Comments on: ETS review just for show

By: QuentinF

QuentinF — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:03:28 +0000

I think they all need a dose of Piers Corbyn….

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:35:50 +0000

Political blog TrueBlueNZ has some observations on Mr Smith and his policies

https://truebluenz.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/eleven-counter-arguments-for-nutty-nick/

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:23:14 +0000

“We accept the science,” says Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith.

We accept IPCC science as revealed truth.

We accept IPCC science as an act of faith.

We accept that Dr Rajendra K Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC is infallible.

We accept the edicts of Chairman Pachauri.

We accept the doctrine of climate change as laid down by the IPCC.

We accept that to question the doctrine of climate change is heresy.

We accept that we must pay for our sins of emission.

We accept that we do not have the mental capacity to think for ourselves.

We accept that we are like mushrooms, to be kept in the dark and fed bullsh*t.

By: Alexander K

Alexander K — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:53:50 +0000

When I decided to temporarily relocate to the UK almost a decade ago, I was able then to inform my UK cousins that NZ politicians were different from the UK variety in that our pols had all had jobs before going into politics, that they tended to be grounded in reality and were generally reasonably moral people.
I now keep my head down an stay silent on that topic!

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:22:25 +0000

I think this article hits the nail on the head as far as the ETS is concerned.
It is a token gesture to put NZ on the world stage as far as climate change policy is concerned.

In fact, this is probably the view across the board, from the green lobby through to the libertarian right.

In terms of climate change mitigation, it achieves nothing. In terms of costs to the general public, it means a great deal.