Sam, zoom out a little.
It's very condecending of anyone to think that we can control global climate change.
We didn't create the Earth, nor can we control how it changes over time. Lassoed a tornado or hurricane lately? How about capping a volcano to reduce it's carbon footprint?
We can be responsible stewards of the Earth, but we are all living with the collaterol effects of the envro-terrorists (by definition, to intimidate through fear) who's agenda has put us in the predicament that we are in.
Their "all or nothing" approach has forced businesses to shift US manufacturing jobs to China and other countries that don't give a rip about the environment and are only concerned about making a buck. So the pollution is merely shifted to an unregulated country who hates the US.......great tactic. Hey, here's another great idea, let's get the UN involved to police them, for another fee that you and I can get taxed for.
We have the US government creating mandates and sanctions for businesses who aren't "Green" which takes us even further towards socialism and more loss of our freedoms.
Oddly enough, the evil oil companies are not losing money through all of this, but showing record profits. So the "smart folks" in Washington have a solution....."Hey, let's tax Big Oil more!" This operating expense is then passed on to the consumer..........
Isn't it fair that we should all pay more for everything, so the eco-terrorists can have a renewed sense of fullfillment and accomplishment? Let's hug.
The renewed Global Climate Change movement in not about taking care of our planet, it's about a new revenue stream, based on scare tactics. Scientists in the 70's were preaching global cooling.........
For those of us that vaguely remember the 70's and fuel shortages, the eco-terrorists where all about alternative fuel sources 40 years ago too. Take nuclear power for example. Great source of clean power source of the future, touted as the replacement for coal fired plants and the clear alternative to fossil fuels.
Wait a minute......what do we do with the nuclear waste? Hmmm, it's a power source came from the Earth, so let's stick it back in the Earth. Enter the eco-terrorists......"we can't stick it back in the Earth, it might leak."
Back to the drawing board.
No one is stepping forth to provide a real and cost effective replacement for petrol, just slapping on more and more restrictions, which equal more expense to the consumer. I look for ways to save energy and take care of the environment.
"All things in moderation" seems to benefit everyone, extremism only serves the special interests groups who are the minority, yet their imposed restrictions negatively impact us all.
Carbon footprint, carbon offsets? .........if it smells like bullcrap, it's probably bullcrap. Hey now, there might be a great, perpetual fuel source! Off to the lab.............:wave1: