{"id":245797,"date":"2023-02-26T20:58:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=245797"},"modified":"2023-02-26T20:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T19:58:43","slug":"wilful-ignorance-on-climate-change-is-making-people-poorer-and-weaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=245797","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wilful ignorance\u2019 on climate change is making people \u2018poorer and weaker\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"245801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=245801\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?fit=895%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"895,502\" 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-2023-02-26-205746\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?w=895&amp;ssl=1 895w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"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=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky News host Andrew Bolt says out of vanity and \u201cwilful ignorance\u201d Australia\u2019s political class has decided to make people \u201cpoorer and weaker\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ve decided to get rid of our reliable electricity, electricity that used to be about the cheapest in the world, electricity that made us so rich, that let us set up smelters, and car plants, and factories of all kinds that gave us jobs,\u201d Mr Bolt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd they\u2019re going to get rid of this cheap and reliable electricity without &#8211; and get this &#8211; without having anything reliable to replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Bolt said the green projects by the government have \u201cblown their budgets or are years behind\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a farce, except there&#8217;s nothing funny about it. I mean look at your power bills, are you laughing? Look at the jobs already lost, is that funny?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne green scheme after the other, failed or in strife, costing billions more than promised.\u201d<\/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; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWRyVemsTvs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky News host Andrew Bolt says out of vanity and \u201cwilful ignorance\u201d Australia\u2019s political class has decided to make people \u201cpoorer and weaker\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":245801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/0Screenshot-2023-02-26-205746.png?fit=895%2C502&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-11Wt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":204511,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=204511","url_meta":{"origin":245797,"position":0},"title":"Guardian: Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"15\/06\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Essay by Eric Worrall Sky News Australia has allowed \u201cjunk science, climate delayism and attacks on high-profile individuals working on the climate crisis to become mainstreamed\u201d, according to\u00a0The Institute for Strategic Dialog. 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