Topic: Green New Deal

Mark Morano traces the history of environmental alarmism back to the 1960s, citing Rachel Carson and Paul Ehrlich’s "The Population Bomb" as the original templates for modern scares. He claims that the 1970s global cooling narrative used the same solutions currently proposed for global warming, such as wealth redistribution and the surrender of national sovereignty. Morano asserts that the UN Climate Panel, formed in 1988, operates as a self-interested lobbying organization dependent on maintaining a sense of catastrophe.

The discussion shifts to how the Green New Deal is being implemented through executive orders and administrative agencies rather than through Congressional votes. Mark Morano claims that climate activists have moved away from persuading adults and are now focused on scaring children to pressure the public. The segment also questions the direct correlation between CO2 levels and global temperature, suggesting the 97% scientific consensus is a manufactured narrative.

The participants critique mainstream "green" energy initiatives, arguing that the current electrical grid cannot support a mass transition to electric vehicles. They point out that many electric cars are effectively powered by coal and that wind turbine blades are non-recyclable. Aaron Murakami suggests that a more immediate solution would be implementing existing patents to increase the thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines by 30% to 50%.

The hosts argue that the COVID-19 crisis is being used to rebrand and push the Green New Deal agenda which previously lacked public traction. Governor Jay Inslee's $1.5 trillion "green stimulus" and statements from the IMF's Christine Lagarde are cited as evidence of a shift toward a central-bank-managed "green" economy. This transition is described as a method to starve out traditional petrochemical-based industries in favor of Agenda 21-style control.