98% Think Britain Is Being Conned Over Climate Change
noob
Whacko Brown Trying To Ruin Britain
December 19 2009
GORDON Brown was yesterday accused of signing a �500billion death warrant
for Britain's economy in his desperate quest for a climate change deal.
The Prime Minister has offered a dramatic 42 per cent cut to 1990 levels of
CO2 emissions by the year 2020.
His pledge - the biggest reduction proposed by any western industrialised
nation - was made despite a continuing debate about whether mankind is to
blame for climate change.
Ignoring the dire state of the country's finances and record Government
borrowing figures announced yesterday, Mr Brown has already pledged to hand
over �7.5billion to an international fund to help poorer countries cope with
climate change.
He made the 42 per cent offer in a bid to give the flagging talks in
Copenhagen a fresh impetus with world leaders, including US President Barack
Obama, trying to find a face-saving formula on the last day.
If he succeeds, he will be able to claim that he saved the planet much as he
boasted of having "saved the world" over the banking crisis.
But the TaxPayers' Alliance warned that achieving the target would require
the economy to be slashed by 30 per cent from expected levels.
It argues that without a technological miracle in the next 10 years, the
only way to achieve the cuts is to shrink the economy.
It says existing technology - such as new nuclear plants - will not be ready
by 2020 and there is not enough time to develop new ones sufficiently to
have an impact by then.
The Alliance's research director Matthew Sinclair said: "It is absolutely
incredible that Gordon Brown is still pledging ever more extreme and
expensive cuts on Britain's behalf.
"The Government are relying on rapid economic growth to help restore the
public finances to health, but meeting such an ambitious target could
require a recession of unprecedented ferocity.
"Governments shouldn't sign up to targets unless they have a plan to meet
them. They definitely shouldn't sign a death warrant for the British
economy."
He added: "You will not be able to maintain any substantial manufacturing
industry. There will be a huge increase in energy costs, pushing the average
family to the brink.
"The 42 per cent target would also require big reductions in driving."
Mr Brown's offer is 10 times as deep as the cut promised by President Obama
for America, which produces about 25 per cent of the world's man-made CO2
with just four per cent of the population.
The cuts are likely to require controversial measures such as more wind
turbines, road pricing and green taxes.
A Treasury spokesman yesterday defended Mr Brown's offer, saying: "We
believe there are considerable economic advantages in investing in green
technologies and being at the forefront of them."
Daily Express readers showed their distrust of Mr Brown's sweeping plans
this week, with an overwhelming 98 per cent of those taking part in a phone
vote agreeing that the nation was being conned over global warming.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/146922/Climate-nut-Brown-will-ruin-Britain
Warmest Regards
Bon_0
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps
US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists
worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
from natural variation."
Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Rav1ng rabbit
> Whacko Brown Trying To Ruin Britain
>
> December 19 2009
>
>
>
> GORDON Brown was yesterday accused of signing a �500billion death warrant
> for Britain's economy in his desperate quest for a climate change deal.
No such thing was signed, you are lying.
Q
--
Well, opinions are like assholes... everybody has one. -- Harry Callahan
http://tinyurl.com/m7m3qd
noob
"Rav1ng rabbit" <rab...@dot.com> wrote in message
news:4b34bcc0$0$22941$e4fe...@news.xs4all.nl...
> noob wrote:
>> Whacko Brown Trying To Ruin Britain
>>
>> December 19 2009
>>
>>
>>
>> GORDON Brown was yesterday accused of signing a �500billion death warrant
>> for Britain's economy in his desperate quest for a climate change deal.
>
> No such thing was signed, you are lying.
The paper said it not me!
Rav1ng rabbit
> "Rav1ng rabbit" <rab...@dot.com> wrote in message
> news:4b34bcc0$0$22941$e4fe...@news.xs4all.nl...
>> noob wrote:
>>> Whacko Brown Trying To Ruin Britain
>>>
>>> December 19 2009
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> GORDON Brown was yesterday accused of signing a �500billion death warrant
>>> for Britain's economy in his desperate quest for a climate change deal.
>> No such thing was signed, you are lying.
>
>
> The paper said it not me!
>
>
>
> Warmest Regards
>
> Bon_0
>
> "It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps
> US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists
> worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
> from natural variation."
> Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
Bob Carter is a subsidized liar,
Q
noob
> noob wrote:
>> "Rav1ng rabbit" <rab...@dot.com> wrote in message
>> news:4b34bcc0$0$22941$e4fe...@news.xs4all.nl...
>>> noob wrote:
>>>> Whacko Brown Trying To Ruin Britain
>>>>
>>>> December 19 2009
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> GORDON Brown was yesterday accused of signing a �500billion death
>>>> warrant
>>>> for Britain's economy in his desperate quest for a climate change deal.
>>> No such thing was signed, you are lying.
>>
>>
>> The paper said it not me!
>>
>>
>>
>> Warmest Regards
>>
>> Bon_0
>>
>> "It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of
>> perhaps
>> US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of
>> scientists
>> worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
>> from natural variation."
>> Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University,
>> Townsville
>
> Bob Carter is a subsidized liar,
Subsidised by who?
Warmest Regards
Bon_0
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps
US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists
worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
from natural variation."
Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville
> Q