(And we know RealClear has been a big recipient of Koch money. The liminal take came from Rupert Darwall, who ranted about “woke climate investors” and shamelessly used the Ukraine war as an excuse to lobby for fossil fuel deregulation under the guise of security, oh-so-subtly sending the latest talking-point message that fossil fuels provide “energy security,” despite the fact that relying on Russia’s fossil fuels is exactly the cause of the problem Darwall pretends to try and address.ĭarwall’s byline notes he’s a “senior fellow at RealClearFoundation,” an acknowledgement that some oh-so-generous philanthropist is funding his anti-ESG work. (He also happens to be a huge fan of and event attender-with Alex “ didn’t get canceled for racism ” Epstein, Michael “ wokeism and climate concern are a religion ” Shellenberger, and billionaire rape-denying racist - right backer and apartied-approver Peter “ I might want human blood to stay young forever ” Theil, in case you’re the type to judge one by the company they keep, and also find bloodsucking racist ghouls to be a bit distasteful.) So the guy supposedly debunking myths literally has an investment portfolio staked on renewables failing to meet energy demand.

And sure enough, click on over to his personal website and find that his “ investment thesis is that nuclear and natural gas will be the biggest winners in the energy sector over the next 20 years.” His six myths, though, suggest something’s afoot as half attack wind and solar as “unreliable” and expensive, and praise 'natural gas' for polluting less than coal plants. The subliminal take is by Brian Gitt, whose byline describes as “an energy entrepreneur, investor, and writer” who has “been pursuing truth in energy for over two decades.” So perhaps his piece on the “energy myths” that are “triggering a new dark age in Europe” is on the level, no reason to suspect someone who claims to pursue truth of being untruthful, right?

There’s the subliminal advertising for the fossil fuel industry that looks like regular energy investor expertise, liminal advertising for the fossil fuel industry that looks like it’s regular opinion journalism, and superliminal advertising of just letting the fossil fuel industry’s spokespeople yell directly at the audience about how their high prices are Washington’s fault. That, sadly, captures both the sophistication and the subtlety of the climate propaganda over at RealClearEnergy these days. Smash explains, of “subliminal, liminal and superliminal” advertising, then demonstrating the latter by leaning out the window and yelling “HEY YOU, JOIN THE NAVY!” at Lenny and Carl. Why go through the trouble of subliminal messaging, Lisa asks, when they run recruitment ads all the time? “It’s a three pronged attack,” Lt. It is not without some charm and interest, and of its genre it is pleasant enough to play through.In the classic 2001 Simpsons episode “New Kids on the Blecch,” Bart and friends find fame as a boy band- until they find out their hit song “Yvan eht Nioj” was actually part of a propaganda campaign to get kids to join the Navy. I am sure you can sense my frustration here, because after first half hour I was sure I had stumbled upon a classic game. Although the game is short, it ran out of ideas well before the end point, and I was rather wishing for it all to be over about three quarters of the way through. The game quickly becomes a Stanley Parable walking sim, which as good as that game is, is not something I signed up for by buying Superliminal. Puzzle solutions become more mundane less imaginative and the solutions become less intuitive, which is ironic given the idea of the game is looking at things with a different perspective. Unfortunately after the third 'wake' things go dramatically downhill. Puzzle mechanics are different enough for it to pique interest. Unfortunately after the third 'wake' Superliminal starts strong, very strong.

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