This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Steven E. Koonin and Mark P. Mills
Real Clear Wire
[The following is based on remarks delivered by Koonin and Mills at an MIT Free Speech Alliancedebate, which can be viewed here.]
The climate change debate continues to rage. Though the science remains “unsettled,” what does seem settled is that President Trump will withdraw, again, from the now infamous Paris Climate Accords. Importantly, those accords are centered on pledges made to modify national energy policies.
A decision to exit the Paris Accords is no mere gesture. The central fact for citizens everywhere is that putative “climate solutions” would deploy trillions of dollars and implement mandates and diktats for the supply and use of energy in every aspect of society.
The stated rationale for proposals to alter completely how civilization is fueled is…