Noel Cass, Research Fellow at University of Leeds, views himself as the purveyor of truth and goodness and his critics (me, in particular) as conflicted, wrong, and “evil.” His bio reads in part:

I am a researcher focussing on the social and political aspects of energy systems and everyday life. I have researched areas including environmental audits of organisations, tourism and travel, everyday life and travel practices, public engagement with renewable energy technologies, the ethical implications of nuclear power and options for radioactive waste management, the social exclusion implications of transport policies on congestion and climate change, climate change policy in local authorities in the UK, the energy demands of the built environment, later focussing on office building designs, and the implications of changing office work practices.

A recent exchange between Cass and me is worth memorializing as a data point in the intellectual battle between critics and supporters of the climate narrative of doom-and-gloom and the magical thinking of an “energy transformation” from fossil fuels to wind, solar, and batteries.…