The latest obnoxious climate protest at the Congressional Baseball Game last night was yet another waste of time that won’t change minds. But the counterproductive nature of the protesters’ temper tantrums is only surpassed by their unhelpful “solutions” that would lower our quality of life and, in fact, hurt the environment. The conservative approach to climate issues, by contrast, calls for innovative actions that would strengthen the United States and reduce carbon pollution.
If we heeded the calls of the leftist protesters who want to eliminate fossil fuel use immediately, we would destroy modern civilization as we know it. Alternatives to fossil fuels are simply not ready to take over the world’s skyrocketing energy demand alone. Taking this approach would plunge the world into extreme poverty.
