Friends, my latest article focuses on Chinese
and liberal hypocrisy. Red China likes to claim that it is at the forefront of both technological innovation and every progressive cause. The truth is very different. In terms of protecting the environment, which is both a technological challenge AND a moral/political quandary, China is all bark and no bite. China pollutes on a gargantuan scale -- and Western environmentalists barely notice. Meanwhile, "woke" American and European liberals can't say enough complimentary things about China and its wonders. They give the Chinese, and the whole developing world, a pass when it comes to labor protections, human rights, AND the environment. I say: no more! The article you're about to read focuses on Elon Musk as a prominent example of this eco-hypocrisy, but there are countless members of our political, economic, and cultural elite who are guilty of the same sins. But we at WaddyIsRight are keeping score!
By the way, this article will soon be appearing at WND: WorldNetDaily. That's an exciting new venue for the propagation of Waddyism!
When Will Liberals Wake Up to
China's Environmental Hypocrisy?
Recently, in the context of a
conversation about green energy, Silicon Valley icon and noted
environmental nag Elon Musk
observed
that China “is the future.”
Either Musk is spectacularly naive, or he is purposely misleading his
investors and the public (and
not
for the first time?). If anything, China is the
future of pollution and poor global citizenship, not green energy.
But it’s more than that. For the PRC
(People's Republic of China), environmentalism is merely a front.
Political and economic power is China’s endgame, not green energy.
That’s what makes Musk’s latest declaration all the more
dangerous. In his quest for Chinese profits, Musk is legitimizing a
regime that wants nothing more than to expand its influence across
the globe. Musk’s decision to embrace the PRC is even more
troubling in the light of his environmentalist rhetoric, coupled with
China's record of complete indifference to environmental protection.
Consider the facts. China is the
leading emitter of carbon in the world, and
it
isn't even close! China overtook the United
States
way
back in 2006. Since then, U.S. emissions have
declined, thanks in part to the rise of natural gas, while Chinese
emissions have
risen
steadily. Why? China's economy is growing fast.
That's one explanation. The other is that the Chinese are building
dirty
coal-fired electrical plants, and putting
highly-polluting cars on the road, at a record pace. Although the
Chinese brag about building solar panels, they actually use
remarkably few of them. Those
panels
are for export to affluent tree-huggers in the
developed world. Meanwhile, the Chinese economy is
flying
high on its carbon “fix.
”
Everyone has now heard of the veritable
archipelagos
of plastic forming in the Pacific. One “garbage
patch” is reportedly
twice
the size of Texas. Eco-fascists wag their
fingers at Americans for daring to use plastic straws, but the
reality of marine pollution is that China is responsible for a
much
greater percentage of it than the United
States. China is leading the charge when it comes to despoiling our
seas, while the rest of the world buys its shoddy products and pumps
billions of dollars into its relentless expansion. Do environmental
activists care? Seemingly not, to their everlasting shame.
The hypocrisy of the U.S. political,
economic, and cultural establishment — in blaming President Trump
for a “climate crisis,” while at the same time holding China
blameless for its rampant defilement of Mother Earth — is
breathtaking. Musk, who goes hat in hand to
beg
for the PRC's tax credits even as he
boycotts
President Trump's advisory councils, is a
prominent example of this hypocrisy. Just recently, in fact, Musk had
the audacity to announce the
launch
of a new Tesla construction division in China. There, he will supply
jobs and investment to the nation with the single worst environmental
record on Earth, all while railing against President Trump’s
climate policies in the United States.
Keep in mind, Musk and his companies
receive millions of dollars each year in the form of federal grants,
contracts, and subsidies. Even as he courts America’s foremost
political and economic adversary with promises of factories in China,
Musk works as one of the principal contractors for the U.S.
government. In effect, American taxpayers are funding Musk’s
escapades — and, when he gallivants off to China, handing out new
factories like they were candy, the taxpayers are funding that as
well. The question is: why?
Unfortunately, at the moment, carbon
emissions, marine pollution, and many other environmental problems
are only getting worse, because the people who claim to be battling
them are, in fact, in bed with the worst polluters of all.
And, in other news, our illustrious Vice-President is touring the nation, visiting swing districts to drum up support for a Republican House takeover in 2020. This is music to my ears. We need a Trump win in 2020, sure, but it is very achievable to retake the House as well -- and this would drive the Left bonkers!!! Isn't that our number one goal? I'd say so!
