Part One: Diagnosing the Problem and Issue
In Part One of the “A Rational Thinker’s Guide to Climate Change and Related Policies” trilogy, Nick argues that the most pressing issue of our time is the inept policies being pushed upon society by the climate alarmist movement. When it comes to climate, energy, and environmental policy, we need to get back to rational thought as to what we know and what math and science are telling us. Nick examines Earth’s historical sea level and temperature changes, puts carbon dioxide emissions in perspective, discusses the carbon footprint of renewable energy sources (as well as their energy density and ecological impact), and more.
Part Two: Consequences of the Experts’ Cures
The “Rational Thinker’s Guide” trilogy continues in part two as the conversation turns to “what the elites and the expert classes are forcing upon society and economies when it comes to the cures or the medicines to help us deal or cope with climate change,” explains Nick.
Topics in part two include:
- The supply chain and manufacturing of wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles.
- Higher energy costs fueling inflation.
- The geopolitical ramifications of present climate policies.
- The developing world’s need for reliable and affordable energy.
Part Three:Forces Driving Present Climate Policies
The “Rational Thinker’s Guide” trilogy concludes in part three as Nick discusses what’s driving present climate policies: “When you think them through, from a chemistry or a physics or a math or an economics perspective, they make absolutely no sense,” says Nick.
Nick examines two sets of stakeholders benefitting from today’s climate policies, one being external and the other internal.
Topics in part three include:
- OPEC and Russia benefiting from the U.S. and the West’s energy policy.
- Venezuela’s aggression toward Guyana.
- China’s stranglehold on every imaginable supply chain component of wind, solar, EVs, and batteries.
- By controlling the availability and cost of energy, individuals lose individual freedom and their own decision-making ability.
