Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, environmentalism
Tweet… is from page 223 of Art Carden’s and GMU Econ alum Caleb Fuller’s superb book, Mere Economics [original emphasis; footnotes deleted; link added]: The “finite resources” argument also begs the question because it assumes we know which materials are “resources” and which are not. Something is only a resource insofar as we can use…
Quotation of the Day…
08 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: nuisance suits
Let’s hope the Supreme Court agrees that Boulder’s lawsuit is an excellent opportunity to terminate frivolous climate lawfare, expand on the guidance it provided in these two previous cases – and end attempts by climate activists to impose destructive national policies through local and state courts.
Supreme Court should not let climate lawfare set US energy policy
07 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, climate change, econometerics, economics of climate change, economics of education, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: academic bias, climate activists
A widely-referenced 2024 study that predicted massive global economic damages due to climate change has now been retracted, The New York Times (NYT) reported on Wednesday.
Climate Doomsday Prophecy Peddled By Academia Retracted In Disgrace
25 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: rule of law
The Greens announced: Today, the Greens are announcing that a Green Government will commit to revoking any consents or permits handed out under the fast-track process for coal, Hardrock gold and seabed mining. This is the Greens saying that they will revoke consents and permits that were legally granted. This is the sort of behaviour…
Greens against the rule of law
23 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
Historian Victor Davis Hanson explains the collapse of climate hysteria in his Daily Signal video AI is Challenging Climate Orthodoxy: For those who prefer reading, below is a lightly edited transcript from the closed captions in italics with my bolds and added images. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the daily signal. For most […]
How the Kooky Climate Crisis Crumbles
17 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Climate cancelling had a good run — but my Cornell lecture showed its finally over
The Last Gasp of the Climate Thought Police
16 Nov 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming
From the political scene to the continued growth of hydrocarbon energy, the global climate consensus and the push for Net Zero is crumbling. It’s time for nations to return to sensible energy policy.
Ten Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Climatism is Crumbling
15 Nov 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - Australia
But still wants to stay in the Paris Agreement?
Aussie Mainstream Opposition Formally Abandons Net Zero
14 Nov 2025 1 Comment
in discrimination, economics of climate change, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, gender, global warming, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights
One of the goals of the COP30 climate conference is helping women allegedly affected by climate change.
COP30 Dispute Erupts over the Legal Definition of a Woman
12 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming
Clearly, the global environmental movement is not backing off from climate catastrophism, no matter what Bill Gates says. With or without him, it’s going to step up the pressure.
Did Bill Gates Really Drop a Bomb on Climate Catastrophism?
09 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, television Tags: climate alarmism, media bias
By Paul Homewood The BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee will investigate the BBC’s reporting of climate change, following the latest scandal of their fraudulent doctoring of Trump’s speech: From the Telegraph: A catalogue of corrections: The BBC’s climate change reporting Corporation will conduct ‘thematic review’ of coverage after internal dossier reveals claims […]
BBC to review bias in climate change coverage
03 Nov 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism
Alex Epstein reports regarding Bill Gates latest statement downplaying climate doomsterism, and reminds us that he hasn’t changed his mind so much as he is now able to speak freely. For example, watch this short video of Bill Gates in 2019. Alex Epstein posted his conversation with Fox News Will Cain: Why Bill Gates is […]
Bill Gates Returns to Energy Pragmatism
27 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate activists
Radical environmentalists like Michael Mann are organizing, teaching, and shaping the next generation in ways that are anti-human, anti-freedom, and anti-Western. Thus far, they’ve done so unopposed. But conservatives can’t continue to cede this battlefield.
Surprised By Leftwing Radical Rhetoric? Look Closer at the Climate Movement
26 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
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For that, Ted Nordhaus deserves genuine respect. He may not yet be a full skeptic, but he has done something rare in the climate priesthood: he has confessed that the prophecies were false.
Ted Nordhaus’s Epiphany
23 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand
Labour and Greens want us to run out of gas, having banned future exploration. They think the country can be powered by 100% renewables. One problem is that many New Zealanders have gas powered heating and cooking. So what would be the cost of doing away with gas? We now have an answer with this […]
The cost of turning off gas
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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