by Kyle Becker at Becker News
In the early 1990s, in the wake of the Berlin Wall crumbling and the Soviet Union dissolving, global leaders were left scrambling for an ideology that would fill the void left by then-discredited ‘communism.’
Enter manmade global warming. It was a doomsday prophecy based on a simple thesis: The industrial revolution had spurred a massive influx of temperature-increasing gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, and without an overhaul of Western society to make for a “greener” planet, the world would experience a complete meltdown.
Former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who had undertaken the project of perestroika to reform the “evil empire,” was an early prophet.
Former Vice President Al Gore, the Clinton administration’s point person on Russian affairs during the critical de-sovietization years, was on the same page as Gorbachev in advocating global action.
“The planet has a fever,” Gore said. “If your baby has a fever you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, ‘Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it’s not a problem.’ If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.”
Manmade global warming was subsequently transmuted into “climate change,”…
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