Psychoanalysis on Climate ‘Denial’? (stranger and stranger)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 23, 2025“CO2 is not the threat but the friend, as are fossil fuels that make an unsafe world safe and pleasant for billions of people despite the forces of Statism and … elitist climate policy.”
Climate alarmists live in a self-righteous bubble where humankind is the scoundrel. Nature is optimal and fragile; anthropogenic change cannot be good, even toward greening, warming, and moistening. Think about that nonpolluting trace gas, carbon dioxide (CO2).
To the Church of Climate, there cannot be any debate against the narrative of alarm–or pushback against forced energy transformation. The opposition is evil against the common good, defined so vaguely as to preclude real human betterment. So psychological explanations emerge.
Consider this post on LinkedIn by self-described PR specialist Dr. Tanya Pobuda (Tanya P.) (I am blocked–see comment below):
… Continue ReadingThere’s something I have noticed when I engage with climate change deniers on LinkedIn.
Offshore Wind’s EPA Check (Empire Wind 1 at risk)
By Allen Brooks -- April 22, 2025“Every statement pushing back on Interior Secretary Burgum’s directive would equally apply to the Keystone XL pipeline situation. However, since Keystone involved crude oil, it was not entitled to the rights that green energy demands. Yet, the current critics quickly point out that the U.S. needs all forms of energy.”
On April 16, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to order Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor (formerly Statoil) to cease all construction activities related to its offshore wind project, Empire Wind 1. The announcement came when Equinor notified BOEM to begin construction activities.
The initial work included dumping the first load of rocks on the ocean floor to protect the wind turbine foundations. The work was scheduled to start in late April, with foundation pile-driving to follow.…
Continue ReadingJennifer Granholm: Now Corporate Welfare Lobbyist
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- April 21, 2025“Funny how bureaucrats don’t care about spending, the budget deficit, and the national debt. They can always kick the can down the road–until now in the case of Jennifer Granholm and DOE.”
She is not done yet. The next stanza for the former head of the U.S. Department of Energy will be to lobby for her rent-seeking clients (the revolving door). Here is her latest!
This follows Jennifer Granholm‘s last communication on social media, the “I’m-sorry-about-this” open letter (“To my DOE colleagues”) that began
… Continue ReadingLike many of you, I’ve been sick about the news of the past month. I’ve been hearing about you DOEers whom we recruited for your brilliance and expertise, those of you who moved from your home state to take your skills to the nation, those of you with young children, those of you who took large pay cuts to come into public service, those of you who saw service to our nation as a mission.