Study: Four Climate Fallacies Driving Costly Green Schemes And Fake Fixes
Rhetoric—not evidence—continues to dominate climate debate and policy.
by Kenneth P. Green June 23, 2025, 1:04 PM
Within the Western tradition, most people would likely agree that challenges such as those posed by man-made climate change are best addressed with pure reason. [emphasis, links added]
Risks would be assessed conservatively and objectively and handled using unbiased, pragmatic, effective, and efficient control measures that could treat our “climate condition” without causing untoward side effects such as economic destruction, political discord, social discord, and so on.
Instead, much of the discourse surrounding climate change seems intended to sow political and social discord more than to rationally understand and manage the risks of man-made climate change.
This discourse takes the form of narratives—often false—that evoke emotions more than reason and subjectivity more than objectivity.
They are false narratives that do not cohere with reality.
In this study, we examine four such climate narratives circulating in public discourse regarding climate change:
https://climatechangedispatch.com/four-climate-fallacies-green-schemes-fake-fixes/
