wokeism and the environment

Wokeism leads to the opposite of what it purports to achieve, and so it is with woke environmental policy: if the claim is that it'll protect the environment, it's pretty much guaranteed to destroy it. Here are two recent and related examples of that (edited).

1. Headline:

Maui Wildfires Can Be Classified as First Woke-Caused Disaster

As the staggering toll continues to be tallied, it is becoming apparent that the Maui wildfires may reasonably be classified as the first “woke-caused” disaster.

To begin with, the rush to eliminate carbon emissions may have killed the implementation of effective fire-prevention policies.

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The response to the wildfires on Maui will likely be studied for years as an example of what not to do.

The magnitude of devastation may be just enough to make people rethink ‘climate crisis’ and social-justice narratives, as well as their potentially destructive “solutions.” Let’s hope so, or more disasters of this nature loom large in our future.

2. Headline:

These 14 American Cities Have A ‘Target’ Of Banning Meat, Dairy, And Private Vehicles By 2030

Fourteen major American cities are part of a globalist climate organization known as the “C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group,” which has an “ambitious target” by the year 2030 of “0 kg [of] meat consumption,” “0 kg [of] dairy consumption,” “3 new clothing items per person per year,” “0 private vehicles” owned, and “1 short-haul return flight (less than 1500 km) every 3 years per person.”

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All of these policy proposals appear even more unreasonable and illogical when we actually evaluate the data. According to the International Disaster Database, deaths related to extreme heat, floods, storms, and droughts have plummeted as C02 emissions have risen. The fossil-fuel economy has provided billions of people with heating, air conditioning, weather-warning systems, mass irrigation, and durable buildings.

This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t try to limit carbon emissions. Environmentally friendly nuclear energy, which is safe and more reliable than wind and solar energy, is a great way to wean our society off our reliance on fossil fuels. The globalist climate activists, however, oppose nuclear energy, further undermining their supposedly good intentions.

Ultimately, the climate coalition’s goals are inherently anti-human. People generally need meat and the protein it provides to flourish. Banning meat and dairy, restricting calories, genetically altering the human body, and impoverishing the masses will hurt the planet and people. More likely than not, it will do more than hurt people—it will kill many of them.