Reality Caught Up to ‘Climate Change’
American Greatness,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: Moritz55,
11/17/2025 3:18:05 PM
For decades, the monolithic and sacrosanct international climate change hierarchy went unquestioned. Western nations in particular spent trillions of dollars over the past half-century to subsidize expensive but erratic wind and solar energy while demonizing carbon fuels as toxic threats to the planet. Like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion dogma, climate change orthodoxy was embedded into every aspect of Western culture, from the corporate boardroom to the university campus. Question whether man-made global warming was truly responsible for increased temperatures rather than natural, often centuries-long cycles of heating and cooling of the planet, and one was labeled a climate crank.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 11/17/2025 3:38:54 PM (No. 2031079)
Actually normal people questioned it from the start. We know we can't affect the sun, the winds and the tides. Plus con men like AlGore made millions flying around in his private jet, collecting money from industry and selling them carbon credits. No, we can't affect climate change. We can take good care of the planet and most try to.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 11/17/2025 4:59:38 PM (No. 2031100)
I have been absolutely certain since the first ridiculous Earth Day that this whole thing has been a scam. Many groups and individuals have figured out how to twist this to their financial and power advantage, so they jump on the bandwagon of this scam.
It has always been a scam. We are passengers on this rock, and we do NOT have the power to significantly affect the climate. We can't even really affect the weather.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
privateer 11/17/2025 5:13:00 PM (No. 2031105)
FTA: 'Instead, the only solution is an “all of the above” strategy of building more nuclear, natural gas, clean-coal, wind, and solar generation plants.' IOW, we must abandon the dream of the virtue-signalling, Gaia-worshipping crazy people, for what actually works; and always has worked.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Hazymac 11/17/2025 5:17:00 PM (No. 2031106)
VDH is mostly correct, but an "all of the above" approach to the production of electricity isn't the way to go. Large scale solar and wind don't make any economic sense. Get rid of them completely. No more windmills. No more solar farms. Wasteful of both land and money.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 11/17/2025 5:18:03 PM (No. 2031107)
I'm not at all positive that this stupid belief is on its way out. All the textbooks and high school courses include this nonsense, and plenty of people, including government employees (for example, those in Jamaica after the recent hurricane) still use their fossil fuel created technology to lambast skeptics.
It will take a long, LONG time to change some people's minds!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Venturer 11/17/2025 5:32:54 PM (No. 2031112)
People all over the world have just about had a bellyfull of this green ie, climate hoax.
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We do not need to keep Europe afloat. Let the fools freeze after demolishing their power plants, and then drown in their self inflicted Islamic hell.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LadyHen 11/17/2025 6:25:33 PM (No. 2031129)
Nah to the "all of the above." True energy independence is nuclear power... my dad the chemist said way back in the 80's. It's even better and more true today.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 11/17/2025 8:12:19 PM (No. 2031139)
I don't have a problem with wind and solar but there should be NO subsidies from the Federal government. If states want to pay subsidies, that's up to the people in the state. If the state then financially collapses, NO bailouts. Trump has the right idea. The federal government should NOT bail out states who do stupid stuff. Even if the federal government wants to do joint projects, the states should be required to have considerable skin in the game.
I think it going to be really interesting to see "Climate Change" collapse. Up until recently, criticizing the dogma was like blaspheming against God. Careers have been ruined by the climate zealots. The evidence against the dogma has never been subjected to critical scrutiny because it just wasn't allowed. Now, that is going to happen and the whole house of cards is going to come tumbling down. Some of the dogma is going to turn out to be idiocy. Other parts might be based on good intentions but the evidence has never been carefully examined and once that is done the dogma will implode.
Further, there are real explanations for the climate we see that actually match real climate behavior pretty well. The problem for the zealots is that if those theories are accepted as accurate, the causes are outside human control and can't be taken advantage of by politicians and manipulative wealthy people. No guilt tripping mankind.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 11/18/2025 6:32:18 AM (No. 2031216)
Check with the Aussie's down under and ask them how they regard wind and solar-generated electricity and their exorbitant monthly power bills and rolling blackouts. As for me, my preference has always been nuclear power.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 11/18/2025 7:02:05 AM (No. 2031228)
Must be volcanoes are a toxic threat to the planet, eliminating all gains to save the planet using wind and solar power.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/18/2025 7:43:29 AM (No. 2031238)
Reality and cutting off the money spigot, thanks to Donald Trump.
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So Bill Gates and the global elites are trading climate change for AI.
Making AI a priority should make your blood run cold!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TurtleDove 11/18/2025 8:44:46 AM (No. 2031288)
This post was so on point I copied here:
Reply 13 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 11/18/2025 7:50:30 AM (No. 2031244)
"So Bill Gates and the global elites are trading climate change for AI.
Making AI a priority should make your blood run cold!"
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