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| Germany to spark 'climate crisis' |
| 2006-06-28 |
| From the article: Mr Schroeren said Germany was still committed to its Kyoto targets, but would achieve carbon cuts through other measures. One plan is to cut three million tonnes of carbon by training motorists to drive more economically. ROFLMAO! Has Mr. Schroeren ever been on the Autobahn? "Training [German] motorists to drive more economically." Yeah, like that'll happen. Read the rest of the Euro-whining at the link - if you'd like a good chuckle. |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #5 I read this crap in the BBC and understood these Eco-Freako bull for what it is propaganda. The Religion of "Global Warming" at work at the BBC. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-28 18:04 |
| #4 but would achieve carbon cuts through other measures. KarbonStraum! |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-28 16:51 |
| #3 TW - could be. The last time I was in Germany was the early 1990's. (Guess I won't be back anytime soon, either.) They're still driving like Germans, though - at any speed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-28 14:38 |
| #2 The thing is the Kyoto targets were chosen with Germany in mind. They have the baseline of East Germany polution to start with and had already met a bunch of their targets before treaty was signed. If they weren't half socialist they would have met them by now. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-06-28 14:07 |
| #1 Barbara, I seem to recall that Germany actually instituted a 120 kph maximum on long stretches of the autobahn in the 1990s or early 2000s, although whether it was to improve pollution or reduce those lovely 100-vehicle pile-ups I couldn't say. Loud squawking at the time about taking away the Germans' natural right to go precisely as fast as their native ability and vehicle's specs would take them. I've a friend who was arrested at the border of Bavaria, clocked at well over 220 kph (it was one of those nice BMWs with only two seats); when he asked the police why they hadn't stopped him sooner, as he'd been driving that speed since leaving Munich, he was told they'd been enjoying the speed, too, |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-28 14:02 |