the only reason why i am a global warming skeptic is the carbon credit system. there is not a solid body of evidence to suggest that warming or general pollution correlates with carbon. carbon output is a rough measure of the entire industrial output of a society, and a great deal of carbon, barring the dubious greenhouse effect, could be produced with little environmental harm and great benefit to people. Most of the filtration techniques available for factories and generators are not used. We could produce tons of poverty-fighting energy if we just cleaned up fossil fuel burning capabilities to a 21st century level.
Most independent and private environmentalists would like to see the restoration of habitat, restrictions put on the output of known hazardous chemicals, sustainable farming and silvacultural techniques, etc. None of these things are accomplished by a tax against carbon, but the sudden awakening of our elite to environmental issues focuses almost uniquely on their ideas for new taxes and right to steal land. Its seems fairly obvious to me that the real environmental movement is actually harmed by elites obsession over global warming, many people that would be working towards a cleaner planet are wasting their time lobbying for a few policies that should do little to solve the issues of pollution but do a lot towards preserving the present political order. But im sure the sheeple will focus on the potential for these programs to solve real problems because that is the interpretation they were given.
Most independent and private environmentalists would like to see the restoration of habitat, restrictions put on the output of known hazardous chemicals, sustainable farming and silvacultural techniques, etc. None of these things are accomplished by a tax against carbon, but the sudden awakening of our elite to environmental issues focuses almost uniquely on their ideas for new taxes and right to steal land. Its seems fairly obvious to me that the real environmental movement is actually harmed by elites obsession over global warming, many people that would be working towards a cleaner planet are wasting their time lobbying for a few policies that should do little to solve the issues of pollution but do a lot towards preserving the present political order. But im sure the sheeple will focus on the potential for these programs to solve real problems because that is the interpretation they were given.
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