CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 25, 2022
PROPAGANDA HAS LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH TOTALITARIAN REGIMES TO FOOL THE PEOPLE INTO SUBMITTING TO A DICTATOR’S POLICIES.
THE PROPAGANDA SURROUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE. I’M CURRENTLY READING A BOOK BY BJORN LOMBORG, A VISITING FELLOW AT STANFORD’S HOOVER INSTITUTION.
LOMBORG ADMITS THE PLANET IS WARMING SLIGHTLY, BUT OPPOSES THE LEFT’S SOLUTIONS, WHICH HE SAYS WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM: “THE SCIENCE SHOWS US THAT FEARS OF A CLIMATE APOCALYPSE ARE UNFOUNDED…THIS SINGULAR OBSESSION WITH CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS WE ARE NOW GOING FROM WASTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INEFFECTIVE POLICIES TO WASTING TRILLIONS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE’RE IGNORING EVEN MORE OF THE WORLD’S MORE URGENT AND MUCH MORE TRACTABLE CHALLENGES. AND WE’RE SCARING KIDS AND ADULTS WITLESS, WHICH IS NOT JUST FACTUALLY WRONG, BUT MORALLY INDEFENSIBLE.”
I DON’T AGREE WITH ALL OF HIS PROPOSED FIXES – SUCH AS A CARBON TAX — BUT THE BOOK IS A REBUKE TO THE PROPAGANDA WE’RE GETTING FROM THE CLIMATE ZEALOTS. THE BOOK IS CALLED “FALSE ALARM: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE PANIC COSTS US TRILLIONS, HURTS THE POOR, AND FAILS TO FIX THE PLANET.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
