Climate Hypocrisy
- Thread starter GURPS
- Start date
Meet the bizarre German climate activists who glue themselves to roadways and demand speed limits and cheaper public transit, all with funding from an American oil heiress's nonprofit
For a while now, the German activist group calling itself the Letzte Generation (or “Last Generation”) has been in the news for disruptive stunts that range from throwing mashed potatoes on paintings, to vandalising buildings and – above all – gluing themselves to the street at key intersections in order to block traffic. Their disruptions in Berlin have become an almost routine occurrence, and they drew particular attention two weeks ago, for causing a traffic jam that delayed emergency services on their way to assist a cyclist who’d been run over by a cement truck. Because of their blockade, a special vehicle that would’ve lifted the truck off the cyclist couldn’t make it in time, and emergency workers were forced to roll it back over her leg to free her. She later died in hospital.
[clip]
Like many of other activist organisations devoted to attacking museum art, the Letzte Generation are bankrolled by the Climate Emergency Fund, a California-based non-profit co-founded in 2019 by oil heiress Aileen Getty:
The Cost of Renewables: A Blip in the Narrative
Oh dear.
Bloomberg:
This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. The idea that wind-power would ever be ‘free’ would be impossible to reconcile with repaying the original investment, turbine maintenance, obsolescence, and so on.
Permitting Hell vs. Climate Hell at COP27
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Mario Loyola proceeded during the questions and answers session to elegantly puncture the sunny "stated policies" predictions of rapid renewable energy deployment as "a fantasy," at least in the United States. The Biden administration has the stated policy of deploying enough low-carbon energy production to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030. Loyola argued that these ambitious goals are "totally impossible" to achieve because federal and state bureaucracies will only be able to issue "a tenth of the necessary permits under current law."
[clip]
But Loyola is clearly right: stated policies aimed at deploying renewable energy production in the U.S. will run into a massive red tape roadblock. In fact, they already have. In August, my Reason colleague Eric Boehm pointed out that 18,000 megawatts of offshore wind power are currently tied up in federal environmental permitting battles.
And federal red tape is not the only problem. Energy expert and author of A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations, Robert Bryce has compiled a handy database of solar and wind projects that have been rejected by local U.S. jurisdictions. Since 2015, some 371 wind farms and 102 solar plants have succumbed to "not in my backyard"-ism.
In his September report, "Unleashing America's Energy Abundance," Loyola observes, "If the climate crisis is 'code red for humanity,' as President Biden has said, the goal of a clean energy transition is almost certainly beyond reach until the whole permitting system is reformed, including significant amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)."
Oil Heiress-Funded Climate Taliban Attack Gustav Klimt’s Tod und Leben
Two days ago, a pair of protestors from the American oil heiress-funded cultural vandalism collective known as Letzte Generation threw oil over the glass sheet protecting Gustav Klimt’s Tod und Leben at the Leopold Museum in Vienna. One of them was immediately dragged off by museum staff, while the other glued himself to the frame and proceeded to lecture visitors about the evils of fossil fuels.
Letzte Generation lack the confidence of the Taliban, who proudly destroyed ancient Buddhist monuments, officially because they violated Islamic law, but in truth as an act of defiance and retaliation against the West. They have similar dual motivations, driven as they are by a deep abhorrence of Western culture, which merely finds one of many possible expressions in their climate activism, but the strength and the moral certainty just aren’t there. They attack well-protected artworks; they glue their hands with no little timidity only to the outermost edges. These are the austere moralists who want to smash the idols, but who aren’t so sure they’re vacant stone, and fear the power that is still in them.
She always look like that because her parents hands are shoved up her back side so far operating the mannequin.
Biden agrees to pay climate REPARATIONS: US will pay up to $1BN to compensate developing countries for global warming - but gas-guzzling China WON'T have to pay into global fund
- The fund, negotiated at the UN's COP27 Summit, was originally known as a 'loss and damage' fund and had been blocked by previous administrations
- The deal is already more than a day late, as nearly 200 nations were anxious for an accord they could bill as a step forward in the fight against climate change
- The nations involved are largely from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the south pacific
- Biden was granted $1 billion to help developing countries tackle climate change, although it's unclear if that cash will go into this fund
- The president also faces having his plans stymied by the GOP-majority house, which would have to approve any funding
The nations who'll benefit from the funds are largely from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. They say they're set to be worst-affected by rising sea levels and other weather extremes blamed on carbon emissions created by wealthier countries.
Then why do progressives keep purchasing water front property
Switzerland, Facing an Unprecedented Power Shortage, Contemplates a Partial Ban on the Use of Electric Vehicles
The Federal Council of Switzerland has therefore published draft legislation, which outlines four tiers of escalating measures to conserve electricity and avert potential blackouts. The first prescribes a lot of temperature restrictions for things like refrigerators and washing machines. The second includes more unusual rules, such as the demand that heating in clubs and discotheques “be set to the lowest level or switched off completely,” and that “streaming services … limit resolution of their content to standard definition.” The third foresees cutting business hours, banning the use of Blue Ray players and gaming computers, and also limiting the use of electric cars, which should be driven only when absolutely necessary. A fourth and final tier mandates closure of ski facilities, casinos, cinemas, theatre and the opera.
A lot of these rules look unenforceable, but they said the same thing about contact restrictions during the pandemic. It turns out that the state really can prevent you from socialising with people in your own home if it wants to, especially when there’s no shortage of prying neighbours eager to snitch.
The Federal Council of Switzerland has therefore published draft legislation, which outlines four tiers of escalating measures to conserve electricity and avert potential blackouts. The first prescribes a lot of temperature restrictions for things like refrigerators and washing machines. The second includes more unusual rules, such as the demand that heating in clubs and discotheques “be set to the lowest level or switched off completely,” and that “streaming services … limit resolution of their content to standard definition.” The third foresees cutting business hours, banning the use of Blue Ray players and gaming computers, and also limiting the use of electric cars, which should be driven only when absolutely necessary. A fourth and final tier mandates closure of ski facilities, casinos, cinemas, theatre and the opera.
A lot of these rules look unenforceable, but they said the same thing about contact restrictions during the pandemic. It turns out that the state really can prevent you from socialising with people in your own home if it wants to, especially when there’s no shortage of prying neighbours eager to snitch.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Shut down everything so you have to stay home. Then turn off the game consoles and players. Low res streaming. Go to the fridge to find sour milk and green things growing.Talk about the makings of a revolution and revolt. Surprised they didn't ban the use of clothes washers/dryers. Guess they felt you had to have clean clothes when revolting. But if they were dirty, you'd BE revolting.... :hmmm:
Hijinx
Well-Known Member
They are watching the Chinese to see how welding the doors shut to keep people inside works.
Talk about the makings of a revolution and revolt. Surprised they didn't ban the use of clothes washers/dryers. Guess they felt you had to have clean clothes when revolting. But if they were dirty, you'd BE revolting.... :hmmm:
Kinnakeet
Well-Known Member
HELL YEAH STOMP THEM MAGGOTS
As it should be!