{"id":229293,"date":"2022-11-15T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=229293"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:47:04","slug":"we-are-being-misled-on-the-climate-change-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=229293","title":{"rendered":"We are being \u2018misled\u2019 on the climate change crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"409\" data-attachment-id=\"229296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=229296\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548.png?fit=893%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"893,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548.png?fit=723%2C409&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548.png?resize=723%2C409&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548.png?w=893&amp;ssl=1 893w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548.png?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0Screenshot-2022-11-15-124548.png?resize=768%2C434&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SkyNewsAustralia\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/Q-ry-JNiIiQtu7V8C3PdBFyOI-i4_bR_v8jpnkvKSAlgrLaZa40Zu1TQyfGVCGm9-49JxlOjng=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Sky News Australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Copenhagen Consensus Centre President Bjorn Lomborg says the reality is we are being \u201cmisled\u201d on climate change because they want to \u201cscare us\u201d into spending \u201ctrillions of dollars\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the long run we should find a way to avoid fossil fuels and find cheaper green energy, but we\u2019re not there yet,\u201d Mr Lomborg told SKy News host Andrew Bolt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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