Podcast discussion of my book: ‘What to do about Climate Change - A Libertarian Proposal’
In his podcast series, The Darcy Gerow Podcast, Darcy brings the lens of Libertarianism to his audience by interviewing prominent Libertarians to gain their perspectives on important topics.
In this episode, Darcy Gerow and I discussed my new book. Today, Darcy released out conversation as an audio podcast on Substack.
Most people who know me personally have learned that I have been an Advocate for Less Government since 1979, a politically active Libertarian since 2007, an amateur writer since retiring in 2016 and a life-long athlete and health/physical fitness advocate which has guided many of my most important lifestyle choices.
My book is unlike any other on the topic of Climate Change.
It has more to do with enabling Freedom of Informed Choice for all citizens regarding the alleged climate “crisis”. The central proposal (The Bigfoot Show) is fully compatible with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is designed to satisfy the choices of climate crisis “alarmists”, “skeptics” and the “agnostics” - ie everyone.
The proposal can be adapted to many other domains under government monopoly control too. The idea has the potential to introduce competition into public monopolies and, potentially, to replace them entirely. Our modern Digital Economy has all of the tools and human resources to make the above entirely possible. The time to do this is NOW when it is most needed to stop and reverse the excessive and unnecessary expansion of government entities both domestically and globally.
I made the first edition of the book available to friends and interested parties in December as a PDF. The feedback I received has encouraged me to publish it as an ebook on Kindle after some restructuring and editing which I am currently doing in order to release it by Feb 1. It's a much better edition than the first. I have also had discussions with Friesson Press about making the book available in print.
Climate Change is like the Covid “vaccines”
To me, both topics were the creation of powerful elites who possess an agenda and the resources to drive their contrived “crises” into the political, social and economic consciousness of millions of gullible and ill-informed people. My proposal has the potential (albeit a long shot) to begin eroding the powers of “the state” and other powerful interests. It is designed to restore to citizens the power of informed choice to make a real contribution to a social cause if they so desire, or to not do so if they prefer to put their time, money and efforts elsewhere.
This new approach will establish the beginning of the end for the old, inflexible, expensive and ineffective model of assigning a few elected politicians and senior public bureaucrats as central planners to create a “collective”, one-size-fits-all tax and regulation scheme that has failed to get real results since the day the Anthropogenic Global Warming first began to be handled under government authority.
The Bigfoot Show is an idea whose time has come.
Citizen respect and trust of politicians and public officials has never been lower. I recently became aware that 48 “freedom groups” exist across Ontario that host regular meetings of concerned citizens who are seeking ways to escape the consequences of “government overreach”. After Covid, they are now painfully aware of how much the excessive size, cost and scope of authority of governments can and has hurt them and their loved ones. Few hear the words “for the greater good” without knowing for certain that this rarely applied to them especially when they face challenging government-imposed circumstances and important decisions in they own lives. To make matters worst, they watch their financial resources dwindle with each rise in taxes.
Canadian democracy no longer means what it once did.
The stakeholders of Crony Capitalism, Crony Statism and Crony Socialism are now the dominant ‘pigs at the trough’ of government riches that are constant replenished by the coerced payments and emissions of personal and business taxpayers. The average citizen may get a few crumbs after the “big boys” have had their fill, if he or she is lucky or well-connected.
After February 1, begin looking for ‘What to do about Climate Change - A Libertatian Proposal’ on Amazon’s Kindle platform. This book is sure to explain how and why a free market approach to the Climate Change topic is far superior that the current monopoly that controls it. I have named that monopoly the Climate Change Government Complex (CCGC) to position it among the same major power complexes like America’s Military Industrial Complex and Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex. Feel free to begin using this new term today!