Even when politicians tell the truth they are still lying

Politicians lie.  That is what makes elections so frustrating.  When a politician says he will do something, is he lying?  The answer is usually but not always yes.  So how do you tell?  Unfortunately, the answer is that you can’t, but you can apply some statistics to help guide you.

This is what I have noticed.  If a politician promises to do something beneficial, they are likely but not necessarily lying.  If they are promising to do something destructive or remarkably stupid, they are not lying.  They will do it.

This should make it easy for voters, right?  Just don’t vote for politicians that promise to do stupid things.  I wish it were that easy, but it is not.  When politicians promise to do something stupid, they are still lying.  What they lie about are the imaginary benefits the destructive policies will produce.  That brings us to Mark Carney and Net Zero.

As for net zero, many credible scientists have debunked the notion that this goal is achievable by the 2050 target date without demolishing our economy and standard of living — if it is achievable at all.

Net zero is the most stupid and destructive policy imaginable and Mark Carney will do it.  That is why he spends so much time lying to us about how beneficial “green energy” is.  Carney says he will make Canada an energy superpower with renewable energy.  This is a lie.  His reason for doing this is also a lie.  There is no climate emergency.

The climate is changing.  That is what climate does. There has never been a period in earth’s history when climate did not change and warm periods in the past did not lead to runaway warming.

Around 1,000AD, a little delicate moss (just like the one above), lived in a spot in Antarctica which is now locked in snow and ice all year round, and considered hyper arid and perennially frozen. No one expected to find nodding thread-moss (Pohlia Nutans) on Boulder Clay Glacier.

Researchers had to drill through 11 meters of ice to find it (or what’s left of it) and managed to date it to 1,050 years before present. This puts it smack in the centre of the Medieval Warm Period, when Vikings were marauding England, showing that this part of Antarctica was warmer 1000 years ago than it is today, even though humans have poured forth 1.8 trillion tons of greenhouse gases.

At the same time as the mosses grew, there was a veritable population boom of penguins and elephant seals in the Ross Sea next door, right up until the brutal cold of the Little Ice Age wiped them out.

Canadians go to the polls tomorrow.  Many Canadians have already voted in the advanced polls, so this warning is too late for some but for those yet to vote please listen.  Mark Carney is a Liar.  You cannot have your cake and eat it too.  It is impossible to have the benefits of a modern industrial economy without the cheap reliable energy that makes it possible.

Pierre Poilievre is promising to do some very beneficial things, so it is impossible to judge whether he is lying.  Mark Carney is promising to do 1 very destructive thing so it is 100% certain that he will do it.  Carney is only lying about the horrible consequences we will suffer from his certain stupidity.  A vote for Poilievre then is a vote for an uncertain future.  It could be good, bad, or anything in between.  A vote for Carney cares much more certainty.  It will be bad; very bad.  Voting for Mark Carney is a vote for guaranteed future poverty.