1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/DIVESTMENT CON: Fossil fuels make protests possiblerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="U92OvgtEhg"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/divestment-con-fossil-fuels-make-protests-possible/">DIVESTMENT CON: Fossil fuels make protests possible</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/divestment-con-fossil-fuels-make-protests-possible/embed/#?secret=U92OvgtEhg" width="600" height="338" title="“DIVESTMENT CON: Fossil fuels make protests possible” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="U92OvgtEhg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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As a university professor for over 30 years, I can state unequivocally that campus rhetoric never produced one single kilowatt hour of electricity, never cooked one meal and never fueled one automobile. The coal, natural gas and oil that do all these things provide 82 percent of our energy. Yet, organizers of "Global Divestment Day" held protests in February to demand that universities eliminate these life-giving fossil fuels from their financial holdings. OK, let's just say the protesters tried to hold rallies. Many "global warming" gatherings fizzled because it was too cold. Such fair-weather protesters are mostly rich by world standards, mostly elite and mostly wrong. Fossil fuels, especially coal, are the solution, not the problem.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics7_protest_global_divestments.jpg