In the late 1970s, our energy outlook was not looking good. Over six years, gas prices had tripled and there were shortages and long lines at the pump. It appeared that we were at the mercy of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). Experts predicted that we would be out of oil soon, perhaps as early as 1990. Man-Made Crises or Man-Fabricated Crises? The gasoline shortage was just part of the story of gloom and doom we heard on a regular basis. Stanford University professor … [Read more...]
Why the skeptics reject ‘human-induced’ climate change
As the new school year gets underway, here’s some reflection on what may be the current atmosphere of the academic scientific community. Certain campus professors and theoreticians have cast their lofty claims of climate catastrophe out of the comfort of the credulous classroom and faculty lounge and on to the critical community of the wary general public. The result: substantial resistance. Many campus scientists are dismayed at what they see as unreasonable skepticism of the scientific … [Read more...]
A Global Warming Red Team Warning: Do NOT Strive for Consensus with the Blue Team
Now that the idea of a global warming Red Team approach to help determine what our energy policy should be is gaining traction, it is important that we understand what that means to some of us who have been advocating it for over 10 years — and also what it doesn’t mean. The Red Team approach has been used for many years in private industry, DoD, and the intelligence community to examine very costly decisions and programs in a purposely adversarial way…to ask, what if we are wrong about a … [Read more...]
How Can You Treat Your Students to a World-Renowned Speaker at Next to Zero Cost?
Whether you’re a teacher, a student, or a parent, you know that every teacher faces the challenge of introducing students to a wide variety of perspectives on a wide variety of subjects, yet having personal expertise in only a few. The Cornwall Alliance can help with that! Founder and National Spokesman Dr. E. Calvin Beisner has spoken on site and in person to many graduate school, college, high school, and middle school classes. But he’s also available to speak for classes via phone or … [Read more...]
Why are Young Americans Flocking to Bernie?
Of course young people like Bernie! He promises them free college, free health care—free, free, free. But why don’t these young people understand TANSTAAFL (“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch”)? I’ll tell you. Their mistake is perfectly understandable. For eighteen, twenty, maybe twenty-five years or more practically all they’ve consumed has been free to them. Their parents have fed them, clothed them, housed them, medicated them, transported them, entertained them, educated … [Read more...]
Why Capitalism?
No one makes a trade unless he considers what he will receive more valuable to him than what he will pay. That’s why voluntary trades are always win-win: each party ends up with something more valuable than he’s traded away. Sometimes the benefit is simply a good feeling, such as when someone buys something from a poor salesman just to encourage him, or when she donates money. Here the good feeling and personal benefit are worth more than the money given. This helps us answer the question, … [Read more...]
We Pray that You Would Defend the Poor
Lord you are concerned for the poor. You are their defender; their shield. And Lord we know that those that set themselves against the poor set themselves against you. Especially when they do it for gain. And so Father, we pray for the poor that are being injured through the narcissistic environmental policies of the 1st world. Lord, the rich are keeping the common wealth of humanity from the poor through political and economic machinations and the poor are being ground down. See this evil, … [Read more...]
Environmentalists Use Millennials to Further Divestment Agenda
Environmental activists are at it again—using well-meaning college students to further their political agenda. Activists tried to turn February 13th and 14th into “Global Divestment Day.” Petitions circulated and pledges were taken by students and faculty at dozens of colleges across America (and the globe) to try to convince their respective schools to “rid their portfolios of investments in coal, oil, and natural gas interests.” But the divestment movement, which began a few years ago, is … [Read more...]
Have You Thanked God for the Free Market?
As you reflect on the blessings God has given you this Thanksgiving, I’d like to invite you to thank Him for something many of us take for granted: the free-market economy. Most of the world has never had it, and in countries like ours, it is under siege. From the early twentieth century to about a generation ago, the great threat to it was Communism. That brutal experiment, however, clearly failed. But that didn’t leave our liberties secure. The newer threat is the environmental … [Read more...]
Climate Conscience: Over 140 Scientists, Economists, Philosophers, & Faith Leaders Make the Case against Climate Change Policies that Hurt the Poor
Media contact: Megan Toombs, Megan@CornwallAlliance.org, 423-827-8584 September 18, 2014, Burke, Va. – The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation today released a new declaration, “Protect the Poor: Ten Reasons to Oppose Harmful Climate Change Policies,” in advance of President Obama’s address to the UN Climate Summit in New York. The declaration is backed by Cornwall’s new scientific and economic study, A Call to Truth Prudence, and Protection of the Poor 2014: The Case … [Read more...]
