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Take a deep breath. It’s time for Climate Crisis Fun Fact Number One: There is no Climate Crisis.

The weather is not your fault. The climate (weather over time) is not your fault either. Yes, the climate is changing. It is changing because it has never not changed. But no, the “pollutant” CO2, anthropogenic or otherwise, is not driving this change. The only thing CO2 is driving is plant growth. The narrative you are being force fed is false. The cause or causes for climate change are natural. Natural, although not yet fully understood.

How do we know this? We know this because of the historical records our ancestors have left us. We know this because of the physical evidence Nature has left us from the vast, pre-industrial past. We know this through astronomical observation. What we are experiencing has all happened before, only it was much more unpleasant in the past. This is why we don’t need to worry about slowing down or stopping the changes we have been conditioned to fret about. These changes can’t be stopped, and we can’t “save the planet” because the planet doesn’t need saving. We only need to worry about how we can best adapt to these changes, something humankind has already been doing for millennia.

But wait! How could this be? How could the rest of the world have reached the “consensus” that CO2 is a threat when it isn’t? This is because consensus is a political not a scientific term and those who profit from this supposed threat also control public opinion. Certain professions, institutions and industries benefit either directly or indirectly from this CO2 narrative and manipulate the public by exploiting three well-known human weaknesses.

The first is fear. Fear is easily planted and maintained in the minds of the uninformed. Short of any real and present danger, our species will even search for things to fear. Something inside the human brain has always been receptive to apocalyptic warnings that the end of the world is nigh. Climate hysteria serves this psychological need. The second weakness is our need to conform. Being firmly rooted in strict social hierarchies, humans have a primal need to belong. This need is so great that we would rather defy our own reason than be banned as social outcasts. And our third weakness? Anthropocentrism. We innately feel that human beings are the center of the universe and are somehow, some way in control of Nature. We are neither of course and this leads to hubris, narcissism, megalomania, and harmful decision-making. We lack humility, in other words.

Humility is a good thing, however. And this book is an exercise in humility. It aims to offer those who feel uncomfortable with today’s presumptuous CO2 Climate Crisis consensus an opportunity to step back and doubt. It is a modest collection of well-documented facts and informed observations (please see the books listed in the bibliography) that will hopefully help you choose to refuse. Choose to refuse the bias. Refuse the fear mongering and lack of critical thinking. Refuse the indoctrination and the religious fervor of the era in which we live. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual can reason. No one can force you to take part in mob psychology, so don’t. Mass delusion and popular hysteria currently plague our planet, not CO2. Just say no and move forward. May the skepticism be with you.