They've kind of lost the battle on "are renewables a scam", "are EVs a scam", "is climate change a scam" etc. but still with pockets of resistance. Unfortunately they were fighting it on multiple fronts and are still winning on some.
One where they're still winning is "are carbon credits a scam".
(For completeness, in the US they're still doing okay on "is recycling a scam" and "are carbon fees a scam")
So it's basically a succesful artificial conspiracy theory that we're dealing with.
Rich countries paying poorer countries to escape fossil fuel dependency is an obviously good idea, but like anything it's not perfect, so if you get people angry enough then you can slow it down and sell more fossil fuels.
The most outrageous part of this is that this campaign is dominated and spearheaded by environmental groups and green parties. By successfully stopping the expansion of nuclear power, these groups have done more than any other faction or movement to increase CO2 emissions.
Consider countries like Mongolia, where the dirtiest coal is used to heat homes. This is both an environmental and health crisis.
That's an interesting summary.
Or as someone in an east european country said: we are selling carbon (CO2 emissions) certificates because we don't polute enough.
The problem here is not Switzerland. The ptoblem are the carbon (CO2 emissions) certificates.
