I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S FEEL-GOOD INVESTMENT WITH CALPER FUNDS, AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA. SO DO-GOODER CAPITALISM HAS BEEN REBRANDED AS ESG INVESTMENTS. WHICH INCLUDE RENEWALABLE ENERGY, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND CARBON OFFSETS, AS PROOF THAT CAPITALISM AND PHILANTHROPY CAN CO-EXIST. BUT ESG HASBEEN ROCKED BY SCANDAL FOR GREENWASHING THINGS, THAT ARE BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE AND DEMOCRACY. FOR EXAMPLE FEW CARBON OFFSETS ACTUALLY REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS. MANY ARE SCAMS. SOME PAY LANDOWNERS NOT TO CUT DOWN TREES, THAT THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO LOG. OTHERS PAY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPERS, WHO WERE ALREADY GOING TO BUILD WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS. THEN MOST SOLAR PANELS AND ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES ARE MADE IN CHINA BY UYGHUR PRISONERS. SOLAR PROJECTS REQUIRE 300 TO 600 TIMES MORE LAND THAN NUCLEAR OR NATURAL GAS PLANTS, AND ARE DEVESTATING FRAGILE
DESERT ENVIRONMENTS. AND THERE IS NO WASTE DISPOSAL SOLUTION FOR USED SOLAR PANELS, A HAZARDOUS WASTE. MEANING THEY WILL BE SENT TO LANDFILLS OR DUMPED ON POOR NATIONS. JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS THE CITY DUMPS MONEY
INTO THESE SCAMS.
