Name one? How about a few?
Rockefeller lowered the cost of kerosene through efficient refining and distribution.
Ford made automobiles affordable through mass production.
Carnegie reduced steel production costs through industrial innovation.
Walton lowered retail prices through bulk purchasing and efficient logistics.
Dell made computers cheaper by eliminating retail intermediaries.
Kamprad made furniture affordable through flat-pack manufacturing and distribution.
Bezos intensified retail competition through Amazon.
Koum made international messaging practically free through WhatsApp.
Page and Brin made search, navigation, email, and translation available without direct charges.
And that's barely scratching the surface.
In fact, it would be considerably more challenging to find a billionaire who earned their fortune through voluntary trade without lowering costs, improving quality, increasing productivity, or making something more accessible.
That's how fortunes are generally made in competitive markets. You create value for others, and the more people you serve, the greater your potential reward.
You don't even have to buy from these businesses to benefit. Their competitors must improve their offerings or risk losing customers.
These clout chasers destroy their credibility daily without so much as flinching.
They enjoy the accumulated benefits of capitalist innovation while confidently demanding evidence that any of it ever happened.
The economic illiteracy would be impressive if it weren't so commonplace.
The “climate crisis” is the biggest scam in scientific history. There's not one shred of empirical evidence that we are facing a crisis because the planet is slightly warmer than it was during the depths of the Little Ice Age.
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Media rarely tell us how CO₂ and climate make world greener
1982-2023: World added so many more green leaves that their total additional area is equivalent to 4 Australias
Global greening is "highly credible evidence of anthropogenic climate change" according to Nature
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A new study analyzed daily temperatures from 992 long-running weather stations across 29 countries covering the years 1899 to 2024.
Then it compared those temperatures to cumulative human CO2 emissions.
They don't match.
From 1899 to 1940, the planet warmed at a rate of 0.022 C per year, even though emissions were low.
Then from 1941 to 1982, temperatures cooled, despite CO2 emissions more than tripling.
From 1983 to 2024, warming returned, but slower than before, at a rate of 0.017 C per year, even as emissions rose 8.6 times higher than during the earlier warming phase.
As the author conclude: "These findings challenge the conventional assumption that human-induced CO2 is the primary driver of global warming."
This is because the strongest warming occurred before major modern emissions kicked in, and later periods with far more CO2 show weaker warming, or even cooling.
Earth's climate is still governed by natural variability.
Dr. Patrick Moore, one of Greenpeace's original founders, says the climate panic is built on fabrication, not science.
"One of my missions," he says, "is to turn on its head the idea that carbon dioxide is a pollutant... when in fact it's the most important nutrient for all life on Earth."
Dr. Moore points out that there is no clear definitive scientific proof, not one empirical formula or study, that shows CO2 causes planetary harm.
"The future will show this whole hysteria over climate change was a complete fabrication," he says.
CO2 is not pollution, it's the backbone of all life.
MIT atmospheric physicist Dr. Richard Lindzen has said "there will be no climate catastrophe."
"When someone says half a degree more and it's the end of the species, that's not science, that's theatre," says Lindzen.
Every apocalyptic prediction, from famine to ice-free poles to snowless winters, has failed.
And they'll keep failing.
2030 will pass, 2050 will pass, 50 years will pass -- there will be no climate catastrophe.
Lindzen isn't a fringe voice, he's a leading atmospheric scientist, author of nearly 250 peer-reviewed papers, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Today's climate agenda, he argues, isn't about data, it's about power. "It's about controlling policy, controlling economies, and reshaping society under the guise of a crisis that doesn't exist."
The real threat isn't climate change. It's climate policy.
On today's date in 1901, over half of the U.S. was at or above 90°F and nearly 9% of the land area was at least 100°F. The same weather occurring this week occurred exactly 125 years ago, but according to most climate alarmists, it was just weather in 1901, but this week's three-day event is undeniable proof that we are facing a climate catastrophe.
@FreddyLA7 I love going to random small towns in the US and in other countries and just seeing different culture, different people. A lot of small towns are living a different life that is fun to experience
I'm old. I want to slow my deterioration.
Peptides might help. Creatine made me stronger. Now people say peptides would do even more!
But my government says I can't have them...
Why? Don't I own my body? Why do bureaucrats get to decide?
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I love this. It's fun watching people discover the cultural differences and nuances across the U.S. I hope Europeans feel the same when Americans are amazed by the differences across Europe. Most of us are a lot more alike in our curiosity and appreciation of different cultures than the media would have us believe.
@elonmusk Does the ride along have any controls? I'm sure there are some but what is the rate of intervention, if any, or if they're just for regulatory purposes.
Just general questions but love everything that Tesla is doing. I'll be a first buyer of Optimus 4.
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