1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ol3q3h7qVk"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/defusing-the-mythical-fear-of-climate-change/">Defusing the mythical fear of climate change</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/defusing-the-mythical-fear-of-climate-change/embed/#?secret=ol3q3h7qVk" width="600" height="338" title="“Defusing the mythical fear of climate change” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="ol3q3h7qVk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Pope Francis, during his recent tour of the United States and throughout his encyclical document Laudato Si, has proclaimed the continued use of fossil fuels to be no different than committing a deliberate mortal sin. But how has humanity managed to hang on this past century without accommodating every apocalyptic thesis put forth by progressive scientists and politicians? The reality is that the current wave of climate change hysteria, blamed on human activity, is no different than prior floods of generalized pandemonium based on little more than predictive speculation. First let's travel back in time briefly, to another era and another fear that never came to pass - namely, the "population bomb" of the 1970s.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_thumbnails_thumb_cartoon-pope-obama.jpg