tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2228598462153987922..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Paris Climate DiscordStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72507154130000483302018-12-03T16:32:12.341-08:002018-12-03T16:32:12.341-08:00It is kind of France to sacrifice the bank account...It is kind of France to sacrifice the bank accounts and pocket books of their lower income citizens to save the world. At the local level, our local politicians and astute voters also seem to have this elevated sense of sacrifice in the service of global climate health. Too bad none of them are any better than religious zealots in their blind conformance to popular culture fantasy. And in their usual attempt buy off the populace by spouting liberal policies, this time the rich media stars are hurting the very people they are trying to appeal to. Is it any secret that such a tax as they are promoting is regressive? Can people be this dumb? Or are their attempts to keep the burden off of their backs becoming too obvious?<br /><br />Each of these elites should adopt several "commoners" until all commoners have a sponsor. Then these elites should fully offset the additional costs to these commoners through hard cash contributions. Then let the elites measures the effects on carbon of the new taxes. If there are none, they should raise the taxes and their contributions until carbon goes down or they don't have any more money. I wonder which will come first.<br /><br />If nothing else, this will at least achieve the redistribution of wealth they always seem to favor. And it will be their wealth, not ours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48055207147135240222018-12-03T09:58:50.230-08:002018-12-03T09:58:50.230-08:00“We are living through a planetary cataclysm,” sai... “We are living through a planetary cataclysm,” said Ms. Binoche, in a missive published in Le Monde alongside the likes of director Pedro Almodovar, actor Jude Law and writer Michael Ondaatje. “We thus consider that any political action that does not make fighting this cataclysm its concrete, declared and assumed priority will no longer be credible. We consider that a government that does not make saving what can still be saved its first objective will no longer be taken seriously … It is a question of survival. It cannot, by consequence, be considered secondary.”<br /><br />What are the signs of this "cataclysm". I'd like to know. Is it that "all the BEST people" agree that it's occurring?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79703628911392992132018-12-03T06:38:37.604-08:002018-12-03T06:38:37.604-08:00"Ever since the 1990s, European governments h..."Ever since the 1990s, European governments have been encouraging drivers to buy diesel cars as an alternative to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. The rationale was simple: Diesel engines use fuel more efficiently, so the switch was supposed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and help stave off global warming."<br />--- Vox, 2015<br /><br />Now the intellectualoids in government and fantasy media are pushing electric cars, Just as the Chevy Dolt and Nissan Leaf are discontinued. Despite Bur'aq "Lightworker" Obama's pledge to buy an eponymous Dolt.Dr. Irredeemable Dregnoreply@blogger.com