An Essay in Pictures
We put our hearts and optimism into environmentalism with the belief that humans can be careful, wise stewards of this beautiful, life-giving planet. But over time, green solutions have been co-opted by vested interests and now we’re stuck inside a Truman Show—trying to make lifestyle changes, fervently believing the media and pinning our hopes on renewables, and nowhere near where we need to be. We’re awash in social conflict from gridlocked beliefs, the world becomes more unstable by the week, and the usual pirates are making fortunes. How in hell did we get here and why does “progress” keep going so wrong?
To begin to answer that, we need to recognize the repeating patterns. Capitalism’s biggest strengths are innovation and generating wealth. Pretty obvious, right? Less obvious are capitalism’s biggest weaknesses: the lack of care or foresight that all products will cause some degree of harm; they refuse to accept responsibility and make corrections when harm occurs; and pervasive greed.
Here’s a quick overview of the pattern as it pertains to renewables.
The climate change idea sparks. A group with money and power coalesce and research and development ensues. Renewable energy is launched and the story is formulated: EVs, wind and solar are going to be great for humanity, they’ll fix an important environmental problem and fill an urgent need. The media announces the new story and amplifies it everywhere.
What nature does is no longer good enough; industrial solutions are best. Any criticism or concern about the solutions are initially tolerated then gradually sidelined, ignored and silenced. As with the history of car culture, the renewable industry rapidly spreads. A great deal of money is invested by a great many EV, solar and wind companies, all heavily subsidized by government. People are employed, the green economy grows. The media reinforces that renewables will save us from the doom reinforced by the same media. Behind the scenes, Mark Carney’s GFANZ and the green finance cartel develop co2 taxation schemes. (link at the end of this post)
As the pattern continues to unfold, so does a deterioration of trust. The public is never shown the nitty gritty so we have blind spots. We know nothing about the manufacturing process or the pollution it causes, what resources are necessary to make renewables, or even how they are transported around the globe—all of which require massive amounts of oil, gas and coal. New environmental harms brought by EVs, solar panels and wind farms are piling up on top of existing environmental harms from fossil fuels.
https://solvoltaics.com/much-coal-make-solar-panel/ :
“The raw material for the solar panels is coal, with an average life of 11 years. This means that 11 tons of coal must be burned to make a solar panel – about 3000 pounds! The production process uses high temperatures and pressures.
The process of making the chemicals used in the production process creates dioxins. Dioxins can cause reproductive and developmental problems in humans and animals, damage to chromosomes, hormones, and immune systems, and some types even cause cancer.” (continued below)
The media does not tell us about solar farms abandoned because they weren’t profitable or solar panel garbage dumps. But they’ll broadcast a weather event to reinforce the gloom and doom.
“Solar panels also do not last forever – they have an average lifetime of 11 years. To produce 1 billion square meters of solar panels would require 2,000 million metric tons of coal – that’s 20 billion pounds! The energy to manufacture the panels, create the PVCs and dispose of them all cause pollution. So you are releasing poisonous chemicals into your environment and adding to global warming by the production process alone.”
At this point in the process, much of the public is so brainwashed they refuse to consider anything other than what they’re being told. Society is divided and we’re fighting among ourselves, which is convenient and planned, as we’ll soon see.
Solar panels cannot be recycled. Nor can wind turbines, another failed concept.
And we wonder why there’s so much mental illness and anxiety now. The media is largely responsible. And who owns the media, you might ask? Why, it’s the very same people who own everything, including renewable energy. Imagine that.
Which brings us to the climate pirates and their schemes.
TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST
Sources for research and follow-up:
https://www.heritage.org/environment/commentary/follow-the-climate-change-money
https://manhattan.institute/article/mines-minerals-and-green-energy-a-reality-check
the Lillooet Gazette 