corban on Nostr: I think it was in an old saifedean podcast episode where he said something along the ...

I think it was in an old saifedean (nprofile…ynd4) podcast episode where he said something along the lines of, “Every decade, there is a climate-based scam that goes around. Past scams include an upcoming ice age, destruction of the ozone layer, etc.”

Once he shared some of the manic episodes of the previous decades, I could easily see how silly they appear today. It seems like it is usually a large-scale grift that often times politicians lean into. Sometimes, it’s rooted in a small bit of truth, but it becomes severely exaggerated in order to appear like an emergency to capitalize on. You can see the recent grift now in hindsight with ESG companies/funds, non-profits, and political talking points.

I don’t claim to be an expert in meteorology or climate science, but a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a critical-thinking lens certainly helps. Now, as we see the “global warming” scare has not come to pass (e.g. ice caps remain, Florida beachfronts properties are not consistently submerged, etc.), I see the goal post shift from “global warming” to “climate change”.

Under climate change, a significant rise in temperature is not required. Instead, natural disasters are exaggerated and blamed on “climate change”, and historical evidence is masked in order to hide the fact that natural disasters are actually not increasing - these things naturally ebb and flow throughout Earth’s history.

One last thing I want to mention: in the current two-party system, it usually naturally occurs that one party leans into the scam, and the other rejects it. I don’t side with either party, since almost always both parties lie in their own way. There’s grift to be had from both political stances. It’s simply Game Theory playing out.