{"id":1022,"date":"2026-02-23T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:01:29","slug":"poverty-worldwide-could-have-been-eliminated-if-not-wasted-16-trillion-on-stupid-green-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/poverty-worldwide-could-have-been-eliminated-if-not-wasted-16-trillion-on-stupid-green-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"POVERTY WORLDWIDE COULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED IF NOT WASTED $16 TRILLION ON STUPID GREEN INITIATIVES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Posted on<\/span> February 21, 2026<\/span> by<\/span> John Hinderaker<\/a><\/span> in Climate<\/a>, Energy Policy<\/a><\/div>\n
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$16 Trillion and Counting<\/h1>\n
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The supposed \u201cgreen\u201d transition is the biggest boondoggle in human history. Bjorn Lomborg calculates the amount spent globally, to date, at $16 trillion:<\/p>\n

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Climate campaigners tell you green is cheap<\/p>\n

It isn’t ,Global green transition cost is now $16+ trillion, rising with over $2 trillion\/year (2% of global GDP)<\/p>\n

113x our spending to avoid hunger<\/p>\n

Still, fossil CO\u2082 emissions set another record last yearhttps:\/\/t.co\/ypTLqfQ2Hq<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/xHqj9eFUXi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the expenditure has been a complete failure on its own terms, because there has not been, and will not be, any \u201cgreen\u201d transition. Fossil fuel usage continues to set a record every year. More coal is being consumed than ever before. And the greenies\u2019 predictions of doom have failed, time after time, to come true.<\/p>\n

It is time to pull the plug on \u201cgreen\u201d madness and stop enriching the fraudsters.\"\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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