https://www.americaoutloud.news/youth-waking-up-from-the-climate-change-nightmare/
By Tom Harris & Todd Royal
For the past three decades, millions of students across the Western world have been propagandized into believing the world was on the brink of climate catastrophe. As a consequence, anxiety and depression in young people have soared, and many have decided to remain childless “to protect the planet.”
But thankfully, the tide is finally turning as more and more young people are waking up to the fact that their climate change nightmare was never based on reliable science, no matter what their teachers and professors told them. This new streak of independent thought was well demonstrated in “Bringing youth into the climate realist fold,” a panel at the 16th International Conference on Climate Change, or ICCC16, held on April 8th and 9th in Washington, DC.
The panel featured meteorologist Chris Martz, social media influencer Lucy Biggers, University of Tennessee Student Emma Arns, Heartland Research Fellow (Energy) Linnea Lueken, and CO2 Coalition member Anika Sweetland. In this episode, we speak with new graduate Chris Martz, who, in addition to presenting on the youth panel, also gave his own keystone speech at the final dinner on day two of the conference.
Join Todd and Tom in this week’s episode of The Other Side of the Story to learn how young people are increasingly thinking for themselves and speaking out against climate alarm! And again, anyone can watch all the presentations at ICCC16 for free online at https://climateconference.heartland.org/.
References relevant to this show:
- 16th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC16)
- The Heartland Institute – the main organizer of ICCC16
- The Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) – a co-host of ICCC16
- CO2 Coalition – a co-host of ICCC16
- Watts Up With That? – The world’s most viewed site on global warming and climate change – a co-host of ICCC16
- Chris Martz’s Twitter/X feed
Mainstream reporting on climate has turned urgent doubt into certainty. Too often, we are fed neat narratives instead of messy facts. Extremes are amplified. Numbers are polished. The public feels fear. We should demand better.
The planet is complex. One global average temperature cannot capture storms over a city or the cold that freezes crops. Averaging Greenland and Laguna Beach into a single headline number gives a false sense of comfort that science speaks with a single voice. Sea surface temperatures were measured with buckets and ship thermometers for decades. Those old readings were cool as the water was hauled up. Argo floats only arrived in the 2000s. That matters if you want to say the oceans warmed.
Fire statistics tell a similar story. Pre-settlement America burned millions of acres a year. California saw more area burned centuries ago than in modern record years. Many recent blazes were started by people. Labeling every wildfire as a symptom of a global emergency is dishonest.
Storm and heat records show no clear increase in statewide all-time extremes. A surprising share of old records still stand. Urban heat islands distort city readings. A thermometer beside a parking lot is not a thermometer for a continent. We need regional thinking, not global slogans.
This is not a call to ignore risk. It is a call to choose resilience. If society fears a worse climate, then build energy systems that work when the weather turns violent. Wind and solar are vulnerable to hail and tornadoes. Nuclear plants and well-designed thermal plants survive storms and keep hospitals and pumps running. Hydropower and geothermal have roles where geography allows.
Young people are waking up to complexity. They deserve truth, not panic. Give them real data, honest debate, and energy options that keep lights on and communities safe.
