{"id":274380,"date":"2023-08-18T21:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274380"},"modified":"2023-08-18T21:39:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:39:48","slug":"montana-judge-answers-kids-climate-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274380","title":{"rendered":"Montana Judge Answers Kids\u2019 Climate\u00a0Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"274403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274403\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" 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=\"OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG.OTzzw1fejRfooMVq.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" 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\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/rclutz.com\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"274381\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274381\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?fit=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" 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=\"image-758\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-758.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Climate Change, Holy Government Deliver us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As many know, a Montana Judge ruled in favor of the kids in Held vs Montana.\u00a0 I &amp; I Editorial Board summed up the proceedings in an article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2023\/08\/16\/is-this-the-dumbest-sentence-ever-written-about-climate-change\/\"><strong>Is This The Most Asinine Sentence Ever Written About \u2018Climate Change\u2019?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Excerpts in italics with my bolds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>District Court Judge Kathy Seeley<\/strong>\u00a0ruled in favor of several young\u00a0<strong>plaintiffs \u2013 ranging in age from 5 to 22<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 saying they \u201chave a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment, which includes climate as part of the environmental-support system.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>As proof of the harm<\/strong>&nbsp;the plaintiffs are suffering, the order has a<strong>&nbsp;list of horribles<\/strong>&nbsp;that includes:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\u201cOlivia expressed&nbsp;<strong>despair<\/strong>&nbsp;due to climate change.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cBadge is&nbsp;<strong>anxious<\/strong>&nbsp;when he thinks about the future that he, and his potential children, will inherit.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cGrace \u2026 is&nbsp;<strong>anxious<\/strong>&nbsp;about climate change.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cMica gets&nbsp;<strong>frustrated<\/strong>&nbsp;when he is required to stay indoors during the summer because of wildfire smoke.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Perhaps\u00a0<strong>the judge should have ruled against the adults<\/strong>\u00a0who are filling these poor children\u2019s minds with climate alarmist fantasies, but that\u2019s another story.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In any event, it was up to the\u00a0<strong>crack reporters and editors at the once respectable Associated Press<\/strong>\u00a0to come up with what is perhaps\u00a0<strong>the most asinine sentence ever written about this issue.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe ruling following a first-of-its-kind trial in the U.S.,\u201d the AP reported, \u201cadds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have<strong>\u00a0established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201cA government duty to protect citizens from climate change\u201d?<br>Think about that for a minute.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Someone should take these AP reporters aside and\u00a0<strong>explain to them a basic fact of life: The climate is always changing.<\/strong>\u00a0Always. Sometimes for the worse. Sometimes for the better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>They might go on to explain to these reporters that\u00a0<strong>the best way<\/strong>\u00a0to deal with an ever-changing climate<strong>\u00a0isn\u2019t to wish change awa<\/strong>y<strong>, or pretend that denying a drilling permit will make one iota of difference<\/strong>, but to encourage human ingenuity and prosperity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>That\u2019s how\u00a0<strong>you deal with a climate that is always changing. By adapting to it.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s why deaths from naturally occurring disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and so on, have steadily fallen as mankind has become smarter and more prosperous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"417\" data-attachment-id=\"274385\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274385\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-759.png?fit=866%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"866,500\" 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=\"image-759\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-759.png?fit=723%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-759.png?resize=723%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-759.png?w=866&amp;ssl=1 866w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-759.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-759.png?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The escape from accountability card widely used by politicians, currently played by Hawaii\u2019s governor regarding Maui debacle.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Childish Appeal to Government to Fix Climate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nearly religious appeal to government to fix the \u201cclimate problem\u201d is childlike, even in the mouths of progressive politicians.\u00a0 James L. Payne writes at the The Foundation for Economic Education\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/how-to-talk-to-children-about-climate-change\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20FEE-Freeman%20(Foundation%20for%20Economic%20Education%20-%20Latest%20Articles)\"><strong>How to Talk to Children about Climate Change.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Excerpts in italics with my bolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>If in coming years we hope to curb the naive governmental interventions that bring so much ruin to the world, we need to address this belief in the efficacy of government.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We smile at seeing those young faces waving placards out in the rain, urging action on the problem of climate change. But our smile is tinged with frustration, with the feeling that\u00a0<strong>the youngsters live in another dimension<\/strong>\u00a0and that we don\u2019t know how to reach them intellectually.