Policies intended to reduce carbon emissions that ignore human outcomes are counterproductive and harmful to the poor.

“even by the metrics of the environmentalists themselves, the policies that we're presently pursuing on the energy front are not only counterproductive environmentally, but they're driving poor people into abject poverty.”

Apocalyptic environmentalism is harmful to mental health and hinders effective, practical policy-making by prioritizing vague panic over actionable solutions.

“my views have evolved over the years but i've always viewed apocalyptic environmentalism as a problem for people that care about saving nature for people that that for everybody”