Shocker! Study Shows Climate Change Laws Hurt POOR People The Most

Climate change-related laws are stupid for a number of reasons.

1.) They’re not rooted in fact.

2.) They don’t actually work, because of the reason listed above.

People who want to take legislative action on climate change are just interested in virtue-signaling. They don’t want to address the REAL causes of poverty and destruction. It’s much easier to blame others for not caring about the Earth as much as you do. It makes them feel like a good person, you know?

The thing is, climate change-related laws have an ulterior motive. It’s not about the climate. It’s about control– controlling you.  Global elites need power, and they gain it by– you guessed it– keeping others down and vulnerable. That’s exactly what their ridiculous climate change laws do. They keep people down.

This study shows that.

The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) — a free-market think tank based in California — released a study that found California and New York’s approach to global warming is not working, and is hurting low-income and minority residents.

The study, titled “Legislating Energy Poverty,” made several key conclusions: California’s average electricity costs are the highest in the contiguous United States, while New York’s is the sixth highest; California drivers are subjected to the 2nd higest gas prices in the country, and New York drivers are subjected to the 14th highest; California suffers from the country’s highest poverty rate, while New York has the seventh highest.

“Overzealous global warming laws and regulations are taking away jobs and opportunity and increasing energy poverty for those who can’t afford higher fuel and electricity bills,” stated Dr. Wayne Winegarden, a PRI senior fellow and author of the study.

Climate change regulations can make some upfront costs so high, the study finds, they are unobtainable for low-income communities.

None of this is shocking to those who use their ACTUAL NOGGINS.

On top of that, the study shows that those states don’t hold a candle to “Republican-controlled states that have implemented more market-based approaches to energy issues.”

The study cites Ohio and West Virginia as states that have seen bigger reductions in emissions, when accounting for population size.

“These big government policies haven’t been shown to be more effective in reducing emissions. Ohio and West Virginia show that you don’t have to impose new taxes, create big government programs, or increase energy burdens to cut emissions,” Winegarden explained. “Policymakers in Sacramento and Albany should learn from these states and embrace market-based policies.”

Someone should alert AOC.

Environmental justice isn’t solely about climate change.

Just look at:
– Flint water
– Bronx air
– Appalachian mining towns
– Fed response to Hurricanes María+Katrina

To see that economic and social inequity plays out everywhere – including air + water. https://t.co/JeeEJd3N27

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 8, 2018

Your policies WORSEN poverty, AOC. Save the raging buffoonery for another day.

h/t The Daily Caller