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| Ralph Nader: "We Need a Global Carbon Tax" |
| 2008-12-03 |
| From the WSJ: If President Barack Obama He ain't President yet, Ralphie wants to stop the descent toward dangerous global climate change, Hell, The One said he could stop the oceans' rise - surely he can stop the climate from changing.... and avoid the trade anarchy that current approaches to this problem will invite, As opposed to what we've got now....? he should take Al Gore's proposal for a carbon tax and make it global. So now OBambi is not only the President of the US (even though we've already got a President for the next month or so), he's king of the world? Figures. A tax on CO2 emissions With the money I don't think that means what you think it means, Ralphie.... while avoiding the prospect of unhinged environmental protectionism. Do you promise it will get rid of the unhinged "environmentalists" around the world, Ralphie? Starting with you and China emphatically opposes a hard emissions cap on its economy. That's 'cause they're smarter than you are, Ralphie. Yet China must be part of any climate deal or within 25 years, notes Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, its emissions of CO2 could amount to twice the combined emissions of the world's richest nations, including the United States, Japan and members of the European Union. And he "knows" this how, exactly....? According to the world authority on $1.375 trillion - that's undoubtedly exactly the cost of their champagne, caviar, whores, limousines, private jets, overpriced homes and apartments, and assorted bribes. How do they do it? Cap-and-traders assume, without much justification, Just like your assumptions, Ralphie. It might behoove you to remember that "assume" always begins with an ASS. that one country can put a price on carbon emissions while another doesn't without affecting trade or investment decisions. This is a bad assumption, given false comfort by the Montreal Protocol treaty, which took this approach to successfully rein in ozone-depleting gases. Chlorofluorocarbons are not pervasive like greenhouse gases (GHGs); nor was the economy of 1987 hyperglobalized like ours today. Hell, the economy of December 2008 isn't as hyperglobalized as the economy of January 2008. Good intentions lead straight to Hell, Ralphie - and I wish you and your buddies would hurry up and get there to limit big polluters in some countries but not others will turn any meaningful cap into Swiss cheese. Mmmmmm, cheese. Though Danish Havarti's better. It can be avoided by relocating existing and new production of various kinds of CO2-emitting industries to jurisdictions with no or virtually no limits. I think we've already done that, Ralphie. Do China, Thailand, Vietnam, et at., ring any bells....? This is known as carbon leakage, And your pathetic, pedantic, uninformed-by-actual-science rantings are known as bullshit leakage. I wonder where we could find a big-enough stopper.... and it leads to trade anarchy. I'm thinking we're already there. Idiot. Read the rest at the link if |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #12 Tell ya what Ralphie, when you and the other fuckwit enviros figure out how to collect the carbon tax from China, and the third world, give us a call for our "taxes". Damned idiots. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-12-03 23:08 |
| #11 What will he and Al Bore do when the next ice age arrives and the only thing Of course, the major greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is dihydrogen monoxide vapor, and I haven't heard anybody talk about reducing that. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2008-12-03 20:55 |
| #10 Someone tell Ralphie he's late to the |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-03 20:33 |
| #9 Idiot. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-12-03 20:18 |
| #8 We had the coldest January in 50 years, the coldest March and April in 30 years, the coldest June in 25 years, and we've had unusually cold temperaures for October and November including more snow (the statisticians haven't come back with the results for Oct/Nov)and I'm pumpin' all the CO2 I can right now trying to stay warm. Go blow a dead bear, Ralphie. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-12-03 18:59 |
| #7 After seeing how much snow we've got to shovel right now....I don't see why global warming is a bad idea. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-12-03 18:32 |
| #6 Don't come to us for the taxes until you've collected their fair share from China. They are number one. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-12-03 16:38 |
| #5 I don't know which is more ridiculous, that Ralph thinks anyone is listening or that the WSJ would publish it. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-12-03 15:43 |
| #4 Ralphie, I still haven't forgiven you for what you did to the Corvair. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-12-03 15:43 |
| #3 Global carbon tax for a world government and new world order? Two words, Ralphie: Fuck Off. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-12-03 14:45 |
| #2 I saw a fantastic bumper sticker the other day: "Stop Continental Drift". |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-12-03 14:30 |
| #1 Sorry, mods - forgot to change the category to Opinion. :-( And I'm sure you all know my opinion of Ralphie and his fellow travelers.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-03 14:11 |