Richard Lindzen

We don't understand it all, but the science is settled.

Who knows what that means?

How would it remain static?

That would involve a hugely reactive system.

Doesn't make any sense.

A lot of politicians are very attractive to this because it gives them power.

Well, you do all that.

But, you know...

We spend part of a year in France.

My wife is French.

You know, ordinary people, once you get to the countryside, don't take this all that seriously.

Here, too, I suspect ordinary people have more skepticism than many people who are more educated.

They're paying three times more for their heating and their electric bills.

Right, right.

And it makes people poorer.

It's making it almost impossible to electrify parts of the world that need it.

And that involves billions of people.

No, I mean, it's doing phenomenal damage and pain.

But, you know, I think for politicians and for many people who are well off, they need something that gives meaning to their life.

And saving the planet seems sufficiently grandiose.