Studied Ignorance Of DA, COSATU On Climate Change
The globalist proponents of the false narrative that fossil fuels are the cause of climate change must be delighted at the extent to which their unscientific, historically debunked nonsense is being embraced, as two recent articles in The Mercury indicate.
DA environment spokesman Andrew De Blocq (September 26) is sycophantic in praising his ministerial boss for his dedication at the UN in committing South Africa to the goals of decarbonisation. Sadly, his obsequious discourse is indicative of the extent to which the DA has swallowed hook, line and sinker the canard that human intervention is the solution to blunting the effects of climate change.
Besides the studied ignorance of that standpoint, what is particularly alarming is that despite its research resources, the DA has failed to question the agenda of those promoting the falsehood of decarbonisation and the catastrophic socio-economic consequences it portends.
Those consequences are equally ignored by Cosatu. In an opinion piece in Business Report on September 23 Boitumelo Molete amazingly endorses the transition to “a just low-carbon economy” as heralding employment opportunities. For a trade union which so stridently opposes job losses, it is remarkable that Cosatu fails to appreciate the employment opportunities which fossil fuels provide in everyday life in all forms of manufacturing, mining, industry, transport and heating. So-called green energy can never compete with that or substitute those roles.
What the DA and Cosatu should be investigating is the insidiousness of the green transition they are embracing. It has two dire long-term consequences: insurmountable debt and the loss of sovereignty. By accepting billions in loans that will amount to trillions in order to implement decarbonisation, South Africa’s independence and sovereignty is being frittered away. Servitude is the key aim of the globalists in pursuing their Orwellian new world order.
