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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe multi-decade failure of climate mitigation policies has naturally given way to adaptation, which is the free-market, government-free approach to climate policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Richard Black<\/a><\/strong>, head of communications at Climate Analytics (Germany), is frustrated about adaptation rather than his preferred course of \u201cdrastic\u201d cuts in CO2 (think societal upheaval). \u201cIt\u2019s important to see the recent transatlantic aircon spat for what it was \u2013 a deliberate distraction,\u201d he complains<\/a>. Chalk up another messaging failure and more futility for the anti-CO2, anti-modern-living lobby. [1]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhetorical Dead Cat?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important, because it will come again. At some point soon, the mercury will rise higher still and recently-set records will be broken \u2013 driven by man-made climate change.

And, desperate to avoid a proper conversation about climate change, contrarians will once more throw the rhetorical dead cat onto the table of overheated hospital wards, parched crops and buckling railways and blame \u2019the left,\u2019 \u2018greens,\u2019 \u2018woke regulations\u2019 or \u2018Old Europe\u2019 for blocking use of air conditioners or, even more dramatically, forcing them to be \u2018ripped out.\u2019 And \u2019the left\u2019 and \u2018greens\u2019 will instinctively let this frame the debate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Right! Here-and-now problems will define human betterment, not anti-energy policies that make adaptation more difficult. But to Black, it is the \u201cwrong approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By all means, let\u2019s talk about air conditioning \u2013 but let\u2019s do so under the proper framing, of it signifying the need both to adapt to and constrain climate change impacts.

Once, residents of cities such as Paris could cope with summer heatwaves by opening shutters and windows during the night, and closing them again in the morning to trap the cool air inside. That doesn\u2019t work nearly as well now, because both daytime and nighttime temperatures during heatwaves are too high. We\u2019ve reached a limit to this sort of adaptation.

So let\u2019s talk about limits to adaptation, which climate scientists and economists have been highlighting for decades, in the face of constant claims that \u2018we should just adapt.\u2019

Next comes the question of why people who have serially professed their lack of concern over victims of sweltering summers (remember the \u2018but cold kills way more people than heat\u2019 meme?) should now suddenly be advocating \u2019solutions.\u2019

And next, let\u2019s draw a Venn diagram showing the huge and hypocritical overlap between people who advocate air conditioning and people who see heat pumps as a dastardly totalitarian threat, when heat pumps are capable of cooling as well as heating.

After that, let\u2019s talk about the myriad impacts of climate change-exacerbated heat that air conditioning can\u2019t do anything about \u2013 many of which are happening in the US, from where some of the loudest voices on the aircon distraction are emanating.
Like crop yields, for example, which are already being affected by higher temperatures and which are likely to see further decline in coming decades. Like the spread of diseases carried by insect vectors and in water. Like the increase in intense wildfires, posing a rising danger to lives and property.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Black then turns to public policy, specifically drastic action that is all pain, no gain\u2013and increasingly rejected by citizen-voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Can you see what it is yet? And having challenged the air-conditioners on all of these impacts, let\u2019s come to the most fundamental point of all: without sharp falls in carbon emissions, all of these impacts will continue to get more serious, more damaging and more costly. So unless you\u2019re advocating emission cuts, you don\u2019t merit a serious place in the conversation. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I responded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The problem is that \u201cemission cuts\u201d do not appreciably affect global climate for decades, if ever, and adaptation (the rational policy in a high-energy world) requires non-emission-cuts public policy. Affordable, reliable energy are what consumers require for adaptation. Wind, solar, and batteries are full of their own economic and environmental problems.

P.S. Check your premises on all the climate alarmism\u2013a fair accounting of the benefits of CO2 enrichment is fair.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

No response from Mr. Black to my comment or the majority of comments that were critical. Hit-and-run and ignore-the-skeptics time. But they are losing the energy\/climate messaging war. [1]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The multi-decade failure of climate mitigation policies has naturally given way to adaptation<\/em>, which is the free-market, government-free approach to climate policy. Yet adaptation depends on affordable, reliable energies, the ones that consumers naturally choose without Big Climate Brother. Richard Black has a tiger by the tail with his vague, open-ended \u201cemission cuts\u201d plea. The world will be moving on without him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014\u2013<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/strong> Other climate messaging posts are here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affordability In, Renewables Out (again)<\/a> (June 25, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left Progressives Cool It on Green New Deal: Progressive Policy Institute<\/a> (May 13, 2026)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Is Public Stupidity Behind Climate Change Apathy?<\/a> (March 23, 2026)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Democrats Retreat from Climate Activism (energy affordability, electability in play)<\/a> (March 19, 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Alarmists Question Climate Exaggeration<\/a> (November 4, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Out, Affordability In<\/a> (October 23, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Activism Fail from the Inside<\/a> (July 31, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate Messaging: The Alarmists are Alarmed<\/a> (July 29, 2025)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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