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NewsletterNo. 224th October 2009
Climate change a yawn — until they tax it Money down the toilet—won't fix the climate In fact, with the populace not so alarmed and less attentive, it's become easier for the activists to get what they want and it will cost us dearly. Do you know what is about to happen in the name of climate change?Look, I know you're busy, and you'd like to finish this message quickly. But it's not short, and you have to think about it. If you like, take it home with you, read it in sections or save it until tomorrow. There's a lot more that could be said but a certain minimum that must be said. It's too important to make it any shorter. I won't do it. OK? First, the activists are going to tax us for it. The NZ government is pushing through an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). That ETS is going to cost you, me and all our fellow Kiwis genuine coin. National is pushing the legislation through the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee hearings with unseemly haste for a net effect on atmospheric temperature of approximately nothing. Nil. Nada. Zero. Brilliant. The treaty hides a bombshell Second, the December meeting in Copenhagen will agree a treaty to replace Kyoto, which expires in 2012. But the treaty hides a bombshell—the draft reveals that its real purpose has nothing to do with the climate.You can get the draft treaty here (pdf, 2019 KB). In Annex III, page 58, there is a list of objectives. The first eight points are telling. The climate is not mentioned, only that greenhouse gases are mostly the product of developed countries. But that's enough to justify requiring them to “help“ developing countries through technology, financing and “capacity-building” (their word). The list mentions a curious “right to development” of developing countries, even describing it as “undeprivable”. But development is not a right, because a right can be secured only by others fulfilling their duty. No duty, no right Development proceeds from within. It is a task each society must manage for itself, in its own way. Indeed, it's a leadership challenge to choose the direction in which development should proceed. So the do-gooders have got it precisely backwards — development is actually a duty, not a right. But it's a duty only for members of that society — anything else is oppression.Of course the only reason these socialist activists describe development as a “right” is to thereby establish a “duty” for us to hand over money, because that is their real aim; they have agonised for decades over the “inequalities” between countries. So-called climate change caused by the big, rich nations at the expense of the poor, disadvantaged nations provides the perfect opportunity to "right" the inequalities. It has nothing to do with the climate. The truth is that the biggest barrier to development in undeveloped countries is leaders who seek their own profit before the welfare of their citizens. Raising a country's economy and letting people prosper is not rocket science; it's been done for centuries in even the poorest societies. It's possible everywhere. Where people suffer for long without improvement only their rulers are to blame. The IPCC is wrong to blame man-made climate change for the hardships observed among developing nations. Aid to enrich the unscrupulous But the activists keep repeating that the developed countries have done a great climatic wrong and must hand over large amounts of dosh to put it right. It won't mend the climate, since it isn't broken. The aim is to punish the wicked western ways and share money with poor people. But that will distort trade and industry, enrich the unscrupulous and further oppress the poor, because you can be sure no money will reach them. Only the tyrants will get richer.The objectives in the draft treaty reinforce the importance of the “right” to development and spell out the need for “deep” cuts in developed countries’ emissions of greenhouse gases. Those reductions are necessary to “ensure adequate spaces” for developing countries to develop and to remove poverty. But what does “spaces” mean? The reasoning of madness We must stop emitting greenhouse gases so poor people can emit them. We've had our turn, now it's theirs. We must stop destroying the earth so the poor countries can take their turn to destroy it. It's in the name of climate change, but it will not change the climate. If we're damaging the climate now, this treaty absolutely guarantees that we will continue to damage it. This is the reasoning of madness.Why are our newspapers, radio stations and television channels not revealing this? Why are our politicians not discussing it with us? Why are our thinkers not raising their voices? Are we all asleep? The armchair socialists are well and truly in charge, and if we keep silent they will ruin us. They have this idea about fixing poverty (which is caused by us through globalisation, nothing to do with corrupt local leadership) and it will take strong public opinion to stop them. Write to your MP to voice your opposition to these provisions of the Copenhagen treaty. Insist that Copenhagen be based on science and aimed at changing the climate, not enriching foreign governments. The resounding call of truth Science cannot stop the activists; they have taken over the traditional scientific bodies for their own purposes and largely silenced the voice of true, sceptical science. The only thing that will change the course of this “crisis” now is public opinion.Against the influence wielded by the UN and eco-activists with pots of money, perhaps we shall prevail with the power of truth. My very best regards to you, Richard Treadgold, Convenor, Climate Conversation Group. P.S.: Email me. I want to know what you're thinking about climate change, the newsletter and the web site. I'd like to know what you think should be done. Share your strategies, tactics and ideas; it's bright daylight, but let's wake the Kiwis up because they need to stir themselves. And please vote in the poll. Cheers, RT. |
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