{"id":289606,"date":"2023-12-02T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T14:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289606"},"modified":"2023-12-02T15:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T14:06:33","slug":"greta-thunbergs-climate-crusade-is-heading-for-defeat-michael-shellenberger-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=289606","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg\u2019s climate crusade is heading for defeat | Michael Shellenberger interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"416\" data-attachment-id=\"289610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=289610\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-02-150535.png?fit=977%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"977,562\" 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-2023-12-02-150535\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-02-150535.png?fit=723%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-02-150535.png?resize=723%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-02-150535.png?w=977&amp;ssl=1 977w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-02-150535.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-02-150535.png?resize=768%2C442&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\">\u201cGreta Thunberg is an end stage product of the climate religion. As renewables come into crisis everywhere in the world because of local community opposition to the land use impacts, as well as the high associated costs, the bloom is coming off the rose for climate activists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Shellenberger is an environmentalist, author, and advocate for pragmatic solutions to climate change. He joins Steven Edginton to talk about the \u2018religion\u2019 of climate change for this week\u2019s Off Script podcast. 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