One of the most consistent qualities of the Proregressives* is their need to project. If you are my age and are having memory problems or if you did not pay attention in your pop-psychology classes, projection is the habit of taking your secret thoughts and biases and laying them on others. One of the best examples was Hillary calling out the “Vast right wing conspiracy” which did not exist on the right but was a daily experience for the left.
So I would like to point out that the constant chorus of “racism” and “white supremacy” is actually the kind of attitude that exists in the elites of the left. This came to mind as I was reading an article from The American Thinker about how the white liberals in charge of major power-blocks are working to ban fossil fuels in Africa. CEO’s of banks and government agencies are demanding that the only new power sources allowed in Africa be green energy. Green energy is something that only rich people can afford since it is so expensive.
One paragraph sets the stage for the need,
“One fifth of the world's population lives in Africa, but the continent accounts for less than one twenty-fifth of global electricity use. Around 600 million in Africa have no electricity.”No electricity means that Africa will remain at the bottom of the barrel. It can be as mild as not being able to use an electric can opener to death by starvation.
Then the wonderful people who are causing this.
“The biggest setback to Africa's fossil ambitions came from the major banking institutions and other big funding entities, which have decided to stop funding for fossil fuel projects internationally.”My guess is that these are mainly run by white men. Any women or minorities are most likely tokens. If you read the article you will find that one country is working hard to supply the energy needed: China.
So we see another case of projection. The left yells “racist” and then does everything it can to keep Africa a third world poverty site.
*(Liberals, educators, the media, socialists, communists, crony capitalists, elites, Rinos, Democrats, leftists, Never Trumpers, Antifa, BLM, MSM, Deep State, etc. Another word for swamp dwellers)
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As you and others have pointed out, banning fossil fuels can be harmful among underdeveloped people groups. It is also foolish to do it anywhere. This is because most of the greenhouse gas inventory comes from natural sources. Let me present the rough numbers:
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2) CO2 is a greenhouse gas. We have ~415 ppmv in our atmosphere. According to a table issued by the USDOE, 96+% of our CO2 comes from natural sources.
3) N2O and CH4 are the next largest components of our greenhouse gas envelope, at ~2 ppmv and 1 ppmv respectively. >90% of both of these come from natural sources.
4) To obtain common units of measure, 1% = 10,000 ppmv.
This all means that H2O is 96% of our greenhouse gas inventory, and it is all natural. Combining all of these, taking the 'Global Warming Factor' of each gas into account, you wind up with the shocking news that 99.7% of all earth's greenhouse gases come from natural sources. Don't take my word on this - ask any degreed climatologist (who's not afraid of losing tenure or funding.)
Bottom line - There is nothing that humanity can do to make any measurable change to the amount of greenhouse gases around us. Nothing.
There you go using facts again. That is cruel to the feelings of the triggered. You should not be ashamed of yourself.
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