The real question is why do our gullible politicians constantly deceive themselves and the rest of us with their endless, ever-more-costly ‘green’ schemes which turn out to be nothing of the kind and actually increase pollution? Why can’t they properly evaluate these green initiatives before they happen? It’s as if the political class’s obsession with global warming rots their brains — for which the rest of us have to pay a very heavy price. –Christopher Booker, Daily Mail, 23 May 2018
An energy company has applied to the government to carry out fracking at the UK’s first horizontal shale gas well. Cuadrilla expects to start fracking later this year. —BBC News, 21 May 2018
Liquefied natural gas originating from the U.S. is flowing into Asia at an accelerating pace, with Japan becoming the most recent country to buy the fuel under a long-term contract. —Nikkei Asian Review, 22 May 2018
Over the past decade, merely the increase in US oil and gas production is equal to seven times the total energy production of every wind turbine and solar project in the United States. —Robert Bryce, New York Post, 17 May 2018
The government of South Africa is planning to fast-pace the exploration of shale gas in the southern Main Karoo basin, to maximize production and to reshape the country’s energy economy. —Oil Review Africa, 22 May 2018
“why do our gullible politicians constantly deceive themselves and the rest of us with their endless, ever-more-costly ‘green’ schemes”
To win votes from whatever they think is a popular subject among voters.
Modern Enviromentalisms a new age insanity caused by a strict vegan diet a watching those mind rotting Captain Planet Marathons and junk movies like AVATAR,A INCONVENT TRUTH,A INCONVENT SEQUAL,THE 11th HOUR and BEFORE THE FLOOD
Well said Mr Booker: ” It’s as if the political class’s obsession with global warming rots their brains” as that is exactly what is happening not only to the politicians but also the so-called skeptics who continue to defend the illusory concept of a “greenhouse effect”. Genius has its limitations but stupidity knows no limits.