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“What we see here is the expectation of a green miracle, where the wildly ambitious (to be generous) goal of decarbonizing the world's energy production in a few short years is accomplished via rainbow-hued unicorn farts. The hard realities of resource extraction for all those solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries (oh, lots and lots of batteries) - and that's not even considering that our technology isn't remotely "there" yet - are ignored or waved off. Indeed, the entirety of greening amounts to politicians legislating "make it so" mandates and expecting someone else to magic those mandates into reality.”

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"Minerals and metals for the green shift should be obtained from consumption reduction and better reuse on land"

[Insert Jonah Jameson laughing gif here - are they serious?]

Here we have people who's entire purpose in life is a never ending crusade to "save the planet." They will even block development of their own proposed solutions. Why? Are they afraid of losing their life's purpose?

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Yes. Though most won't admit it, most activists don't want the problems they scream about solved. The gravy train, the fame, the smug self-satisfaction, and the rest would go away, and they'd be left casting about for something new to do.

This is why advocacy organizations have a life-cycle. When they start, normal people commingle with the hardcore. As the initial goals start to get achieved, the normal people start to move on to other things or devote less time to the organization. This means the concentration of the hardcore grows, and since the structures have been formed, they will now cast about for new things to be fanatic about.

It's also an expose as to the anti-humanism of too many enviros. They have a bizarre "worship" for the planet in some mythical proto-form, that ignores both natural evolution and the fact that the great thing about being a human is the ability to improve your life by making adjustments to your living conditions. It's why there's a reverence for "native" tribes, as if the hardscrabble hunter-gatherer lifestyle is "better" than modern life.

I could go on.

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How many recycled Nokia phones does it take to build a 500mw solar array?

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Activists are what I call "Armchair Engineers" after the term "Armchair Coaches" who from watching TV know everything about football better than the best coach on field. Having never done anything or made anything in their lives they still somehow know better than those who actually make things, or play football.

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Let's be clear as to who is calling the shots on this: the Chinese want to protect their monopoly status and writing huge checks to WWF, et. al., is just the cost of doing business. It's funny how EVERYBODY looks the hypocrite who takes money from the CCP, doesn't it?

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Good call.

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