One of the most tragic aspects of the increasingly unhinged focus on reducing human CO2 emissions at ‘almost all costs’ is the ridiculous amount of wasted time, effort, and bureaucracy (excuse the tautology) that is involved.

In an effort to somehow control the future global climate, with absolutely no guarantees nor precedents, let alone even a basic understanding of myriad potential planet altering processes (such as this week’s massive volcano in Tonga), governments and misguided alarmists around the world are actively diverting precious human endeavour, capital, and animal spirits on activities and ideas that are extremely spurious and speculative.