“Responses to the coronavirus pandemic are exposing both the folly and the danger inherent in many of the environmental movement’s favorite causes.”
In a new commentary published by The Federalist, I write that this is because we are living in a time when everyday choices could actually become life and death decisions. And it’s calling some of the mainstay crusades of the green agenda into serious question.
One of the biggest green crusades showing its flaws is against fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. Now, when everything seems to be on the line, we’re finding that these traditional sources of energy are much more versatile and necessary than wind turbines or solar panels:
Actually, fossil fuels are vital – especially now. Not only are they powering many of the hospitals treating coronavirus victims, but there are countless ways fossil fuels are helping humanity fight for survival against an invisible enemy. An N95 respirator, for example, often depends upon polypropylene fibers derived from fossil fuels. A lot of the plastics used today are made with oil, natural gas and coal. Aspirin and penicillin are madewith petrochemicals, as are the coatings and capsules for many other drugs. MRI scanners are cooled by natural gas by-products.
Largely overlooked this year was “Earth Hour” – an anti-fossil fuel event that asks people to turn off their lights during the last Saturday evening of March. But, with people self-isolating in their homes, organizers suggestedthey actually gather around the light of electricity-guzzling computer screens. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was mocked for promoting it by people suggesting they would turn off their life-saving ventilators in solidarity...
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