[Master Thread] Environmentalism, Climate Change, etc.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

46 minutes ago, Mike E said:

You beat me like a rented mule. 

Central chimpanzees are, after all, the superior primate, so avoid feeling too bad.  

[Dashinka 24,488]

What else will the "greenies" think of next. 

 

This sums it up perfectly.

 

It seems the only thing progressives don’t want to shrink is government. Hmm.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

This is magnificent, and I can't wait for the next two installments.

From Environmentalism to Climate Catastrophism: A Democratic Story (Part 1)

 

https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/from-environmentalism-to-climate

[Dashinka 24,488]

Surprised she did not mention the idiot Paul Erhlich.  Maybe he will make an appearance in one of the next parts.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

13 hours ago, Dashinka said:

the idiot Paul Erhlich

He, Paul Krugman, and Joe Bidementia have been so consistently wrong about almost everything for so many years that I don't know how anyone could lend them any credence.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

Here's part 2, worth a read.

From Environmentalism to Climate Catastrophism: A Democratic Story (Part 2)

 

The Return of the Apocalypse and the Rise of the Climate Change Movement

 

https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/from-environmentalism-to-climate-d52

[TBoneTX 45,267]

Here's Part 3, which strikes me as an excellent analysis.  Comments on it?

From Environmentalism to Climate Catastrophism:  A Democratic Story (Part 3)

 

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/from-environmentalism-to-climate-689

[Boiler 45,467]

The US’s transition to electric vehicles could require three times as much lithium as is currently produced for the entire global market, causing needless water shortages, Indigenous land grabs, and ecosystem destruction inside and outside its borders, new research finds.

It warns that unless the US’s dependence on cars in towns and cities falls drastically, the transition to lithium battery-powered electric vehicles by 2050 will deepen global environmental and social inequalities linked to mining – and may even jeopardize the 1.5C global heating target.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/us-electric-vehicles-lithium-consequences-research

 

Now did they just wake up to the very obvious or is this part of a plan? EVs are not made of fairy dust, who would have guessed.

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,267]

14 minutes ago, Boiler said:

EVs are not made of fairy dust, who would have guessed.

 

 

This describes their overall philosophy quite well:

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/from-environmentalism-to-climate-689

[Dashinka 24,488]

Sounds very dystopian.

 

“We can either electrify the status quo to reach zero emissions, or the energy transition can be used as an opportunity to rethink our cities and the transportation sector so that it’s more environmentally and socially just, both in the US and globally.”

[Boiler 45,467]

Missed out racial justice

[TBoneTX 45,267]

About that antarctic iceberg

 

You may have seen the news that a huge iceberg calved off of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/01/26/about-that-antarctic-iceberg-n526588

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

I once drank a margarita made with the ice that had just fallen from a calving iceberg.  The parasites trapped in the ice didn't kill me, so I guess it's a win!

[TBoneTX 45,267]

New term:  petromasculinity.

Now the Left Is Coming for Your Pickup Trucks, America — and Their 'Logic' Couldn't Be More Ridiculous

 

Rather than "only" coming after our evil, planet-destroying passenger cars, the left is targeting our pickup trucks as well, my fellow Americans.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/01/30/now-the-left-is-coming-for-your-pickup-trucks-america-and-their-logic-couldnt-be-more-ridiculous-n696029

[TBoneTX 45,267]

Battle of the Activists: Dead Whales on the East Coast Likely Due to Wind Turbine Farms

 

[...] whales are dying in unusual numbers on the beaches of New York and New Jersey, apparently from sound devastation caused by construction of offshore turbine farms.  It's pitting the climate crowd against the environmentalists, and while you might assume they're the same people, sometimes their interests diverge.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/02/01/battle-of-the-activists-dead-whales-on-the-east-coast-likely-due-to-wind-turbine-farms-n697476