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"The United States’ new energy secretary Chris Wright – an oil industry chief
who calls climate science a hoax – has called the global pledge to achieve net
zero carbon emissions by 2050 a “sinister goal” that is both “unachievable” and
costly.
The comments were made while he spoke via videolink to a conference held by the
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) in London, in a session hosted by
Australian conservative pundit Chris Uhlmann.
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship counts among its advisory board a slew
of conservative names from around the globe including former Australian prime
ministers John Howard and Tony Abbott and numerous other current and former
politicians including Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Amanda Stoker, Andrew Hastie,
and John Anderson.
Speakers and panelists at the 2025 include former prime minister Scott
Morrison, former Treasurer Peter Costello, Warren Mundine, Murdoch columnists
Peta Credlin and Greg Sheridan, Michael Shellenberger and Bjorn Lomborg. In
short, it is a festival for climate and renewable energy skeptics.
Wright didn’t disappoint them.
“Net zero 2050 is a sinister goal – a terrible goal,” said Wright, to immediate
applause. “It’s both unachievable by any practical means but the aggressive
pursuit of it – and you’re sitting in a country that has aggressively pursued
this goal – has not delivered any benefits, but it’s delivered tremendous
costs.”
According to Wright, the energy transition “is lunacy that is impoverishing
your own citizens in a delusion that this is somehow going to make the world a
better place.”
He also sought to downplay the threat from extreme weather, and suggested that
climate action is part of a plot to “grow government power” and “shrink human
freedom”.
The question-and-answer session between Wright and Uhlmann lasts just short of
13 minutes (available in full here), and is chock full of misdirection,
obfuscation, and misleading information."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