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"274387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274387\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" 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=\"image-760\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-760.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>How They See It<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The natural impulse is to want to explain how crushingly complicated is this issue.<\/strong>\u00a0First, we point out, there is the<strong>\u00a0uncertainty about the connection<\/strong>\u00a0between human-released CO2 and storms, floods and fires, and all the other bad things that might happen. Then we want to explain that\u00a0<strong>cutting down on CO2 is not easy<\/strong>, that everyone will have to make great sacrifices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>One has to weigh the different possible benefits that might come from stopping (or slowing) global warming against the costs of trying to counter it. This\u00a0<strong>cost-benefit analysis involves a bundle of economic and moral questions<\/strong>. (For a good overview of the complexities of the climate change issue, read former NASA scientist Roy W. Spencer\u2019s 2008 book Climate Confusion.) For example, would saving butterfly X from extinction (assuming we could guarantee it) counterbalance the harm done to the working poor by taking $1,000 a year from each of them in a carbon tax? And so on.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>However, I think\u00a0<strong>this impulse<\/strong>\u00a0to debate the complexities of the issue\u00a0<strong>is misguided<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>The activists do not base their position on reasoning and calculations.<\/strong>\u00a0The Climate Kids don\u2019t come to their demonstrations pushing wheelbarrows full of cost-benefit analyses. Most of them<strong>\u00a0don\u2019t even know what cost-benefit analysis is<\/strong>. More importantly, they<strong>\u00a0don\u2019t think they need to know<\/strong>\u00a0about it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"328\" data-attachment-id=\"274392\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274392\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?fit=3524%2C1599&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3524,1599\" 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=\"image-763\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?fit=723%2C328&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=723%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=1024%2C465&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=300%2C136&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=768%2C348&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=1536%2C697&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=2048%2C929&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?resize=1200%2C544&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-763.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is because, in their way of looking at the world, it is not their\u00a0<strong>responsibility to fix society\u2019s problems.<\/strong>\u00a0That task\u00a0<strong>belongs to a higher power, to government.<\/strong>\u00a0Their mission is simply to\u00a0<strong>beseech this higher power to act<\/strong>. Once it decides to act,\u00a0<strong>they believe, government has all the expertise needed<\/strong>\u00a0to make the correct calculations and the ability\u00a0<strong>to craft policies that solve the problem without significantly hurting anybody<\/strong>\u2014well, anybody except the very rich.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274389\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-761.png?fit=530%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"530,182\" 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=\"image-761\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-761.png?fit=530%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-761.png?resize=723%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274389\" style=\"width:759px;height:261px\" width=\"723\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-761.png?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-761.png?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We should not be all that surprised by their\u00a0<strong>deep, instinctive trust of government.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u00a0<strong>is a social predisposition,<\/strong>\u00a0one that affects all of us to some degree. The<strong>\u00a0belief in government\u2019s wisdom and power is imparted to children very early in life as an article of faith, like the belief in Santa Claus<\/strong>. As children grow up, they begin to notice that government has flaws and that political leaders are not as wise as originally supposed. As a result, their faith in government declines somewhat, so that\u00a0<strong>by age 30<\/strong>, as traditional wisdom has it,\u00a0<strong>most people grow somewhat skeptical about government\u2019s ability to cure the world\u2019s problems.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274391\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?fit=252%2C252&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"252,252\" 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=\"image-762\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?fit=252%2C252&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?resize=439%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274391\" style=\"width:439px;height:439px\" width=\"439\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?w=252&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-762.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>But not everyone, and especially not\u00a0<strong>today\u2019s climate activists<\/strong>. Faced with a staggeringly complex cost-benefit analysis that has most of us (older) folks scratching our heads, they are\u00a0<strong>brimming with certainty that catastrophe is coming, and government can fix whatever is wrong.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"512\" data-attachment-id=\"274393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274393\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-764.png?fit=821%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"821,581\" 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=\"image-764\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-764.png?fit=723%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-764.png?resize=723%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-764.png?w=821&amp;ssl=1 821w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-764.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-764.png?