Commentary
President Biden often refers to the existential threat of climate change, but you and I know that he has no idea what he’s talking about. He’s listening to the wackos in his administration.
Our carbon emissions have been falling for the last decade due to large investments in clean technology employed by the oil and gas industry, the expanded use of wind and solar, and advancements in electric vehicle batteries.
Yet Biden isn’t satisfied. In his inaugural address, he spoke of hearing “a cry for survival from the planet itself, a cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear now.”
Since the 1970s, we were warned that the end of the world as we know it will no longer exist in 10 or 12 years. Here are two that you may recall.
On June 29, 1989, the Associated Press reported that the United Nations announced that “entire nations could be wiped off the face of the earth if global warming is not reversed by the year 2000. The UN noted that there is a 10-year window of opportunity before it goes beyond human control.”
Nations were not wiped off the face of the earth in 2000 and we missed the 10-year window of opportunity to control global warming in 1999.
On January 17, 2009, then NASA scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen warned that only urgent action by Barack Obama could halt the devastating climate change that now threatens earth, and said that Obama has only four years – that would have been 2013 – to save the world.
With Biden’s fascination with symbolism, he plans to settle on a new goal for emission cuts by April 22, 2021 when he will host a global summit for world leaders on … wait for it … Earth Day. Look for a new emissions pledge by 2030.
Appealing to Biden’s Ego
It’s clear that the Europeans welcome us back in the Paris Accord. Not only for the financial support they’ve missed since Obama’s last contribution just days before he left office, but for the ease in which they believe they can entice Biden and Kerry into selling an increased 2030 pledge to the rest of the world. Appealing to his ego as America’s new leader.
Recognizing Biden’s desire to be recognized as the new U.S. leader on the world stage, the UK’s Rachel Kyte, a former UN special envoy for sustainable energy, recently said, “I think it would be extremely difficult for the U.S. to show leadership if it can’t come up with something that is commensurate with the deep cuts in emission that we need this decade to get on the road for net zero by 2050.”
Reportedly, Biden’s pledge will have to halve emissions by 2030 to satisfy the globalists he wants to impress with his leadership.
Unbelievably, the Economic Times, an Indian-English business paper, carried a headline on February 19, 2021 stating, “With US return to Paris Agreement, stars align for accelerated climate action.” That’s right, the stars align.
The paper notes that our return will help ward off climate threats, however, with no explanation as to how that will be accomplished.
Trump’s Role Ignored
We have been led to believe that President Trump’s position on climate change was detrimental to the environment, however, U.S emissions continued to fall during his four years in office as he cut regulations, allowing the private sector to get involved in cleaner air and water.
Four years of inaction by the Trump administration was feared, but he encouraged cities, states and businesses to continue their work on reducing carbon dioxide without federal the government.
Unable to understand how progress can be made without government’s participation in an international coalition, Richard Black of the UK’s Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, said “The last four years have been strange ones, with many U.S. states and businesses pressing ahead with decarbonizations (without membership in the Accord).”
Biden’s prioritization of the United States climate change strategy, forcing us to think as a global community about solutions, is expected to slow the fast-worsening climate impacts from storms, floods and wildfires, according to Rachel Cleetus, the climate and energy director for the U.S-based Union of Concerned Scientists.
I’m still waiting for someone to tell me how we are expected to control storms, floods and wildfires. I think that’s under the control of someone above Biden’s pay grade.
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
