Are Climate Psychedelics ‘Cultists’?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 9, 2026

My post, Psychedelics for Climate Action, struck a nerve. The head of the tripping group, Marissa Feinberg, considered the parenthetical statement “12,000 cultists” was defamatory. I have received three warnings and a threat of legal action (see the end of the post below).

Hallucinates … Hallucinations … How strange. I quoted Feinberg: “Our psychedelic-climate leaders are active today, creating change and doing compelling transformational work in this space.”

A definition of “cult” includes different meanings:

“a relatively small group of people having beliefs or practices, especially relating to religion, that are regarded by others as strange or sinister or as imposing excessive control over members” (here)
“a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular thing” (here)
“a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object” (here)

Similar terms are identified as “sect, denomination, church, faith, belief, persuasion, affiliation, movement, group, body, faction, clique.”…

UK Energy Schizophrenia (all pain, no gain)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 8, 2026

“Whilst the government is pursuing a pragmatic approach to the North Sea, we have to accept the geological reality that North Sea gas production has declined by 74% since its peak in 2000 and we have been a net importer of gas since 2004.” – UK Government Report (below)

The United Kingdom represents less than one percent of global CO2 emissions. Yet the political class, including academic experts, will not be deterred from social injustice for consumers and self-annihilation of its economy. UK energy statism is tears-in-the-ocean–and for the wrong cause.

The latest report from the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, titled “Gas System in Transition: Security of Supply (Interim Response),” tries to square the circle between decarbonization and economy. “The UK must decarbonize because of volatile, higher oil and natural gas prices, yet energy affordability is important too.”…

Energy Labor-saving Day

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- September 6, 2026

“Energy will do anything that can be done in the world.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)

Energy is the resource of resources, the master resource. This Labor Day weekend, give thanks to the dense, plentiful, affordable, reliable energies that have done much to improve living standards worldwide, while mastering the vagaries of extreme weather and climate. Think of it as Labor Saving Day. After all, eight billion consumers cannot be wrong.