1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="omm5rib6Hj"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/five-more-things-environmentalists-got-wrong/">Five More Things Environmentalists Got Wrong</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/five-more-things-environmentalists-got-wrong/embed/#?secret=omm5rib6Hj" width="600" height="338" title="“Five More Things Environmentalists Got Wrong” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="omm5rib6Hj" 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> I wrote recently about seven big failed environmentalist predictions, from global cooling to the population bomb (which the New York Times, always on the cutting edge, has just noticed was a complete bust). But it's not only the big scientific theories they've gotten wrong. When science gets harnessed for a political cause, it tends to produce a running series of oversold theories that don't bear up under further examination. Here are five examples that recently crossed my desk. 1) Electric cars aren't all that "green." Electric cars, like the ones produced by Elon Musk's Tesla, a darling of the environmentalist crowd, are not the first step to a post-industrial utopia. They are a product of heavy industry and are resource-intensive and energy-intensive. I'm not just referring to the "long tailpipe," in which the energy used in an electric car spews its exhaust through the smokestack of a coal-fired power plant hundreds of miles away. I'm also referring to reports like this one.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_bee.jpg