5 Apr 2008
http://timblair.net/
Recent polls suggest people are unwilling to throw money at global
warming fantasies; no big surprise there. It is a surprise, however, to
discover politicians (now in the UK, as in the US) are becoming aware of
this:
Gordon Brown is poised to scrap a series of unpopular tax rises as part
of sweeping changes to stave off a dangerous revolt over the rising cost
of living which last week dealt Labour its worst electoral hammering in
40 years.
Today the Prime Minister will respond to a growing suburban uprising by
signalling moves to help motorists and other consumers ...
Ministers also want Brown to rethink green taxes - including motoring
charges and proposed 'pay as you throw' schemes for household rubbish -
and to sideline his passion for Africa and the climate to focus on
domestic worries.
Internal polling in London found Ken Livingstone's green policies, such
as new charges for gas-guzzling cars, alienated older voters, while the
environment was at best a low priority for others, suggesting that, as
families' budgets shrink, so does their willingness to pay to save the
planet.
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"From 1870 to 1900, we had global cooling, then we had significant
global warming from about 1910 to 1945. That global warming is not
accompanied by any significant rise in CO2, so you can't blame CO2. Then
CO2 increased while we had global cooling. You can't blame that on CO2.
It's only been the last 30 years there's been correlation between CO2
and global warming" Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology,
Western Washington University
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