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Government Can\u2019t Save the Planet<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We were given a telling illustration of this simplistic faith earlier this year when 29-year-old US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presented her\u00a0<strong>\u201cGreen New Deal\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0proposal. This\u00a0<strong>House resolution mentions dozens of dangers and problems<\/strong>\u00a0that she believes to be connected with climate change, from mass migrations, wildfires, and the loss of coral reefs to declining life expectancy, wage stagnation, and the racial wealth divide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>How are these all problems to be solved? Ms. Ocasio-Cortez does not propose any specific law or regulation.<\/strong>\u00a0She does not advocate, let\u2019s say, a 16 percent carbon tax and assure us that, according to her calculations, this measure will save 61 percent of the coral reefs, and prevent 53 percent of wildfires while reducing the income of the poor by only 8.2 percent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274395\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-765.png?fit=370%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"370,435\" 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=\"image-765\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-765.png?fit=370%2C435&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-765.png?resize=404%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274395\" style=\"width:404px;height:475px\" width=\"404\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-765.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-765.png?resize=255%2C300&amp;ssl=1 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Like the schoolchildren demonstrating in the street, she leaves the task of figuring out the specific answers to a higher power. Indeed, her resolution begins with this appeal to the higher power: \u201c<\/strong>It is the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.\u201d Thus runs the thoughtless faith in government, a faith so deep that even\u00a0<strong>an activist who literally is the government herself looks to \u201cgovernment\u201d to solve problems she can\u2019t begin to analyze.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274397\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-766.png?fit=600%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,330\" 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=\"image-766\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-766.png?fit=600%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-766.png?resize=723%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274397\" style=\"width:762px;height:419px\" width=\"723\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-766.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-766.png?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If in coming years we hope to<strong>\u00a0curb the naive governmental interventions<\/strong>\u00a0that bring so much ruin to the world, we need to address this belief in the efficacy of government. We need to urge\u00a0<strong>our young idealists to remember that government is not a god with magical powers<\/strong>\u00a0to fix any problem we notice but an imperfect agency composed of fallible human beings. One way to begin this conversation is to pose this question: \u201cGiven what you know about the people who have been in charge of government, is it reasonable to expect, in the future, a high level of rationality and responsibility from government?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274398\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-767.png?fit=375%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"375,284\" 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=\"image-767\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-767.png?fit=375%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-767.png?resize=576%2C436&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274398\" style=\"width:576px;height:436px\" width=\"576\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-767.png?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-767.png?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-767.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dr. James L. Payne is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and author. He earned his PhD in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, and he has taught political science at a number of universities including Yale University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"518\" data-attachment-id=\"274399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274399\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-768.png?fit=1000%2C716&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,716\" 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=\"image-768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-768.png?fit=723%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-768.png?resize=723%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-768.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-768.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-768.png?resize=768%2C550&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the stool above shows, the climate change package sits on three premises. The first is the science bit, consisting of an unproven claim that observed warming is caused by humans burning fossil fuels. The second part rests on impact studies from billions of research dollars spent uncovering any and all possible negatives from warming. And the third leg is climate policies showing how governments can \u201cfight climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has warmed since the Little Ice Age with many factors involved, most of which are orders of magnitude more powerful than CO2.\u00a0 Secondly, the last 1.5C of warming was a boon to humans and nature, and the next 1.5C will likely also benefit the world.\u00a0 Finally it is naive to believe in government fixing the climate to prevent further warming.\u00a0 Expensive, intermittent wind and solar power is the proposed solution, which accounts for just 2% of global energy consumed, and has proven disastrous anywhere it has been tried.\u00a0 In the meantime the children are appeased by declaring a \u201cclimate emergency.\u201d\u00a0 Wake up and get real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274401\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-769.png?fit=619%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"619,450\" 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=\"image-769\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-769.png?fit=619%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" 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