The Environmental Industrial Complex

There is a well known grazier from Missouri, whose videos I like to watch. The landscape down there reminds me a lot of our own green rolling hills and woodlands. After the storm that came raging through on Thursday night, it gave me a bit more empathy for those living in tornado central. At least the wind only blew in one direction at our place! Lots of tree clean up for us on Friday though.

Speaking of trees, the Environmental Industrial Complex is revving up like never before in Canada. And the game is simple. Push climate alarmism. Use the fear that people have of something they can’t control to spend someone else’s money. Funnel the money, to the tune of billions of dollars, to companies run and managed by the political class (or their friends and family), as well as the “consultants” who are being paid for projects that will either never happen, or will accomplish almost nothing. Does anyone remember the water projects that were promised to various Native communities? The money is gone, and most of the communities never got the water.

There are many farmers who are doing the work of environmentalists. Planting shelter belts, restoring watersheds and riparian areas. They are keeping the soil covered with crops that are feeding the microbiome. Most farms in our area have begun rotational grazing their livestock. All these measures help heal the land, feed our communities, and sequester massive amount of carbon. Remember, younger plants and grasses that are grazed regularly sequester more carbon then old growth trees and plants.

The paradox is that those farmers who are taking active steps to improve the environment will not see any of those billions of dollars to “save the planet” and are rarely brought in as consultants.

Truthfully, most farmers don’t want handouts anyways. You don’t need handouts when you offer something of value. People willingly give you their money if you sell a good product. If the climate needs to be saved by Canadians, maybe we should do it by donation. If it’s important to the people, the people can vote with their wallets.