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If you’re looking for an easy-to-read yet comprehensive response to global warming alarmism and Green New Deal rhetoric, this book is for you. In a series of short, concise chapters, Hollingsworth provides a commonsense rebuttal to each of the left’s attack points on our way of life and the fossil fuels that built our great nation. He tackles the left’s vilification of carbon dioxide as the cause of global warming, the fallacy of a declining polar bear population (it’s actually increasing), and shows that sea levels have been rising "at a more or less even rate since the end of the last ice age" about ten thousand years ago. While global warming skeptics will be familiar with many of the subjects covered by Hollingsworth, the author provides a wealth of lesser-known information and perspective. Particularly chilling is his chapter on the Green New Deal, which will likely be implemented at least in part over the next four years if Joe Biden wins the White House in November. Hollingsworth points out that socialists like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who promote the Green New Deal, applaud the first "New Deal" as a great success, when in fact, writes Hollingsworth, "it got us started on the road to socialism." Chapter 34 summarizes the Green New Deal in eleven points, which together paint a dark picture of America’s future if implemented over the next 10 years as its proponents demand. Examples of these proposals include:
While observers may consider the above a pipe dream, the fact that it is seriously being proposed by the Democratic party is deeply concerning. Even if only partially implemented, or implemented piecemeal over a longer period of time, the Green New Deal would drastically change American life. As Hollingsworth asks: "Do we want to go back to the days of sailing ships"? The book describes the incredible cost of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, not only in dollars but in terms of human health and wildlife, particularly in the case of wind turbines. While most readers know these energy sources are expensive, the author also shines a light on the fact that their ability to produce sufficient energy is extremely limited. High school and college students would especially benefit from reading this book, as they are often inundated with environmental propaganda and assurances that "the science is settled." The scientists cited in Climate Change would doubtless disagree, and the author provides resources where readers can find additional information about the topics covered, including seven appendices and a list of books for further study. Also worthy of mention are the interesting personal perspectives Hollingsworth injects into the narrative based on his past life experiences, all of which make Climate Change eminently readable as well as informative. Covenant Books, Inc., 2019 |
He contends, for example, that the climate change movement, primarily supported by the left, is actually "capitalism versus environmentalism," which explains why environmentalism seeks an ever more draconian phase-out of the fossil fuel energy production that has resulted in American freedom and prosperity. He writes: "All rational people are concerned about the environment and want to do all they can to protect it. But what is the best way to deal with environmental problems, more government regulations or capitalism?" He makes the case that capitalism seeks to protect the environment "because we know that it is from the natural environment that we sustain our lives."
