tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post6878207026881096227..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: "Illogical, Captain."Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-84735474985649391112012-07-16T21:57:12.513+12:002012-07-16T21:57:12.513+12:00"They’re human, Spock, all too human. Your Vu..."They’re human, Spock, all too human. Your Vulcan half cannot fathom how such an intelligent primate can behave in ways so damaging to its chances of long-term survival by choosing socialism.”gregsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786701115887458801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-50249437567686216982012-07-16T21:52:58.605+12:002012-07-16T21:52:58.605+12:00Spock would see through the climate change hoax in...Spock would see through the climate change hoax instantaneously.gregsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786701115887458801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-54973796226356927292012-07-09T00:16:23.435+12:002012-07-09T00:16:23.435+12:00Instant classic, Chris!Instant classic, Chris!Robin Johnson's Economics Web Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12924305800986441792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-69832216745461169072012-07-08T18:55:30.611+12:002012-07-08T18:55:30.611+12:00Spock would see the emissions trading scheme for w...Spock would see the emissions trading scheme for what it is.<br /><br />He would know only three groups of people support it <br /><br />First there is the fools - the environmentalist who genuinely think the market can solve a problem it is responsible for creating.<br /><br />Second there is the crooks who will benefit from the various scams associatied with carbon trading.<br /><br />Finally there are the politicians, be they National, Labour or Green who want to pretend they are doing something but are not brave enough to tackle the cause of emissions - capitalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12230483172322089682012-07-08T09:35:59.869+12:002012-07-08T09:35:59.869+12:00Jigsaw is correct the ETS is a daft idea - not for...Jigsaw is correct the ETS is a daft idea - not for its objective but for its form. This reliance on "the market" is what has got us into this and a number of concurrent other messes. It's only purpose is to allow us to be conned one more time. <br /><br />A carbon tax that is applied to solutions that are not yet economic but need to be established or have their capability increased before they are necessary - broadband, coastal shipping, rail renewable energy, energy self sufficiency and energy efficiency, even restoring a core of essential capabilities to our manufacturing sector. <br /><br />The ETS is simply an excuse also for incompetent governance - these guys just apply the pixie dust of "the market" and hope that the problem will go away - while their mates make some money out of the process of course - and then they can pass the buck to "the market" when things go wrong.DarkHorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400760231991780190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-3491100731818580382012-07-06T20:25:50.146+12:002012-07-06T20:25:50.146+12:00To think that taking money off people in the stree...To think that taking money off people in the street and giving to foreign based forestry owners will actually help the planet in some way is simply weird.<br /> I think Spock would know that his instruments were faulty. He would proably suspect that there was some strange religion down there - and he wouldn't be far wrong.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-740172354433572082012-07-06T11:23:53.413+12:002012-07-06T11:23:53.413+12:00And if the ETS were fully implemented, what then? ...And if the ETS were fully implemented, what then? Until someone can show us where the money will go and how it will be spent (rather than vague promises of tree-planting), it will continue to be viewed by ordinary folk as just another assault on our pay-packet.Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706837774091073272noreply@blogger.com