Climate Anxiety–or Climate Realism?
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 1, 2025
“Climate hypochondriacs deserve to be treated with compassion, much like anyone who suffers from mental illness. They shouldn’t, however, expect everyone else to enable their neuroses.” – Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
The futile, wasteful climate crusade has created collateral damage for the cause of the Progressive Left. Their political weapon against ordinary living in a free society has run afoul of ordinary folk, consumer and taxpayer all. And with the government lucre running low or out, and the political forces aligned against them, there is fear, even panic, that their cause is hopeless and unconvincing. “Open for work,” hundreds of climate activists have circled around their names on the business site, LinkedIn.
When the climate movement was at its peak in mid-2022, the faithful knew they were winning political battles but losing the war against carbon dioxide (CO2). Consider Tom Huddleston post, Climate change hopelessness is a real condition—these experts have advice on how to cope.
Here is what Huddleston wrote nearly three years ago (with my comments interspersed):
https://www.masterresource.org/climate-anxiety/climate-anxiety-or-climate-realism/
