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A salient critique Hansen offers concerns the hypocrisy of climate advocates who benefit materially or personally from their stance. He cites prominent figures like Barack Obama and John Kerry—both wealthy and owning private properties in flood-prone areas—whose actions contradict their public assertions about the dangers of climate change.
Similarly, the push to transition to green energy in California results in higher living costs, disproportionately affecting the poor who cannot afford to cool their homes during extreme temperatures. There’s a perceived inconsistency between the ideology preached and the lifestyle of elites who are insulated from the consequences.