Let them eat cake
“Sure, organic agriculture is sustainable: it sustains poverty and malnutrition.” Taken from an article by Matt Ridley, on the self-imposed agricultural disaster of Sri Lanka, caused by the...
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I know the spectrum of views on this topic among Samizdata folk varies widely, from “Hell, yes” denialist to, well, me. That is, to someone who climate alarmists would call a climate denialist but who...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“If consumers and businesses cared about the CO2 they emit, the last cars they might buy are hot-selling EVs like Ford’s Mustang Mach-E or GM’s Hummer EV.” – Holman W Jenkins, Wall Street Journal ($)
View ArticleIf we had…
…a free market in money then we wouldn’t have inflation. (Please note that with zero inflation prices can still move relative to one another.) …a free market in housing then we wouldn’t have a housing...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“The U.S. could have set an example for the world through innovation. Instead the government chose to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve no noticeable climate benefit.” – Bjorn Lomborg,...
View ArticleBlue remembered hills, 2022 version
Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
Heaven forbid trying increase gas supplies in a time of gas shortage. Amazing how many greens seem to have a convergence of interests with nice Mr. Putin. Funny that. – Perry de Havilland on the...
View ArticleDon’t give up the day job. Try doing it instead.
Here is a confession: I wrote most of this post on January 17th, the day I read the Times article that I quote. Then something distracted me and I put it aside to finish later. It is now “later”, as in...
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View ArticleYou will be poorer, and you will be happy – a continuing series
“Switzerland could be the first country to impose driving bans on e-cars in an emergency to ensure energy security. Several media report this unanimously and refer to a draft regulation on restrictions...
View ArticleThe looming fury – when will it come for the Net Zero obsession?
“The politicians have a choice: make greenery consumer-friendly, harnessing technology to preserve the public’s quality of life, or face a calamitous democratic uprising.” – Allister Heath. For some...
View ArticleJordan Peterson interviews Alex Epstein, author of “Fossil Future”
I urge people, when they get the time, to give this interview of Alex Epstein a view. Epstein is the author of “Fossil Future”, an absolutely brilliant explanation of the case for Man’s use of...
View ArticleGreenpeace Aotearoa lives in hope
I am not being sarcastic when I say that I admire the way that Nick Young, writing for Greenpeace Aotearoa (the country formerly known as New Zealand), at least has the guts to admit that Sri Lanka’s...
View ArticleThe circuit breaks
In the Times, Giles Coren explains why he has pulled the plug on his electric car. As I watch my family strike out on foot across the fields into driving rain and gathering darkness, my wife holding...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – the King is not your friend
This argument hints at why so many rich, virtue-signalling celebrities argue not just for Net Zero but ‘Real’ Zero, with the banning of all fossil fuel use. King Charles said in 2009 that the age of...
View ArticleThe Precautionary Principle and “synthetic meat”
Virginia Postrel, whose book, The Future and Its Enemies, is shown on the upper-left of this blog’s page (under the work of Karl Popper and the handgun), recently wrote an article that got me thinking...
View ArticleCurrent countdown on the Extinction clock…
April 18th 2003: Crash course towards massive species extinction, says Defenders of Wildlife. Nina Fascione, Vice President for Field Conservation Programs at Defenders of Wildlife, quote: “Frankly, it...
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