The gov't of Sri Lanka has collapsed. The Dutch are blockading their highways, the Germans are joining them (and facing a very cold winter), inflation is roaring. The cause? The Green delusion. 1/
The Green delusion is pretty straightforward. Greenhouse gases cause global temperature to rise and must therefore be reduced. The cost/benefit calculation is never done, nor is there any attempt to connect emission reduction directly to temp. 2/
To question the science or economics of the Green delusion makes you a climate denier (and unfit for polite society or academic employment). To save the planet is justification enough for the looniest, most ineffective schemes. 3/
In Sri Lanka the importation of fertilizer was banned to make Sri Lanka a Green wonderland. In two years agricultural output sank around 50%. People were and are starving. The nation bankrupted itself in support of the Green delusion. 4/
The Dutch are rejecting their government's decision to reduce nitrous oxide emissions by closing farms and livestock operations. The Dutch are the second largest food exporters in the world. The Green delusion would simply destroy Dutch agriculture. 5/
Rampant inflation and energy shortages can both be traced to the Green delusion. Germany attempted to limit "green house gases" by switching to wind and solar backed by natural gas from Russia. Russian gas is barely flowing and the renewables never worked very well. 6/
In Canada, and other parts of the world, energy is being taxed for Green delusion reasons. Which adds costs at every step of production and distribution. Prices go up and inflation takes hold. 7/
Sadly, the political classes have taken the Green delusion to heart. Political argument is about how best to achieve emission reductions rather than about whether reducing emissions is actually worth doing. 8/
The Sri Lankans know the Green delusion has destroyed their country, the Dutch and the Germans know ill-considered Green policies are destroying their farms and their industries. 9/
People are waking up to the unjustified economic destruction baked into every policy driven by the Green delusion. They are fighting back. I just hope it is not too late. 10/
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