I wanted to send a follow up post this week to share the text of Steve Hayward's talk looking back on the death of Environmentalism from a conservative perspective.
I think “environmentalism’s” problem with climate change is the fear of transparently asking the public for a bit of sacrifice. And part of the fear is that environmentalists do not realize how small the sacrifice would be if the instrument were taxation of net CO2 emissions. Mainly from self-delusion (not malice) they have exaggerated the costs of climate change and this has misled them to exaggerate the efforts to avert the ill effects and in turn led then to try to hide even the minimum costs, and much more the non-minimum costs. When costs can no longer be hidden, progress stops.
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." - Eric Hoffer in Temper of Our Time.
Just look at all the groups benefiting from the purported "climate crisis"; each pushing their own agenda, many of which could never be instituted without scaring the citizens with a "crisis". A confluence of interedts.
I think “environmentalism’s” problem with climate change is the fear of transparently asking the public for a bit of sacrifice. And part of the fear is that environmentalists do not realize how small the sacrifice would be if the instrument were taxation of net CO2 emissions. Mainly from self-delusion (not malice) they have exaggerated the costs of climate change and this has misled them to exaggerate the efforts to avert the ill effects and in turn led then to try to hide even the minimum costs, and much more the non-minimum costs. When costs can no longer be hidden, progress stops.
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." - Eric Hoffer in Temper of Our Time.
Just look at all the groups benefiting from the purported "climate crisis"; each pushing their own agenda, many of which could never be instituted without scaring the citizens with a "crisis". A confluence of interedts.
Steve! Prohibition was instituted by the 20th Amendment?! Otherwise a witty and bracing essay.