Britain's Climate Enemies
Queen Elizabeth II, royal sovereign of the United Kingdom (UK) and other Commonwealth territories for over 70 years passed away last week. Considering the queen had to put up with a husband who once said, “In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, to contribute something to solving overpopulation”, a spousal-cheating son who made several absurd climate predictions that never came true and continues with that mindset to this very day, as well as having an abandoning grandson now living amongst fake Hollywood royalty, I rather very much admired the lady. She forever remained neutral, dignified, and gracious.
The cheating son now becomes the King. Fortunately for the Brits, the coronation ceremonial body known as the Accession Council, crowns King Charles III with powers that are only symbolic and ceremonial. Long live that!
On the other hand, the new prime minister of the UK, Liz Truss has appointed Jacob Rees-Mogg to head the department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy an agency that oversees the branch responsible for energy and climate change. Rees-Mogg, an energy, and climate realist has called for the extraction of every last drop of oil and gas from the North Sea and further, has the reputation for being a low tax and reduced government advocate.
Naturally, the climate alarmists are aghast at Rees-Mogg’s new assignment. Apparently continuing to freeze in the winter, and having exorbitant power bills, while burning wood pellets at the Drax power station near Selby, Yorkshire, the largest renewable power station in the nation is preferred. While gargantuan, Drax is still a small cog in a large wheel; however, it also runs exclusively on wood pellets imported from the United States. Wood, while considered a biomass product, and thus renewable, actually emits more carbon dioxide than coal. Is it not absolutely hypocritical to say trees are a carbon dioxide counteractant or neutralizer, but then cut them down and burn them - for the purposes of carbon dioxide reduction?
As is a British tradition, Prime Minister Truss will meet with the King on Wednesdays at Buckingham Palace. This gathering keeps the King ‘ceremoniously’ informed on government affairs, however, no official minutes, records, or journals are kept of the meeting. Thus, I can be assured that King Chuck will blow a gasket at having Rees-Mogg as a national climate rival. Publically, it has been a long-standing tradition that the monarchy remains politically neutral. I wonder if that mold and those ancestral boundaries will now be smashed. Blimey!