Sunday, March 15, 2009

Check out the pictures here: Hypocrites, or simply confused? « Climate Sanity
It should be no surprise that President Obama is pushing for higher fuel economy standards. I assume if you support Obama then you support government mandated higher fuel standards.

I believe in voluntary adoption of higher fuel economy standards. That is why I have driven a Honda Civic for 20 years. Rising oil prices will insure that others will also opt for better mileage vehicles at time goes on. And if you are worried about CO2, higher fuel economy standards won’t make any difference. Because every drop of oil that you don’t burn helps keep the price low enough for somebody in India or China to burn it.

So, are the owners of these vehicles hypocrites or just confused?
Why should we pay for the beliefs of others? - Telegraph
I was intrigued to note when I bought a £216 air ticket to New York that an additional £80 was charged in tax introduced to combat global warming, When I got home it was reported that 5,000 more UK companies, from banks to hotels, are faced with a yearly cost of £660 million to buy "carbon credits" under the EU's "emissions trading scheme" (ETS).
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Doubtless the believers in global warming are quite happy to pay thousands of pounds a year for their faith. But for the rest of us this is all the most shameless excuse for stealing our money since they put a tax on windows.

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