GARETH LEWIS, ALBERTA Enthusiasts argue that by replacing fossil fuels with renewables, we can achieve a rapid, affordable, and sustainable reduction in carbon emissions. But some haven’t quite thought their assumptions through—or thought about them at all.
ROBERT ZUBRIN, DENVER Nuclear power, infinite and inexhaustible, can not only power an advanced society, but do so cheaply and safely. Why have dishonest demagogues terrified a gullible public and crippled this industry?
ALEXANDER HURST, PARIS, AND BENJAMIN WOLF, VIENNA The Greens have a strong chance of joining—and even perhaps leading—the next German government. The Cosmopolitan Globalists imagine a green political future. What kind of world would that be?
DR. X, AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION If you want to know what climate scientists really think, stay well away from the media.
DR. X, AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION Yes, it’s changing. Yes, we’re causing it. A climate scientist explains what we know, for sure, about the climate, and how we know it.
ADAM GARFINKLE International climate summits are a waste of time. But some of Biden’s quiet plans are more promising.
CASEY HANDMER, PASADENA Solar power is simple, cheap, easy, and its manufacturing technology can be iterated every six months. That’s why it has already prevailed over nuclear.
RONALD STEENBLIK Welcome to the inaugural Cosmopolitan Globalist debate. Our subject: All things considered, what’s the best way to provide energy for the globe’s 7.9 billion people?
VIVEK Y. KELKAR, MUMBAI India thought it had escaped the worst of the Covid19 pandemic. It was wrong. The country’s governing elite failed to plan adequately for the inevitable second wave of infections.
OWEN LEWIS, ALBERTA If the United States is truly committed to restoring its global leadership under President Joe Biden, it must lead the democratic world in eradicating Covid19 globally.