“Literally millions are saved at any one time around the world by the use of fossil fuels in transportation and electrical generation. Imagine not having the gasoline or diesel to get to the hospital, or sanitary water and conditioned air.”
MasterResource has followed eco-radicalism and Deep Ecology, the religion behind it. Ecocide, a term transferred from the Holocaust term genocide, has been explained and debated at this site.
Eco-radicals see humankind as a plague on Nature. (“I campaign for the extinction of the human race,” stated Les Knight in The Guardian.) They exaggerate, fuss, protest, threaten, and at times end up in jail. The malcontents (e.g. Roger Hallam) are at odds with society and are to be watched carefully and avoided. Eco-terrorism is always a few steps away.…
“Climate science is the worst example to try to explain and defend the scientific method. But will Andrew Dessler seriously reconsider his unrealistic view of climate science in theory and practice? Climategate exposed the bias that has continued to this day.”
The romantic view of government sees wise, selfless rulers implementing policy to better the common good. Never mind that many alleged market failures are government-related on close inspection, and ‘government failure’ (the political process as described by Public Choice economics) must be weighed against ‘market failure’.
Enter climate experts relying on global climate modeling. Enter Andrew Dessler, atmospheric scientist at Texas A&M University, who doubles as a climate alarmist/campaigner. “Angry Andy” has no appetite for critics of his view of settled science and impending doom short of Big Government (Big Climate Brother).…
Call it fringism on display–or a dodge from conspicuous consumption.
Sam Harrington authored the following for Yale Climate Connections, which reports on all-things-climate-alarmism with a staff of twenty-four (23 writers and one cartoonist). The highlights of her Six Ways to Throw a Climate-Friendly Wedding—and Save Money follow.
“When my fiancée and I got engaged, we knew we wanted to celebrate our relationship in the company of our loved ones,” she begins. “As a climate journalist and a scientist interested in sustainability, we also knew we didn’t want our wedding to cause a lot of harm to the environment and climate.” She continues:
…The average U.S. wedding generates roughly 56 tons of carbon pollution. That’s over three times the amount the average American produces in a year and almost nine times more than the global average per person.