Climate change! A hoax?

There was this story (click) that says climate change is not caused by human behaviour: 'Even NASA admits it!' Of course the story was shared multiple times. But 'not by mainstream media!'. The story was written by Mike 'The Health Ranger' Adams, owner of https://www.healthrangerstore.com/ (Don't click! The site will try to convince you (in a very intrusive way with lots of pop-ups.) to buy products you really don't need but will think you do.). For 'only' 30 US dollars you can buy 680 grams of Flax Milk Powder. Flax milk is a cow-milk substitute for people who are lactose intolerant and is plant-based. But other than that not actually healthier than cow milk. Besides that you can make it yourself at home for a fraction of the cost.

His website (click) attracts 7 million visiters a months (what was the definition of 'mainstream media' (click) again?) and Adams has been described as a 'snakes-oil salesman' who gives sick people hope while making money from their gullibility. He has claimed to be against 'people who profit from selling food and medication like 'Big Pharma' ('Big Pharma' defined as 'charlatans who sell drugs that will not make people healthier but often makes them sick and is only out for financial profit by misleading the public!') but has absolutely no problem making a profit himself with selling products with almost zero proven positive effect on the human health.

Mike Adams really is someone with lots of marketing tricks up his sleeve, dating back to the 'Y2K' scare. Meaning that with cleverly placed tags and scare tactics he redirects his readers to one of his other over eighty websites where they can 'read more on this subject!' and in the end somehow leading to his webshop where you can buy tin foil hats organic foods, oils and vitamins. All 'lab tested!' but never mentioning who performed the test, how it was performed and what the outcome of the test was. Although most of those products won't hurt you (except in the wallet) you can often create the same state of health by sleeping properly, exercise more, eat less fast food and eat oranges in stead of Oreo's.

He also seems to advocate 'total transparency!' but as to this day it is unclear in what year mister Adams was born, or what methods his lab uses to test his own 'Health Ranger' products.

But millions of people believe him, stating that 'because he had to retract many of his articles because people who followed his fake instructions got sick, proves he is trustworthy!' 

Mike Adams just posts anything that's populair amongst his milk cows followers to get them to click links on his various websites. His followers are anti-vaxxers? So is he! His followers are against Mexican immigrants 'because they bring diseases because they refuse to get themselves and their kids vaccinated!' Mike says so too!

And yes, friends of mine are falling for this type of charlatan and buy his words and products.

Like the story this post started with: 'Yes, I know it's debunked, NASA never said that (click) and Mike obviously lied to mislead his followers and trick them into making him money. But what if it is true anyway?'

They base themselves on their 'gut feeling': 'I think we can't know for sure. Many scientists disagree. Do not listen only to the ones who are on the payroll of governments through subsidies. We can only feel what makes the most sence and to me it does not make sense at all that climate change is our fault.'  

By 'gut feeling' people really mean a link on Facebook directing them to articles written by self-declared health rangers (click).

What seriously baffles me is: How can people who spend 60 hours a week reading fake news stories, listen to fake news pod casts, share fake news Facebook posts, watch fake news Youtube videos and watch fake news television claim they 'don't have time' to do a two minute Google search?


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