Just now, one of the finest tennis players of all time, Roger Federer, was about to play his last match when this young climate activist ran onto the court and lit his arm on fire. Don't worry. He's fine. This is the face of climate narcissism pic.twitter.com/YEE1KURmbE
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 23, 2022
In June, two Italian climate activists glued their hands to a Botticelli painting and rolled out a banner that read, “Last Generation No Gas No Coal.”
Then, and now, Italians are struggling to pay energy bills due to the lack of natural gas and coal.https://t.co/dzu8km9t8C
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 23, 2022
The rising overprotection and coddling of children by their parents and other adults result in anxious, depressed, and grandiose adolescents and young adults who, in their search for purpose and meaning, imagine that they, as individuals and a generation, will save the world.
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 23, 2022
For example, after a natural gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico caught on fire, California Governor Gavin Newsom pointed to the accident as a symptom of climate change, even though it had nothing to do with warmer ocean temperatures. pic.twitter.com/YtLj7X8qvq
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) September 23, 2022