Glasgow climate summit is an elite farce — innovation is the solution

Should action on the climate be just another line item in the budget? Written by Michael Shermer, the article directly references the work of Bjorn Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus Center. 

The Texas rolling black-outs have become a Rorschach test where everyone sees what they’d like to see. Wind skeptics point out that wind turbines are frozen, renewable energy campaigners point out that gas, coal and nuclear power plants also cut out.  But the much more fundamental point is: Not having enough power when you need it can be deadly. This is relevant for the attempt by the Biden administration to get rid of fossil fuels in the electricity sector by 2035. It will create a lot of problems, especially if it is focused on intermittent renewables.