Western Standard - The gross hypocrisy of globetrotting environmentalists

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.

00:00:00.000 So yes, nothing exposes the nature of world environmentalists better than their annual

00:00:06.100 pilgrimage of supposed defenders of the earth to the United Nations climate conferences.

00:00:12.100 This year's conference, which they call COP28, is kicking off in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai,

00:00:18.460 and a record-breaking 70,000 delegates are flying there to live in opulence for two weeks to discuss

00:00:25.200 better ways of telling the rest of us how we should be tightening our belts. No, I didn't make an error

00:00:31.100 in the numbers, though it might even look that way. No fewer than 70,000 people are going to be

00:00:35.820 getting on emission belching jets, can't ride the bus to Dubai, guys, to cross the world and stay for 0.95

00:00:42.300 days in five-star resorts where gas-powered air conditioning will ensure they remain in perfect

00:00:47.940 comfort as they navel-gaze and attend seminars for two weeks. The UAE, it's an oil-rich desert nation

00:00:54.160 where, so while high emission energy is readily available, fresh food goods, on the other hand,

00:00:59.440 they've got to be imported. So there's going to be hundreds more flights to the UAE to ensure the 0.96

00:01:03.540 delegates are greeted with only the freshest of fruit for breakfast and only the highest quality

00:01:07.900 of salad greens are delivered for their evening room service. To ensure those greens remain fresh,

00:01:13.280 of course, along with the assortment of high-end meat products, thousands of coolers are going to

00:01:17.420 be burning millions of liters of fossil fuels to preserve these fine foods from the local desert heat.

00:01:22.660 Thousands of servants, of course, they're going to be required to ensure this gathering of 0.83

00:01:27.600 environmental royalty is properly cared for while they ponder on how to save the world. They're

00:01:32.360 going to need chauffeurs and maids and chefs and dishwashers and security. It's labor-intensive,

00:01:37.480 but have no fear. The UAE has actually developed a fantastic, effective system of importing cheap

00:01:43.520 labor from developing nations and then deporting them again when they're finished with their services.

00:01:47.500 And sure, the UAE has been criticized for this use of borderline slavery by most of the human

00:01:52.920 rights groups on the planet, but hey, what's a little labor abuse if it's for something as important

00:01:56.680 as pampering international environmentalists? Speaking of human rights, the UAE is outstanding.

00:02:01.980 They stand out in the world. They hold no elections, so they don't have to worry about that.

00:02:05.320 And their government, you know, they're indiscriminate. I mean, they're just as happy

00:02:08.240 to detain and torture their own citizens as they are with foreign nationals. 1.00

00:02:11.900 Flogging and stoning, those are legal punishments in the UAE, and the courts are guided by a nice

00:02:17.140 medieval form of Sharia law. And again, have no fear, the environmental crusaders descending on the

00:02:22.840 UAE for their conference, though, they'll be shielded from having to see some of those things

00:02:26.160 going on. I mean, if their chambermaid is flogged for having committed the crime of showing her hair

00:02:31.300 in public, she'll be transferred to the basement to work in laundry services so guests don't have to 1.00

00:02:35.860 see her twitching in agony as she labors. The usual suspects, of course, are flying out to attend this

00:02:41.380 luxury conference, COP28. Notable, scold, and intellectual luminary St. Greta Thunberg will

00:02:48.180 be in attendance, of course, while Canada's green Jesus Stephen Gilboa will doubtless be blowing

00:02:52.700 kisses in her direction throughout the conference. Thunberg's latest anti-Israel rantings will

00:02:57.260 probably help her rise in the UAE food chain, and I'm sure her every need will be attended to

00:03:02.580 while she makes the rounds at the conference. Then thousands of unknown bureaucrats, activists,

00:03:06.820 politicians, and other self-important souls will pack the halls, bars, pool sides, and hotels of

00:03:12.120 the UAE for the conference, too. This is their annual reward for toiling so hard for saving the

00:03:18.020 world from itself. This is how your tax is paid and your donations to these environmental groups get

00:03:23.140 spent. These conferences, you notice, they're never held in cold, undeveloped nations, of course.

00:03:27.300 They ensure to hold them in places with nice climates where there's an abundance of five-star

00:03:31.000 hotels available. What's being achieved at these conferences, though, that can't be achieved for

00:03:35.620 streaming meetings? Well, nothing. Why is it so critical to have 70,000 people gathered in one

00:03:40.720 spot for two weeks? Well, let's get to the point. These conferences have nothing to do with the

00:03:44.800 environment. They're just excuses for thousands of hypocrites to burn millions of liters of fossil 0.99

00:03:49.340 fuels on a paid vacation. It's one big party modeled for shoulder rubbing and fine dining. Actual 0.97

00:03:55.300 environmental policy development never happens at these things. I mean, how could you do that with

00:03:58.840 tens of thousands of delegates? These hypocrites will then fly home from their luxurious weeks of 0.98

00:04:04.300 conspicuous consumption and dedicate their time to telling the rest of us that we're being selfish 0.98

00:04:08.580 for wanting to live affordably in comfort using fossil fuels. You know, you're evil for driving that

00:04:13.960 four-cylinder used car, which is the only one you could afford. You should be driving a $90,000 Tesla.

00:04:18.780 They'll lobby for increasing carbon taxes while shutting down profitable, efficient, conventional energy

00:04:23.280 industries. They'll put you out of work while they demand and receive increases in their already large

00:04:27.860 incomes. The delegates at COP28 will consume more resources in a week than the combined citizens of

00:04:33.040 some small countries. And until we start calling these hypocrites out and start firing the governments 0.95

00:04:38.200 that employ them, they're going to keep getting away with it, guys. If we keep swallowing the lies from the 0.99

00:04:42.840 environmental left and ignoring the double standards they flaunt right in our faces, maybe we deserve the energy and

00:04:47.900 financial poverty that comes with it then.

Western Standard - November 30, 2023

The gross hypocrisy of globetrotting environmentalists

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