...way too many of you and me (h/t for this summary of the modern
environmentalist mindset to P.J. O'Rourke). It used to be that
the difference between many of us and the environmentalist is
that when we see a person we see a soul, a mind and a set of
hands, while the Green sees a stomach.
Now we know they've refined their thinking, and see a carbon
footprint.
So, in case you still wondered whether global warming alarmism
really is, to many, about the notion that "people are pollution",
a vehicle for not only old reds with no place to go but the
fallen Zero Population Growth movement, the folks over a CO2
Science
bring our attention to a paper by a couple of pointy heads
out of Oregon State University. What lovely people.
As I noted in
"Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud
and Deception to Keep You Misinformed", China wants official
recognition of "carbon offsets" to sell Europe -- and, courtesy
of our new president's expected agreement to a Kyoto II, you as
well -- on the basis of how many children they have not
had thanks to their, ahem, coercive family planning
policy. Others praise China as showing us the only way to bring
about the desired agenda, given that no free society would ever
actually do to itself what this demands (both true stories,
Chapter 6).
At some point we're going to actually listen to these people to
discern what this latest "greatest threat" is about, at
which point we will reject it, and them, with the appropriate
prejudice.
As a long-term believer in overpopulation but not in global
warming or environmentalism, I suggest your worldview leaves a
few things out. The world was both full and stable on the eve of
the Industrial Revolution, when it had a population of 1 billion.
Get back there, and our lifestyles would be infinitely enriched
and most of our problems, from the environment to infrastructure
shortages, would disappear.
The only real question should be how to get there, without
excessive infringements on personal freedom.
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John| 3.17.09 @ 1:25PM
No surprise that China and India want their welfare cheque. But
what are we really getting for our money? The only thing I can
see is our super rich have been allowed into these places to make
double digit profits (slave labour) and KYOTO is the gate fee.
You dont think our super rich were going to pay the gate fee..
You dont think China was going to let capitalists in for
nothing... this scam runs very deep. How can we take away their
jobs and get them to pay the gate fee. Simple KYOTO. If thats not
the case I ask you... just what are we getting for the money?
Martin| 3.17.09 @ 12:34PM
As a long-term believer in overpopulation but not in global warming or environmentalism, I suggest your worldview leaves a few things out. The world was both full and stable on the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when it had a population of 1 billion. Get back there, and our lifestyles would be infinitely enriched and most of our problems, from the environment to infrastructure shortages, would disappear.
The only real question should be how to get there, without excessive infringements on personal freedom.
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John| 3.17.09 @ 1:25PM
No surprise that China and India want their welfare cheque. But what are we really getting for our money? The only thing I can see is our super rich have been allowed into these places to make double digit profits (slave labour) and KYOTO is the gate fee. You dont think our super rich were going to pay the gate fee.. You dont think China was going to let capitalists in for nothing... this scam runs very deep. How can we take away their jobs and get them to pay the gate fee. Simple KYOTO. If thats not the case I ask you... just what are we getting for the money?