The Associated Press reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger wished that he could go back in time in order to end fossil fuels… To get society to rely on a cleaner alternative instead.
At least, that’s the impression that he wanted to give. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the guy that apologized for saying “girly men”, gave a speech at the U.N. climate conference. In there, he spoke against natural gas, coal, and gasoline. He also called President Trump “crazy”.
From the Associated Press:
“If we would’ve never started in that direction and used other technology, we’d be much better off,” the actor and former California governor said Monday at the start of a U.N. climate conference in Poland.
“The biggest evil is fossil fuels: it’s coal, it’s gasoline, it’s the natural gas,” he told conference delegates.
Mr. Schwarzenegger had the resources to make “green friendly” conversions in order to walk the walk with this philosophy.
Schwarzenegger later told The Associated Press he has converted his signature Humvee trucks to run on hydrogen, electricity and biofuel and only allows himself to eat meat three days a week.
He told his audience that he wished that he could go back in time and end fossil fuels, and get us to use other technologies. Lets see here…
The fossil fuels that he dismisses happen to be the fuels that allow populations to prosper, and to stay warm in areas that get cold. Even if he got his wish…He went back in time and successfully stopped the use of fossil fuels, where would we be today?
It requires interest, within the free market, to get these clean fuel initiatives in action. The consumers have to provide incentive for their actions with the pocketbook. If consumers are putting most of their money in fossil fuels, that is where the free market is going to concentrate most on.
If the anti-fossil fuels crowd succeeded in limiting the use of fossil fuels, it’d be harder for populations to lift themselves up from poverty and to generate wealth. For those who have to deal with winter, there is a question of heating.
Ironically, many would be “terminated” in this scenario.
Then, we have the question of how seriously he would’ve been taken the further back in time he traveled. It seems that the mainstream media loves to get the opinions of actors, actresses, singers, etc., on geo-strategic, geopolitical, and geo-economic issues.
the mainstream media did not always do this. You can read more here.
Thanks to HMCS(FMF) ret and AW1Ed for the link.