There are many reasons to halt the drive to eliminate fossil fuels. The charge toward renewables isn’t rational; it’s the fanaticism of a quasi-religious cult.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks during a session at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 3, 2023. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images
In the past, I’ve referred to the well-funded, well-organized but scientifically vacuous climate alarmists as a “cabal” with an explicitly socialist agenda. Indeed, in a political context, that’s exactly what they are. But in a religious context, they’re a cult fanatically pushing a rigid dogma.
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
