The Western world has become considerably more prosperous in the past century due to the availability of reliable and affordable energy. This prosperity ought to be used to finance technological progress to reduce climate casualties by adapting to changes in the climate. Fear-mongering narratives about the effects of carbon dioxide have resulted in nonsensical expenditure of billions on the achievement of net-zero. Attempts to mitigate changes in the climate have never yet saved a life or made any measurable difference. In contrast, adaptation technology really can save millions of people from…