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Charlotte Compton of the Sheffield Telegraph takes the exactly wrong lesson, but, that’s what cultists do

Lockdown has highlighted climate crisis

A city, not so long ago characterised by constant hustle and bustle, shut down its industries, shops and bars.

However, in the silence, the needs of the environment can easily be heard.

With fewer cars on the road and reduced transport services, the skies have taken a break from the smog which has lingered since its industrial past.

PHD student Rohit Chakraborty, who has been monitoring the impacts of the lockdown on the local air quality, says: “There was a drop of 40 per cent in nitrogen dioxide levels in the week after the lockdown announcement, compared with the previous week.”

This improvement, caused by reduced exhaust emissions, follows the national trend, as road traffic in the UK fell by 70 per cent in the first weeks of lockdown.

But, that is environmental issues, not a global warming issue. But, let’s consider one thing: the drop in pollutants effects the urban heat island effect, whereby urban areas hold more heat. Or it should have, right? Because the data isn’t showing any real difference, meaning that it is less anthropogenic and more what has always happened, nature doing its thing.

The lockdown has also seen the return of wildlife.

In Sheffield city centre, a morning commuter spotted a badger outside the railway station, while a deer was seen near The Moor Market.

That has zero do do with the “climate crisis”.

On a global level, the natural world has blossomed in the absence of people and industry, as a third of the world’s population are confined to home and economic activity has paused.

Again, nothing to do with the climate crisis, except this is what a world with enacted Cult of Climastrology policies will look like. People not working, people not able to go anywhere, people without money to go anywhere. Only the rich and elites will have the ability to purchase and use a $100,000+ all electric vehicle.

Peter Betts, previously the UK’s lead climate negotiator, says: “Closing down our entire economies for a period of weeks or months is not going to get us toward decarbonising.”

Unfortunately, just as the climate challenge started to build momentum, the cause has had to be put on hold.

Did Betts, and the Sheffield Telegraph, just advocate to close our economies down for years, if not permanently?

Read: Lockdown Totally Shows What ‘Climate Change’ Looks Like In Sheffield »

Nope, the Cult of Climastrology won’t give up on their push to make Coronavirus all about ‘climate change’ fixes, forgetting that things are already starting to recover and Warmists do not practice what they preach

Coronavirus shows why we need an economy designed for wellbeing

We have been starkly reminded of the importance of our health – both physical and mental. During lockdown, we have missed giving and receiving affection with friends and family who don’t live with us. We worry about the gap in our childrens’ schooling.

We might miss going to work, feeling like we have a purpose, and having the time or space to do the things we enjoy. We dislike our freedoms being constrained and feeling unable to influence the decision making of local and national governments.

Which is interesting, since these same Warmists were also part of the group telling people to STAY HOME OR YOU’LL KILL GRANDMA, effectively wanting the economy destroyed. They couldn’t have possibly have had an ulterior motive, right?

As we move forwards, we should consider maintaining some of these new approaches to satisfying our needs, and we will certainly want to change others. But crucially, we now know we have the capacity to change the way we satisfy our needs – so that every individual has a decent standard of living, and we live safely within the environmental limits of our planet.

Just say it already, you want a hardcore leftist government run economic system. Stop beating around the bush.

Before the pandemic we had become too focused on the means by which we satisfy our needs, rather than on our needs themselves. At a personal level, we focused on increasing our income and wealth, whilst ignoring some of our core needs by working too much so we could consume things that don’t make us happy. At a societal level, we focused on increasing GDP, without realising that it is not possible to separate increased economic activity from increased environmental pressures.

Of course, stark reductions in income make the situation all the more dire. But it is not the lack of money in itself that is a problem, it is the fact that a lack of money can prevent us from satisfying our needs in our current economy. Lack of money can prevent us from buying food, paying rent or utilities, socialising with friends – the things we need to live well. (snip)

If we want to build back better after the pandemic, to tackle the climate crisis alongside inequality and deprivation, it is clear that we must not go back to relying on our past methods of satisfying needs. They were leading us to stark social and environmental issues, with not enough progress being made in terms of emissions reductions or poverty reduction, for example.

They just can’t help themselves. It is also interesting they Warmists always want to tell Other People how to lead their lives, and are willing to get Government to force those lifestyle changes.

A majority of people want us to prioritise wellbeing over GDP, according to a recent YouGov poll. The time is ripe for decision-makers to start involving their citizens more meaningfully and start listening. A focus on wellbeing will ensure we do not lose sight of what is truly important, while finding out the best ways to get there, together.

That poll is for the U.K. Perhaps they should give it a whirl, serving as the experimental group to show us that this doesn’t work. Did we all enjoy the test drive of a climate cultist enacted policy world?

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