The trouble with global warming groups is that they think they are compassionate and therefore morally superior to the rest of us. They are also condescending because they keep telling us that poor people- the majority of whom are in Africa-are going to be hard hit when man made global warming ultimately occurs. Just because they cite poor Africans in their crusade against fossil fuels especially coal, means that we are not supposed to question their premise but merely go along with this unprecedented level of group think.
Their man made global warming hysteria is passed off as science but it is still a mystery as to why those who ask for scientific evidence are dismissed as climate change deniers or anti-science. Once upon a time, the hallmark of a good scientific principle was that it could be put under scrutiny and pass the test. It did not have to be insulated from scrutiny apparently because it was settled. People were not shut off from debate because there was consensus. Science was science and not the politcised stuff we now have with global warming. And the irony of it all is that some of the people levelling accusations against so called ‘deniers or “flat earthers” are not scientists themselves. Some are UN bureaucrats, some green energy activists while some are global television talking heads and all they do is peddle fear.
If they had their way, the global warning crowd would be introducing an outright ban of the use of coal to generate electricity. These people have been relentlessly going after coal despite the fact that coal is used to produce reliable and cheap electricity. They have been pumping all kinds of subsidies into wind and solar projects but we know what happens when it is cloudy or not windy.
The tragedy of the whole thing is that these renewables of theirs cannot lift people out of poverty. If they think they do, then they must show us examples of countries in both the developed and developing world that provide cheap and reliable solar and wind generated electricity. India for example relies on coal to generate 70 % of its electricity needs while for Botswana that figure is obviously higher. These two still have to create conditions to lift sizeable proportions of people out of poverty .You would then expect those who claim to be more compassionate than everyone else not to deny poor people access to cheap electricity. Inversely therefore, you don’t expect them to be pitching for measures that saddle people with high electricity chills. But because they are ideologically driven, they could not be bothered.
And despite all that bragging about renewables, Europe is facing an energy crisis as winter approaches. The incessant badgering of coal has led to an energy crunch. For the first time, that tax and spend organisation called the European Union is mulling tax cuts to allow companies to lower energy prices. We have to remember that over time, they have been scolding us to switch to so called renewables namely solar and wind. Even as they recommend tax cuts for energy companies, they still deny that their aggressive anti-fossil is to blame for the power supply problems and instead merely blame the post Covid demand for energy.
In the meantime, the price of coal – their nemesis – is at a premium and the likes of Australia are reaping the benefits. Demand for coal is projected to remain strong in 2022 as normal people secure coal to generate reliable electricity. As all this is happening, the global warming world on the other hand, is preparing to congregate in Edinburgh in a few weeks’ for another UN anti fossil fuel jamboree. That is not a surprise at all because their ideology trumps reality.
