Former Climate Scold Now Admits CO2 Isn't Destroying the Planet

My grandfather was fond of saying, "You can teach 'em, but you can't learn 'em." There are few cases in which this is more apt than with climate scolds and their fanatical devotion towards the cause of stepping us back from our comfortable, energy-dependent technological lifestyle.

But there are exceptions. A young woman from right here in these United States, once a vehement, Greta Thunberg-admiring, full-blown climate scold, started looking into the facts and realized she'd been bamboozled.

Her name is Lucy Biggers.

A former activist who says she was 'brainwashed' by climate change ideology has come out to warn others against what she calls a science which simply isn't true.
Social media manager Lucy Biggers revealed that, in her 20s, she was one of the loudest voices sounding the alarm on global warming and efforts to police the world's carbon footprint.
'I interviewed Greta Thunberg, I have interviewed AOC [Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], I pushed ideas like the Green New Deal, plastic straw bans, plastic bag bans - anything you could think that is like the typical climate activist, I pushed those things,' she said.

These are all things that are among the key ideological tenets of the climate scolds. Anything, in fact, that makes life more comfortable and more convenient would be on that list. But Lucy Biggers went a step further; she looked at the facts, and found that study revealing.

Now in her mid-30s, however, she released a scathing takedown of her former life, claiming her eyes were opened by what she witnessed during the Covid-19 pandemic and becoming a parent, adding that scientists who challenged the belief that man-made carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions were destroying the planet supplied the proof she needed.
'I think this idea that warming is bad for humans can't hold up to any scrutiny if you look at it honestly,' Biggers said in a video viewed on X more than 500,000 times.

Key takeaway here: "...if you look at it honestly."

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And here's some of that honesty:

'Climate change isn't dangerous, and there isn't a consensus on how much of it we can even control, and if the solutions like solar and wind even work,' Biggers argued in her social media post.
Biggers said she started questioning her climate activism during the Covid-19 pandemic and after having her first child, noting that even with the world effectively shutting down for over a year, it did little to reduce climate emissions.
She mentioned also realizing that things like oil pipelines might be safer for the environment than trains, and plastic bans could actually increase carbon footprints compared to using allegedly eco-friendly alternatives.
'I did not want to be on my deathbed one day having regrets of sitting on what was the truth because of fear,' the former activist explained.

It's an amazing and somewhat saddening pass we have come to when we shout our congratulations when a former climate scold looks at actual evidence and - wonder of wonders - changes her mind. And make no mistake, Lucy Biggers should be congratulated and encouraged to keep speaking out. But we can also bemoan the circumstances that made this awakening necessary.

To repeat something I've been saying and writing for years: Yes, climate change is a real thing. Yes, human activities do have some effect. No, there's no evidence that human activity has enough effect to justify radically changing our lifestyle. No, there's no evidence that the Earth is near any tipping point that will lead us to catastrophe.

If we can only educate these folks one person at a time, then fine, we'll do that. That's the lesson of Lucy Biggers.

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