Chris Talgo at the American Thinker today has some good news. You may know if you are in the market for a new car that car companies and the media have predicted huge cost increases because of Trump's tariffs. As usual, the media tries to scare you. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Trump, and EPA chief Lee Zeldin have dumped the EPA's Endangerment Finding which has driven the cost of nearly everything up in an attempt to return America to the stone age. Talgo's post can be found at The climate industrial complex is on the verge of collapse.
The blunt reality is that climate alarmist fearmongering has jumped the shark. It is now a subject of ridicule. No one really believes the world is going to end in a few years if we don’t immediately abandon fossil fuels.
However, the climate change charade lasted a while and did extensive economic damage. It will take years, if not decades, to reverse all this unnecessary harm.
The good news is that one of the most fundamental elements of the climate industrial complex, the Endangerment Finding, seems to be on the brink of elimination.
Unbeknownst to most Americans, the Endangerment Finding, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put into effect under President Barack Obama, essentially labels carbon dioxide a harmful “pollutant” that can be regulated under the Clean Air Act.
Since it was put into place in late 2009, the Endangerment Finding has been used increasingly by the federal government to regulate fossil fuels.
“The Endangerment Finding is the legal foundation that underpins vital protections for millions of people from the severe threats of climate change, and the Clean Car and Truck Standards are among the most important and effective protections to address the largest U.S. source of climate-causing pollution,” according to Peter Zalzal, associate vice president of the Environmental Defense Fund.
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Under President Trump 2.0, the EPA is finally reversing course on Obama’s catch-all climate regulatory tool.
We can expect that all sorts of things will be deregulated as a result of this. For starters, the weather people, particularly the National Weather Service might stop pounding us over the head with climate change scare stories for every adverse weather condition. But stuff like your gas stove and gas water heaters, furnaces, and so on may be deregulated. Who knows, our power grid may be strengthened through coal and natural gas power plants rather than relying on wind and solar. It may buy time for electric vehicles to finally show their supposed superiority by winning the Indianapolis 500.
In the meantime, enjoy the win. The climate has always been changing since the world was formed. Why should it stop now?
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