Hi Everyone,

From out of nowhere someone that I don’t know, but that knows me from my writing, sent me a simple note:

I’d be interested in seeing a piece on how climate change is a pernicious example of moral hazard. I don’t know if you’ve already written one.

First I thought the choice words warranted a pause…
“pernicious example of moral hazard.”

So I decided to double check what he was trying to say with the words “moral hazard”. According to the dictionary it means; when one person/entity enters into a contract in bad faith. And that got me thinking about the last time we experienced a glaring example of “bad faith” —> COP26.

The great tragedy of the whole COP meeting process is that one party had no intention of doing what was needed to protect our climate. But then again we should have know that the minute that the ink dried on the failed Paris Accords on Dec. 12, 2015, at COP21.

Even back then the language was far too weak. That was when we should have stood up and demanded more but instead we entered into a “contract” based on nothing but hope. And yet, I don’t think we were deceived - I think we all knew that the agreement was in bad faith but the question that I find interesting is:

What drives that bad faith? Are slimy politicians to blame or are they just weak and opportunistic? And if that’s the case…then who’s pulling the strings? Who controls and “sells” the dangerous narrative that has come to define climate change? Let’s cut to the chase…

Why are people who want for nothing, driven to hoard more money at the expense of a planet in ecological and social crisis?

What motivates billionaires? That’s what I want to know. Here are my top three guesses.

Power and Influence
Psychopathic Greed
Delusions of Grandeur
Other?

What do you think?

Brad
February 2022

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