The gross hypocrisy of globetrotting environmentalists
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Summary
Nothing exposes the nature of world environmentalists better than their annual pilgrimage of supposed defenders of the earth to the United Nation's climate conferences. This year's conference, which they call COP28, is kicking off in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, and a record-breaking 70,000 delegates are flying there to live in opulence for two weeks to discuss better ways of telling the rest of us how we should be tightening our belts.
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So yes, nothing exposes the nature of world environmentalists better than their annual
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pilgrimage of supposed defenders of the earth to the United Nations climate conferences.
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This year's conference, which they call COP28, is kicking off in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai,
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and a record-breaking 70,000 delegates are flying there to live in opulence for two weeks to discuss
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better ways of telling the rest of us how we should be tightening our belts. No, I didn't make an error
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in the numbers, though it might even look that way. No fewer than 70,000 people are going to be
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getting on emission belching jets, can't ride the bus to Dubai, guys, to cross the world and stay for
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days in five-star resorts where gas-powered air conditioning will ensure they remain in perfect
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comfort as they navel-gaze and attend seminars for two weeks. The UAE, it's an oil-rich desert nation
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where, so while high emission energy is readily available, fresh food goods, on the other hand,
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they've got to be imported. So there's going to be hundreds more flights to the UAE to ensure the
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delegates are greeted with only the freshest of fruit for breakfast and only the highest quality
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of salad greens are delivered for their evening room service. To ensure those greens remain fresh,
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of course, along with the assortment of high-end meat products, thousands of coolers are going to
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be burning millions of liters of fossil fuels to preserve these fine foods from the local desert heat.
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Thousands of servants, of course, they're going to be required to ensure this gathering of
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environmental royalty is properly cared for while they ponder on how to save the world. They're
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going to need chauffeurs and maids and chefs and dishwashers and security. It's labor-intensive,
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but have no fear. The UAE has actually developed a fantastic, effective system of importing cheap
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labor from developing nations and then deporting them again when they're finished with their services.
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And sure, the UAE has been criticized for this use of borderline slavery by most of the human
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rights groups on the planet, but hey, what's a little labor abuse if it's for something as important
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as pampering international environmentalists? Speaking of human rights, the UAE is outstanding.
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They stand out in the world. They hold no elections, so they don't have to worry about that.
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And their government, you know, they're indiscriminate. I mean, they're just as happy
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to detain and torture their own citizens as they are with foreign nationals.
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Flogging and stoning, those are legal punishments in the UAE, and the courts are guided by a nice
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medieval form of Sharia law. And again, have no fear, the environmental crusaders descending on the
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UAE for their conference, though, they'll be shielded from having to see some of those things
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going on. I mean, if their chambermaid is flogged for having committed the crime of showing her hair
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in public, she'll be transferred to the basement to work in laundry services so guests don't have to
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see her twitching in agony as she labors. The usual suspects, of course, are flying out to attend this
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luxury conference, COP28. Notable, scold, and intellectual luminary St. Greta Thunberg will
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be in attendance, of course, while Canada's green Jesus Stephen Gilboa will doubtless be blowing
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kisses in her direction throughout the conference. Thunberg's latest anti-Israel rantings will
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probably help her rise in the UAE food chain, and I'm sure her every need will be attended to
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while she makes the rounds at the conference. Then thousands of unknown bureaucrats, activists,
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politicians, and other self-important souls will pack the halls, bars, pool sides, and hotels of
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the UAE for the conference, too. This is their annual reward for toiling so hard for saving the
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world from itself. This is how your tax is paid and your donations to these environmental groups get
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spent. These conferences, you notice, they're never held in cold, undeveloped nations, of course.
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They ensure to hold them in places with nice climates where there's an abundance of five-star
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hotels available. What's being achieved at these conferences, though, that can't be achieved for
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streaming meetings? Well, nothing. Why is it so critical to have 70,000 people gathered in one
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spot for two weeks? Well, let's get to the point. These conferences have nothing to do with the
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environment. They're just excuses for thousands of hypocrites to burn millions of liters of fossil
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fuels on a paid vacation. It's one big party modeled for shoulder rubbing and fine dining. Actual
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environmental policy development never happens at these things. I mean, how could you do that with
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tens of thousands of delegates? These hypocrites will then fly home from their luxurious weeks of
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conspicuous consumption and dedicate their time to telling the rest of us that we're being selfish
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for wanting to live affordably in comfort using fossil fuels. You know, you're evil for driving that
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four-cylinder used car, which is the only one you could afford. You should be driving a $90,000 Tesla.
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They'll lobby for increasing carbon taxes while shutting down profitable, efficient, conventional energy
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industries. They'll put you out of work while they demand and receive increases in their already large
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incomes. The delegates at COP28 will consume more resources in a week than the combined citizens of
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some small countries. And until we start calling these hypocrites out and start firing the governments
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that employ them, they're going to keep getting away with it, guys. If we keep swallowing the lies from the
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environmental left and ignoring the double standards they flaunt right in our faces, maybe we deserve the energy and