wealthy and/or influential people who clearly ought to know better, who devote vast resources, public and private, to the nonsensical efforts to obstruct people from using fossil fuel resources. Consider just a few examples:

  • You may have seen back in February that Amazon mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos announced he had created something called the Bezos Earth Fund, which he then funded with an initial $10 billion! Just a couple of days ago, Bezos announced the first recipients of grants from the Fund, who will receive a total of some $791 million...

  • ...But if you want a good cause to give to, check them out. Here is a link to the main website; and you can go to this link for instructions on how to contribute...Read all.

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