Ep2: The Chart Activists Don't Want You To See

When it comes to climate change, things aren’t as dire as they seem.

When clients or friends ask why I'm not worried about climate change, my answer is threefold:

1. As I mentioned in the video, the world has ALREADY PASSED peak CO2 emissions per capita. And according to the latest projections, "The world faces a “staggering” surplus of oil equating to millions of barrels a day by the end of the decade" (via FT) Fossil fuels are in retreat, relative to cheap renewables, with more about to come online, like 150+ new nuclear reactors in China, alone.

2. Emissions will fall in aggregate as global population ages and declines over the next 50 years onward. A near certainty, by every projection. Old and dead people just don’t consume that much. Slackers. The impact will dwarf anything in the Paris Climate Agreement and other marginal efforts.

3. Human ingenuity is undefeated, as evidence by this video on the protection of Venice. It’s a matter of sharing resources and know-how with the poorest places - better construction, cooling, infrastructure, medicine, food production, etc. We can and will adapt, if we choose to try.

For now, climate the climate alarmism agenda serves two main functions: 1) Triggering premature substitution of appliances/cars (which is arguably more depletive). And, 2) it keep developing nations from, well, developing. Just as we have and will continue to, using cheap, abundant energy.

Truth is: we are are on a green trajectory regardless of what we do. What we can—and should—do is ensure others, who are less fortunate, get to go on that ride, too.

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