George Monbiot weeps into his longstanding conspiracy theory, which he has been unable to furnish with any testable claims in the 30 years he has been weeping over it.
His form of environmentalism is 90% emotion and 10% evasion of fact and debate.
His form of environmentalism is 90% emotion and 10% evasion of fact and debate.
The fossil fuel companies didn't hoodwink you into heating your home, having warm showers or baths and cooking. The fossil fuel companies didn't force you to drive to see Grandma on Saturday, or to fly to Spain for a lovely holiday in August.
The fossil fuel companies didn't persuade us, against our will to have affordable, reliable energy, to power industries that created an economy, in which poorer people rose out of poverty and had decent, longer, healthier, wealthier lives almost *everywhere* on the planet.
Energy companies are probably not saints. And the energy sector is no doubt murky. But no more murky than Big Tech.
Meanwhile, there are no losers from the abundance unleashed by fossil fuel energy, except perhaps feudalism.
Meanwhile, there are no losers from the abundance unleashed by fossil fuel energy, except perhaps feudalism.
And maybe that's why George weeps.
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