A new poll from FIRE, championed on X by Elon Musk reports that free speech is a critical US voter issue on par with economic issues; climate change is a non-starter, far down the list, says Friends of Science Society. Climate change has lost steam among Canadian voters; a major push-back against the costly carbon tax is happening nation-wide.
CALGARY, AB, Oct. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On Oct. 24, 2024, Elon Musk on "X" wrote: "" as FIRE, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression with free speech ranked higher than health care, crime and immigration; climate change was second from the last of twelve issues, says Friends of Science Society. The poll was conducted by the prestigious National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago.
Even a September 9, 2024 poll of the 'most important' voter issues had climate change last on the list of 10.
It appears that one of the benefits of Elon Musk's take-over of Twitter, now "X," has led to an opening up of the debate on climate change and other topics, to the point where that the Centre for Countering Digital Hate out of the UK specifically targeted him and his platform to be shut down prior to the US election, as reported by the Express Tribune, Oct. 22, 2024.
People are now asking "" Climate fearmongers on "X" are met with a barrage of scientific papers and biting memes pushing back, says Friends of Science.
On November 11, 2024, just 6 days after the US election, the 29th Conference of the Parties , countries signatory to the , begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, a petro-state. This year's focus is on climate finance. that the target for a climate fund for developing nations is $1 trillion dollars while imposing more stringent Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reductions, especially in Europe and other Western industrialized nations where that money is expected to come from.
Robert Lyman is a former Canadian federal public servant of 27 years, diplomat of 10 years, and a retired energy economist, predicted in June of 2024 that , as have all the previous COP conferences.
Friends of Science Society issued a report by Robert Lyman titled "" which summarizes key points in Prof. Samuel Furfari's analysis of Mario Draghi's report on European Competitiveness. Both Europe and Canada seem to be on a climate-policy driven , thanks to their commitments to NetZero goals, says Friends of Science Society.
Friends of Science Society's analysis of "" shows that poverty, degrowth and deprivation await citizens. Video explainer .
For most Canadians, the climate change has fallen from public interest with a September 2023 poll showing a 93% concern for economic issues, only a 7% concern for climate change. A more recent poll using different metrics showed like housing and the cost of living. Provinces are pushing back on the burdensome carbon tax.
As reported in the of Oct. 30, 2024, David Suzuki and 4 other broadcast colleagues want CBC, the national broadcaster, to make climate emergency a daily news issue. Author Seth Klein proposes a War Measures Act style economy; much like that outlined in the US House Judiciary's report on the "Climate Cartel" which is reviewing Mark Carney's "GFANZ." Friends of Science Society rejects their climate catastrophe activism and rebuts their claims in .
Canada's Climate Action Network (CAN-RAC) in "" is pushing for an emissions cap in Alberta, and for COP29 a phase-out of fossil fuels, an increase in foreign spending on climate finance and a tripling of renewables. The manufacturing of renewables requires vast quantities of oil, natural gas and coal, as explained in IEEE Spectrum's publication of Vaclav Smil's "," thus these groups are asking the impossible, says Friends of Science Society.
Regarding Canada's proposed emissions cap, Robert Lyman summarizes a Deloitte report in "," showing that "If production is curtailed as Deloitte projects, GDP in Alberta's oil and gas sector would be $16.2 billion (20%) lower compared to the baseline in 2040. In the rest of Canada, GDP in the sector is projected to be $2.7 billion lower by 2040 compared to the baseline."
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