Picture this: You walk into your own living room, ready to relax, and your spouse is dressed in full hazmat gear. Not because it’s Halloween, or the in-laws are visiting, but because the government says you need to “save the planet.” Welcome to the world of “green” heat pumps—a glorious technological leap forward in the same way New Coke was a glorious leap forward in soda. The only thing missing is a government-mandated sticker: “Now With Bonus Legionella!”

No, really. If you’re wondering why climate commissars keep demanding you tear out your trusty boiler and install the latest in eco-absurdity, it’s because nothing says “progress” like swapping one non-existent crisis for a very real, pneumonia-inducing germ. As feature image cartoon so accurately sums up, we’ve apparently reached the “just put on your spacesuit, honey” stage of climate policy.

Let’s check the scoreboard: Your heating bill is just as soul-crushingly high as ever, your water now doubles as a bacterial spa, but—good news!—the climate priests say you’re doing your part. All it cost you was your health, comfort, savings, and the right to heat your home without consulting an infectious disease specialist. Just remember to thank the experts.

If you think I’m joking, take a gander at “Heat Pumps and Hidden Legionella Health Risks”, which reads like a how-to manual for government-induced own goals.

“As the push for low-carbon heating accelerates, so too do the unintended health consequences. Heat pumps, especially those used for domestic hot water, often operate at lower temperatures than traditional boilers. This creates the perfect breeding ground for Legionella bacteria.”

Translation: That shiny, taxpayer-subsidized heat pump is less “Tesla of heating” and more “Chernobyl of water heaters.” Instead of harmless, invisible CO₂, you get a very visible, very deadly germ factory right under your roof. All courtesy of people who couldn’t change a tire, let alone run an energy policy.

But wait, there’s more. The “efficiency” magic of heat pumps comes from not heating your water to a temperature that actually kills bacteria. You know, like the way mankind has safely done for a century. Dr. Alan Watson, a microbiologist with the rare skill of noticing the obvious, spells it out:

“With traditional gas boilers, hot water is regularly heated to 60°C or above, killing off any bacteria. Heat pumps, to maintain efficiency, frequently store water at much lower temperatures. Unless properly managed, this is a textbook scenario for Legionella proliferation.”

Translation: The “experts” replaced your old boiler with a device that keeps water at exactly the right temperature for germs to thrive. But don’t worry, you can save the planet—just don’t breathe near your shower.

Of course, when it all blows up, the policy geniuses have a plan: run your heat pump hot enough to kill bacteria, but only once in a while, so you can still claim it’s “efficient.” As the article says:

“Manufacturers recommend a weekly or even daily heating cycle to 60°C to minimize Legionella risk. Yet this approach undermines the energy savings that supposedly justify the switch to heat pumps in the first place.”

You couldn’t make this up if you tried. It’s like selling a car that only works if you push it everywhere and then handing you a bumper sticker that says, “I’m saving the planet.”

Meanwhile, your heating bill hasn’t budged. As the cartoon’s doomed husband observes, “Bill’s as high as before.”

“Many homeowners report negligible reductions in their energy bills after switching to heat pumps, especially in older, less insulated properties. Meanwhile, the risks from inadequate water temperatures remain.”

In other words, you pay for the privilege of being a guinea pig in a government experiment—an experiment run by people who consider actual science optional whenever it conflicts with the latest Net Zero edict. All so the climate church can say you’re “doing your bit.”

The real comedy here isn’t in the cartoon—it’s in the fact that the same central planners who claim to be saving us from certain doom are so colossally incompetent they’re introducing killer germs into our homes. On purpose. When microbiologists point out the glaring problem, the response is classic: ignore the scientists, double down on the policy, and blame the public for not “trusting the science.”

If you want to sum up the Green Revolution, here it is:

• Destroy the reliable.
• Mandate the untested.
• Ignore the consequences.
• Accuse anyone who points out the obvious of heresy.

So go ahead, install that heat pump. Don your hazmat suit. Send a thank-you note to your local climate czar. After all, nothing says progress like paying more to shower in weaponized bathwater. The planet may or may not notice, but your immune system sure will.

Feature image by www.cartoonsbyjosh.com

From Legal Insurrection

Meanwhile, the press intends to double down on its climate hysteria.

Posted by Leslie Eastman 

Meanwhile, the press intends to double down on its climate hysteria.

Posted by Leslie Eastman

I have noted on a few occasions that Americans’ trust in scientists has eroded. One reason for this is related to high-profile claims about weather and climate that have not materialized as predicted.

For example, there have been warnings of snowless winters, rapidly vanishing glaciers, and an ice-free Arctic.

Additionally, the monsoon rains of the American Southwest are now being repackaged as yet another reason to attack fossil fuels in the name of man-made global warming — despite the fact that the region’s monsoon season has long been officially recognized as occurring between mid-June and late-September.

However, the mainstream media’s constant doom-and-gloom reporting is not having the desired effect. CNN’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, recently reported on a poll showing that Americans remain largely unmoved by the histrionics surrounding climate change.

Polling from Gallup found that 40% of Americans are “greatly worried about climate change” currently, which has decreased by six percentage points from 2020. These new numbers emerged as many liberals, including Democrat members of Congress, have attempted to blame climate change and President Donald Trump for the devastating flood in Central Texas.

“Are Americans concerned of climate change, and the answer is, Americans aren’t afraid of climate change,” Enten said. “Climate activists have not successfully made the case to the American people. I want you to take a look here. ‘Greatly worried about climate change.’

We have data going all the way back since 1989, and look at it then, it was 39%. In 2000, it was 40%. 2020, 46%. In 2025, 40%, which is the exact same percentage as in 2000, despite all of these horrible weather events. The percentage of Americans that are greatly worried about climate change has stayed pretty gosh darned consistent.”

The press is a little unhappy that its fearmongering isn’t working, so it’s clearly going to double down. For example, a piece published by NBC News pushes the narrative that people aren’t afraid enough of “extreme weather events” — as evidenced by an Associated Press article quoting preferred “experts” on the subject.

Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and intense, according to climate scientists and government data. But people and governments are generally living in the past and haven’t embraced that extreme weather is now the norm, to say nothing about preparing for the nastier future that’s in store, experts in meteorology, disasters and health told The Associated Press.

“What happens with climate change is that what used to be extreme becomes average, typical, and what used to never occur in a human lifetime or maybe even in a thousand years becomes the new extreme,” Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer said. “We start to experience things that just basically never happened before.”

Meteorologist Chris Mertz points out what the “extreme weather event” narrative is in a recent interview.

Life expectancy has more than doubled since the mid-19th century. The number of deaths from weather-related natural disasters has decreased by over 96% since the 1920s. Also, if you look at the number of hurricanes, they are not increasing on a global scale. The number of tornadoes has remained about steady in the United States since real-time data collection began in 1954. Similarly, the number of floods and droughts is not increasing globally, and wildfires have gone down.

The media minions constantly conflating severe weather with a climate apocalypse at the behest of climate cultists with policy agendas will continue to lose audience as those with more sensible and realistic perspectives, who are no longer silenced, are proven to be scientifically correct.

I am very grateful Americans recognize climate hysteria for what it is.