To the Editor:

“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”

Until recent times, that familiar quotation remained an amusing truism. But then along came the climate change alarmists, with all their hype and overzealous determination to influence the weather, no matter the cost to society. That changed everything.

Climate change hysteria is now pressuring Americans to do things that common sense would normally tell them not to do. The absurdity of abandoning the use of abundant, reliable, and clean burning fossil fuels to power our economy is a prime example.

We are being scared into spending trillions of dollars to transition our country from dependable oil and gas to unreliable so-called green energy. And yet there is no guarantee that lowering our domestic carbon emissions will do anything to slow the rate of global warming.

Adopting such reckless measures will create a financial windfall for the promoters of wind and solar projects. It will also strengthen Communist China. But, as a result, the standard of living for most Americans will inevitably decline.

Climate change hysteria is a hoax being perpetrated on the American people. We should not be complacent about the real danger this crazy response to climate change poses to our national security and economic prosperity. We should just say no to net zero carbon emission nonsense.

A. H. Liddle

Warwick, RI 02886

401-714-8152