The World Economic Forum (WEF) laid out the latest chapter of its crisis-management plan in its 2023 Global Risks Report. The report sketched out short-term risks under the heading "Today’s Crisis," and long-term threats described as "Tomorrow’s Catastrophe."
| Both descriptors being, of course, entirely balanced and not at all biased. Q.E.D. |
Underscoring this narrative, former Vice President Al Gore told attendees that the accumulated amount of CO2 emissions in our atmosphere "is now trapping as much extra heat as would be released from 600,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every single day on the earth. That’s what’s boiling the oceans, creating these atmospheric rivers and the rain bombs and sucking the moisture out of the land."You got some 'science' to back that up, Al?
| Al don’t do science or math, though he has f’ing loved it since his Harvard days. |
WEF Founder Klaus Schwab spoke in more pedestrian terms but nonetheless declared that this is a moment of "unprecedented multiple crises." The WEF has designated 2023 as the "Year of the Polycrisis."
The Global Risks Report states that shortages of energy and food, and the consequent "cost of living crisis," are primarily the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The solution, says the WEF, is accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to wind and solar and reaching "net zero" emissions on schedule, which will help resolve shortages, bring down inflation, and stabilize the climate. But some are skeptical.
No matter the crisis, just give your betters your money and the steering wheel and accelerator, then sit down and shut up.