They sold it to us wrapped in green—net zero. A neat little label meant to soothe our guilt and lull us into compliance. Carbon offsets. Smart grids. Electric everything. It sounds so clean, so futuristic. But peel back the buzzwords, and what you’ll find isn’t a path to a greener tomorrow. It’s something far darker.
Net zero isn’t saving the planet. It’s sterilizing it.
Let’s start with beauty. The raw, untamed kind. Towering forests, sweeping coastlines, skies free of drones and chemtrails—remember those? Now, it’s wind turbines slicing through migratory bird paths and endless fields of solar panels where once wildflowers grew. Landscapes flattened and wired up, all in the name of “clean energy.” Beauty is now an inconvenience—too messy, too unpredictable for the new green order.
Nature? Forget it. Net zero demands control. Forests become carbon farms. Wildlife corridors are blocked by mega battery plants. Streams are poisoned mining rare earth metals for EVs. The same nature this movement claims to protect is being dissected and commodified—each part assigned a value, regulated, and drained of spirit. It’s not preservation; it’s packaging.
Health? That one stings the most. We’re told it’s for our benefit—smart meters, 15-minute cities, plant-based everything. But what are we really trading? UV-deficient LED lights replacing sunlight. Synthetic meat in place of real nourishment. Bio-monitoring, mask mandates, and air-quality lockdowns replacing personal responsibility. Our bodies, just like our land, are being digitized, tracked, and reshaped to fit the new normal.
And life itself? Here’s the truth they’ll never tell you on those glossy UN websites: net zero is about reduction. Not just emissions, but people. Less movement. Less freedom. Less autonomy. It’s austerity in disguise—less life. We’re being conditioned to see ourselves as a problem, a blight on the Earth that must be offset, minimized, eventually replaced.
Net zero doesn’t love the Earth. It loves control. The kind of sterile, lifeless control that turns a thriving ecosystem into a machine. That sees humanity not as stewards of creation, but as emissions to be managed.
Ask yourself this: when did saving the planet start to feel so much like a death sentence?
If this hits you in the gut, good. It should.
Drop your thoughts below & repost. Let’s talk. What do YOU see when you look at the future of “green”?
