EP. 8 of the LFBAM Mini Pod. I talked to author and environmental activist Bernie Lewin about the fake Science, CO2 nihilism, really bad humans, and the insanity of wanting to control the weather
Great interview! Gaining a better understanding of the history of the sustainable development movement will give insight into why so many people advocate for policies that will lower everyone’s standard of living, except for those who happen to be among the elite.
Many people are accepting an unearned guilt through unproven anthropogenic global warming and, being motivated by fear, are actually working for what will eventually become a neofuedal system where the elites will enjoy a high standard of living and everyone else will be ushered into an anti-industrial devolution.
On the ice age scare of the 1970s, scientists were warning of severe global cooling right up to near the end of the 1970s. Schneider wrote a paper in 1971 stating that anthropogenic aerosol cooling could outweigh the modest warming from CO2 and this was endorsed by many scientists and made the rounds of the media. The CIA, in July 1976, prepared a report warning of possible serious cooling ahead and the consequences for world stability and global famine. It pointed the finger of blame at aerosols from industry and transport. Mysteriously, this paper is no longer available through the National Library of Australia and the web archive page is pretty useless too.
After the great Pacific Climate shift of 1976, the world started to warm rapidly, especially from the early 80s, so the 'science' switched from an emphasis on cooling man-made aerosols to warming CO2, but in both cases the culprit was the same - industry and transport. Strange that.
Very interesting, particularly towards the end. Looking forward to part 2!
I'm reading Epstein's book, Fossil Future. He makes a very good philosophical argument on the motivation for this whole creepy, depressing movement, while pointing to a brighter future if we manage to avoid all the guilt tripping. Would be nice to see you interviewing him.
Great interview! Gaining a better understanding of the history of the sustainable development movement will give insight into why so many people advocate for policies that will lower everyone’s standard of living, except for those who happen to be among the elite.
Many people are accepting an unearned guilt through unproven anthropogenic global warming and, being motivated by fear, are actually working for what will eventually become a neofuedal system where the elites will enjoy a high standard of living and everyone else will be ushered into an anti-industrial devolution.
On the ice age scare of the 1970s, scientists were warning of severe global cooling right up to near the end of the 1970s. Schneider wrote a paper in 1971 stating that anthropogenic aerosol cooling could outweigh the modest warming from CO2 and this was endorsed by many scientists and made the rounds of the media. The CIA, in July 1976, prepared a report warning of possible serious cooling ahead and the consequences for world stability and global famine. It pointed the finger of blame at aerosols from industry and transport. Mysteriously, this paper is no longer available through the National Library of Australia and the web archive page is pretty useless too.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/110818238
After the great Pacific Climate shift of 1976, the world started to warm rapidly, especially from the early 80s, so the 'science' switched from an emphasis on cooling man-made aerosols to warming CO2, but in both cases the culprit was the same - industry and transport. Strange that.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2013/12/12/1976-cia-shock-news-global-cooling-to-kill-us-all-the-cia-warned-in-1976-that-global-cooling-will-increase-the-frequency-of-droughts/
Very interesting, particularly towards the end. Looking forward to part 2!
I'm reading Epstein's book, Fossil Future. He makes a very good philosophical argument on the motivation for this whole creepy, depressing movement, while pointing to a brighter future if we manage to avoid all the guilt tripping. Would be nice to see you interviewing him.
I would definitely welcome Alex Epstein (and Björn Lomborg) into the show if there is a way to reach them!
I heard him say at a Podcast that he is (at the time at least) accepting invites from any Podcaster who read his book. So maybe there's a way :)