IT would be difficult to justify an emissions trading scheme (ETS) that imposed large costs for purely symbolic benefit during a period of prosperity - it is absurd to consider as much during a financial crisis. Given the outcry the Rudd … [Read more...] about An Opportunity for Ordinary Australians to Oppose the ETS
Carbon Trading
Aid Agencies to Promote Carbon Offsets
World Vision was the first non-government agency to negotiate a deal with the World Bank for carbon-commission offsets for a reforestation project in Ethiopia. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Aid Agencies to Promote Carbon Offsets
Orwellian
WITH the rise of big government convinced that belief in a climate crisis will be good for us, it is perhaps pertinent to remember George Orwell and his novel ‘1984’. The term ‘Orwellian’, his idea that wellbeing is crushed by restrictive, … [Read more...] about Orwellian
Changing the Lexicon to Progress the Green Agenda
PRESIDENT Obama likes the concept of cap and trade, but apparently not a lot of people understand that the "cap" in his proposed cap-and-trade legislation refers to the limit that the government would impose on industrial emissions of greenhouse … [Read more...] about Changing the Lexicon to Progress the Green Agenda
Obama’s Plans for Cap n Trade Criticised
An artificial market in US government-mandated carbon credits would be "monstrously stupid to do right now," Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Charlie Munger told CNBC, adding that the move is "almost demented" considering other nations' intention to … [Read more...] about Obama’s Plans for Cap n Trade Criticised
How to Kill an Economy
The Australian government has postponed introduction of the Emissions Trading Scheme claiming current economic troubles. Yet the same Government keeps telling us that the sooner we start on the ETS, the better our economy will be. "Green" jobs will … [Read more...] about How to Kill an Economy