{"id":98529,"date":"2023-12-13T04:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=98529"},"modified":"2023-12-13T05:27:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:27:53","slug":"98529","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=98529","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2023\/12\/al-gore-melts-down-over-an-inconvenient-truth-in-x-rant-about-un-climate-summit-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Gore Melts Down Over an \u201cInconvenient Truth\u201d in X-Rant about UN Climate Summit Failure<\/a><br \/>\nThe real \u201cinconvenient truth\u201d: The Iron Law of Electricity &gt;&gt;&gt; Climate Crisis Narrative<\/p>\n<p>I have been following the climate cult antics at the United Nations climate meeting in Dubai [Conference of Parties (CoP28)].<\/p>\n<div class=\"sxSEXP2J\">\n<div id=\"pub-29-9\">Even before the meeting began, I predicted it would be<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2023\/12\/united-nations-climate-conference-in-dubai-setting-up-to-be-the-biggest-fail-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0the biggest failure yet<\/a>. I was wrong.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The staggering level of failure was beyond my ability to imagine, and I can imagine quite a bit. However, I did not count on<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2023\/12\/epa-seems-to-be-setting-up-u-s-to-join-the-globalist-war-on-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0pushback from the meat industry<\/a>. And I didn\u2019t foresee that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would mount such a sweeping and effective counter-offensive from\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2023\/12\/cop28-president-asserts-role-of-fossil-fuels-must-be-part-of-climate-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beginning to end of the meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I noted that climate cultists<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2023\/12\/john-kerry-and-al-gore-make-desperate-bid-for-relevance-at-united-nations-climate-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0John Kerry and Al Gore<\/a>\u00a0were attending in a desperate bid for relevance. As the conference wound down, Gore melted down in an X-rant about the upcoming failure of the summit to phase out fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>It was glorious.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is \u201cOf the Petrostates, By the Petrostates\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Al Gore (@algore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/algore\/status\/1734238192608411989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nA rant like this deserves a good fisking, so I shall now fisk.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is \u201cOf the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gore forgot about energy expert\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertbryce\/2021\/10\/08\/200-per-ton-coal-and-soaring-use-of-oil-for-power-are-proving-the-iron-law-of-electricity\/?sh=5fc1aa1b539d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Bryce\u2019s Iron Law of Electricity<\/a>, which says that people, businesses, and governments will do whatever they have to do to get\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertbryce.substack.com\/p\/the-iron-law-of-electricity-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the electricity they need<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Despite significant investments in hydro, solar, and wind, Vietnam is now getting about 60% of its juice from coal-fired power plants. Since 2009, Vietnam\u2019s coal-fired electricity output has grown tenfold and more growth is on the way. Last year, according to Global Energy Monitor, Vietnam commissioned about 1,900 megawatts of new coal-fired capacity. (More on Vietnam in a moment.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The contrast between the rhetoric coming from the climate claque in Washington and the hard realities of electricity-impoverished countries like India, Vietnam, Pakistan, South Africa, and Bangladesh (which is also in the midst of an electricity crisis), could not be more stark. While the U.S. government is fire-hosing hundreds of billions of dollars on weather-dependent renewables and blue, green, and tutti-frutti hydrogen, developing countries \u2014 as well as advanced economies like Japan and Germany \u2014 are burning all the coal they can find. Why? The Iron Law of Electricity.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Conclusion: The Iron Law of Electricity &gt;&gt;&gt; Climate Crisis Narrative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, to focus on the next sentence in Gore\u2019s statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I take all science very seriously. I am offended at the ridiculous ways climate data has been gathered, climate science has been funded, and climate narrative critics have been silenced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1733867817315762542&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flegalinsurrection.com%2F2023%2F12%2Fal-gore-melts-down-over-an-inconvenient-truth-in-x-rant-about-un-climate-summit-failure%2F&amp;sessionId=c775214f2d841a5e802b65cd7f95723b688ea9a2&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1733867817315762542\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1732790871114891529&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flegalinsurrection.com%2F2023%2F12%2Fal-gore-melts-down-over-an-inconvenient-truth-in-x-rant-about-un-climate-summit-failure%2F&amp;sessionId=c775214f2d841a5e802b65cd7f95723b688ea9a2&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1732790871114891529\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the Iron Law of Electricity triumph, but so did natural science, reason, and principled professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The last portion is one of Gore\u2019s fantasy-filled forecasts.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity\u2019s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5\u00b0C goal doesn\u2019t die in Dubai.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I consider this portion of Gore\u2019s rant is just another one of his predictions that will not come true. The deviations between Gore\u2019s assertions about the climate and the realities are vast. There are so many examples of Gore\u2019s erroneous projections, but I have selected this one for\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/article\/al-gores-30-years-of-climate-errors-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its literary reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWithin the decade there will be no more snows of Kilimanjaro,\u201d he said to the audience in An Inconvenient Truth. This occurred moments before he makes his prediction for Glacier National Park.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Alluding poorly to the title of the Ernest Hemmingway short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Gore was trying to claim that Africa\u2019s tallest mountain, with a peak that stands higher than 19,000 feet, would no longer have measurable snow cover on or before 2016.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">As of November 2022, Snow-forecast.com, a webpage for skiers, reported that an average of 93 combined inches of snowfall (almost 8 feet) hits just the middle altitudes of Kilimanjaro during November and December. And 9 inches of combined snowfall is the average expected for the middle elevations for July and August, the lightest two-month period for snowfall on the middle part of the mountain.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would like to conclude by thanking Beege Welborn of Hot Air Blog, who worked together with me on the coverage of CoP28. She has her own take on Gore\u2019s meltdown:\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/tree-hugging-sister\/2023\/12\/11\/drink-deeply-of-al-gores-bitter-tears-n598317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drink Deeply of Al Gore\u2019s Bitter Tears<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PartnersInExposingCrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PartnersInExposingCrime<\/a> Me and my Mut \ud83d\udc9d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1sKZcDYJc\">https:\/\/t.co\/k1sKZcDYJc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; tree hugging s*ster \ud83c\udf83 (@WelbornBeege) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelbornBeege\/status\/1734382237922029569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I will drink very deeply!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Gore Melts Down Over an \u201cInconvenient Truth\u201d in X-Rant about UN Climate Summit Failure The real \u201cinconvenient truth\u201d: The Iron Law of Electricity &gt;&gt;&gt; Climate Crisis Narrative I have been following the climate cult antics at the United Nations climate meeting in Dubai [Conference of Parties (CoP28)]. 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