Cap-and-trade
Mar
EU plans first federal tax, but don’t worry, it’s green
Europeans have long traded excessive taxation for begin taken care of by the government. But I have a feeling that they too, like us Americans, are at a tipping point. Damn the growing evidence that climate science hasn’t been so scientific, the EU is about to get hit with their first “federal” tax under the pretext of saving the planet for our children.
Mar
James Hansen doesn’t want you dealing drugs to his grandchildren
Dr Hansen, of course, said the answer to climate change must include a rising carbon tax. And he also had something to say about coal.
Mar
The funniest joke no one ever tells: Enron helped develop the Carbon Trading Scheme
The funniest joke no one ever tells: Enron helped develop the Carbon Trading Scheme.
Mar
Hang on to your wallet
Congress will evidently never give up trying to get into the taxpayers wallets. Since Cap and Trade isn’t going to fly we’re now back to just plain old Tax and Spend. Per the New York Times, they’re still operating under the delusion that CO2 is causing AGW and should be taxed. Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), [...]
Mar
UK leads the way in spending billions to achieve no benefit
The UK government want to encourage people to put solar panels on their roof. I don’t like to state the obvious, but clearly the government are as clueless about UK weather as the University of East Anglia.
Feb
Is H.G. Wells still alive and writing?
The British Government is now writing fantasy to motivate people into believing that climate change will cause an apocalyptic change by 2035.
Feb
UK energy bills set to rocket
arly warnings of higher gas and electricity prices were sounded by Centrica on Thursday as the British Gas parent faced demands for further tariff cuts after announcing a big jump in profits in its retail business.
Feb
The AGW theory is dying yet the carbon market goes on
In the UK, Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) isn’t a political issue, because all three major political parties support it. I consider AGW, instead, to be an anti-democratic movement. No matter which way you vote, you get it.
Feb
Stealing Steel jobs
A UK steel plant closes and the workers lose their jobs. The company receives a billion pounds and the same factory is built in India producing the same CO2.
Feb
£60m in carbon credits for UK government buildings
he British Government, as revealed by the EU’s Official Journal, has allocated £60 million of taxpayers’ money to be spent on buying carbon credits from the Third World for the use of government buildings and other official purposes – so that our civil servants can continue to benefit from the CO2 emissions needed to keep their offices warm and lit.