This reply does not address whether or not AGW is real or whether the earth has a
'correct' temperature that we must literally move Heaven and Earth to maintain because that correct temperature has been determined by the most learned amongst us.
Rather, I would like to try to explain why these Global Warming Theories have become so big and so pervasive to the point of fear mongering.
Short Answer: Follow the Money
A common saw used by AGW Alarmists claim that ALL the big money supports Climate Skepticism to protect the fossil fuel industry. It goes something like this:
You can't get rich as a scientist.... The implication being that a climate scientist is seeking only the truth and is, if anything, noble and true..., well except for skeptical scientists who are all in the pocket of big oil.
Long Answer: The money is actually all in the AGW Alarmists favor.....How you ask?
- No you mostly don't get rich as a scientist, but do you want a job? There is NO research money out there for research that disagrees with AGW, period. No university or college will fund or even hire a scientist that is skeptical of AGW. The AGW community and the Left actively attempts to destroy the professional credibility and careers of anyone that disagrees. Unfortunately they frequently succeed.
- Let me explain the evil symbiotic relationship between Big Money and Watermelons (green on the outside & red on the inside).
- Fantastic amounts of money are being made from selling NOTHING....Yes, NOTHING!
- To wit:
Do you remember Enron, the huge energy and commodities company that was a huge scam? It was creatively joined with Goldman Sachs to pioneer very creative derivatives markets. Among these was the Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Credits, Carbon Offsets schemes among many more types of "Derivatives" including ones that exacerbated the '2008 Mortgage Meltdown and was one of the principle causes of the crisis."
- For those that might be unfamiliar with a 'derivative' it is a financial instrument that 'derives' it's value from some other asset. For example a Put or Call in the stock market is basically a bet that a stock price will go up or down significantly and you are willing to pay a fee for that bet. If you guess right you make money, most don't. Over 90% of Puts & Calls expire worthless. Note: you never actually buy or sell the stock, it's all pretend. The Put or Call "derives" it's value from an asset that nobody in the deal necessarily owns.
- Enter the various Carbon Trading Derivatives
Market Schemes. Vast sums of money are being made as we speak buying and selling "NOTHING"
- Elon Musk's Tesla has only made a profit ever by selling Carbon Offsets to real automakers because they cannot meet obama's emissions standards. See how one hand washes the other? Obama imposed standards that the automakers cannot meet and then gives them an out by saying that if they buy carbon offsets from say, Tesla then they can be forgiven. So the money you paid for your car contains a hidden subsidy for Elon Musk (Tesla) factored in through the carbon offsets. Get it?
- In the first three months of 2012 Tesla raked in approximately $68 million through Zero emission vehicle (ZEV) credits sold to other automakers. The company reported its first profit that year (2012), of $11.2 million, so without the revenue from the credits, the company would have continued to lose vast sums of money. See: International Business Times
- As a side note Climate Billionaire Elon Musk Quits Donald Trump’s Advisory Council
the Los Angeles Times reported in 2015 that Musk’s battery factory in Reno, Nevada is reported to have enjoyed roughly $1.3 billion in state subsidies, and his SolarCity company has gotten $1.5 billion from federal solar-regulations. In California, the state legislature allowed his Tesla Motors to sell more than $500 million worth of government-granted carbon energy credits, said the Los Angeles Times, and the state’s anti-pollution agency allows the owners of battery-operated cars to use low-traffic “high occupancy” lanes in gridlocked Los Angeles. Musk’s solar-energy company in New York state has reportedly gained $1 billion in near-term and short-term investment from Democratic politicians said the newspaper.
- Quiz: How do you become a genius climate billionaire?.........Answer: Government
- It should come as NO surprise and even predictable that Trump economic advisor, Gary Cohn strongly supports staying in the Paris Agreement. Now just who was Cohn's previous employer? hmmm?? Oh yeah, Goldman Sachs. Say no more.
- Global Warming
EnvironmentalistsWatermelons (green on outside, red on the inside) have joined forces with other Marxists in their drive for global Marxism/Communism...you know fairness for all and at least for now, big money is their unspoken ally of convenience because trillions of dollars are being made selling NOTHING....literally NOTHING.
A portion of this monetary gruel is also being redistributed so it is no surprise that 195 countries with their hands held out are waiting for their share of US taxpayer's money. 'Please, sir, I want some more.'
Capitalism is the most unfair economic system that exists....except for all the rest.
Unfortunately one of the flaws in Capitalism is that a capitalist seems more than willing to:
Help radicals raise an army on Friday
to wage a revolution on Saturday
so as to make fistfuls of money on Sunday
all the while knowing they will be executed on Monday
AGW Alarmism is rife with money, just ask Al Gore.
I cannot end the long answer without at least mentioning the third prong of this evil triad.
"Government Power and Control" What a great way to increase government authoritarian power, Right or Left, than by controlling what every person must participate in so many ways.
If we must go that way I recommend a carbon tax on large families vice small due to all the exhaling everyday and all the panting just making said large family. Just sayin'
I personally want a Refundable Tax Credit, we can call it the
CPC (Couch Potato Credit) for those that never make their breathing rate increase from exercise......I only do that to help save the planet.
Sorry for the long post,
FWIW
Goblin