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Thanks for writing. Thanks for your questions.

First, Max Wilbert is a writer and activist trying to stop lithium mining, not a scientist. He co-authored Bright Green Lies, which reports on the ways that solar, wind and e-vehicles ravage ecosystems. Julia Barnes is a filmmaker. She made the documentary Bright Green Lies. In the talk and film I recommended, she reports on deep sea mining for substances needed for e-vehicles, solar and wind power. She's not a scientist, either.

As I understand, CACOR believes in limits to growth. Donella Meadows and two others published Limits to Growth in 1972. They predicted that if we continued producing and consuming industrially-made goods and growing our economy and population, then we could expect significant increases in flooding, drought, famine and war. They made accurate predictions, as I see it. The Club of Rome and Limits to Growth are somehow affiliated--but I don't know how.

Climate change. In my perception, globally, our climate is changing. Ice is melting, ocean temperatures are rising. We've got severe flooding, drought and extremely high temperatures in many areas. When people say that climate change is a scam, I sincerely do not understand. I have written extensively about the ways that solar PVs, industrial wind, batteries and e-vehicles destroy ecosystems and communities. They pose major fire hazards. They do not reduce our impact on the Earth. I do not welcome any government subsidizing these technologies. I do not welcome any individual purchasing them.

I advocate for reducing production and consumption. This is the conversation I seek: What's essential? What's a luxury? What do we reduce? Can we build cooperation with neighbors as we grow our own food, keep what we have in good repair and reduce our energy demands and consumption of new stuff? As our world changes, what do we give our attention??

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Very good concernings and awareness. But why the 2 recommended scientists in your article were given talks just for the Canadian Association of the Club of Rome (CACOR) ? The Club of Rome is responsible for the construction of the "man made" climate change scam, the big hoax to impulse the deadly politics and agenda we are just living through?

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