{"id":742,"date":"2023-11-24T13:28:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hilloffare.org\/?p=742"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:37:14","slug":"the-madness-of-crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hilloffare.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/24\/the-madness-of-crowds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Madness of Crowds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Huge apologies for not posting for a while.  But now that RES have finally submitted their application to the Energy Consents Unit &#8211; ECU, it is time to get active again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please watch this YouTube video.  It is very current, just being delivered in September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This man is not a climate change denier or sceptic.  <strong>Not many who are branded as such actually are.<\/strong>  They just have views that don&#8217;t actively and vigorously support the narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comment below, one of many linked to this YouTube video sums it up.  Please watch and share the video as widely as you can.  We need to fight against &#8220;The Madness of Crowds&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank you, Professor Happer, for explaining so much, so simply and so quickly. You have truly summed up so much of what is going wrong and why. If only we could get the unenlightened fools to listen to you, it may then be possible to get to the driver before the wreck occurs.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Professor William Happer IPA lecture \u2013 The Crusade Against Carbon Dioxide \u2013 September 2023\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v2nhssPW77I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge apologies for not posting for a while. 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