Mitigation and Other Unspeakable Horrors

In two recent posts (here and here) I’ve discussed the steaming mess of confusion, hypocrisy, and genuine trouble that goes under the label “global climate change.” As I pointed out in those essays, yes, the climate is changing. Yes, emissions from our smokestacks and tailpipes are part, though only part, of the reason. No, we’re not facing a world-ending catastrophe. No, pouring more money into solar panels and wind turbines—manufactured using fossil fuels, from raw materials mined, refined, an...