Greens dream of ways to ruin us

[nero_bolt]

Maurice Newman says the world stopped warming nearly two decades ago, yet the Greens still demand we ruin ourselves to avert the alleged danger:

“LEAVE fossil fuels in the ground,” Greens leader Christine Milne says. “Renewable energy is the future.” “Coal is a stranded asset.” “It’s driving global warming.” “It’s a huge risk to the planet,” she adds, lest we miss the point.

Milne’s prescription for a vibrant Australian economy includes “keeping the renewable energy target at 41,000 gigawatt-hours”, “stopping new coalmines”, “no coal-seam gas’’ and “no new ports”. “Jobs will come from green energy,” Milne assures us…

Clearly Milne is unaware of the cost to California, Europe and Britain of their ultra green ­embrace.

The Golden State’s energy ­prices are 40 per cent above the US national average, plunging its manufacturing and agricultural regions into depression, with one in five living in poverty.

Researchers at Spain’s King Juan Carlos University have found renewable energy programs destroyed 2.2 jobs for every green one created.

A study by Verso Economics commissioned by the Scottish government concluded that for every job in the wind industry, 3.7 jobs were lost elsewhere.

Oh my god:

Sun always shines on Green optimists! NSW House of Representatives, Hansard, Wednesday:

JEREMY Buckingham (the Australian Greens): The future of regional NSW will be built on education, ­renewable energy and sustainable agriculture.

Peter Phelps (Liberal): Baseload solar?

Buckingham: Absolutely.

Phelps: How much solar energy is produced at midnight?

Buckingham: It depends where it is in the world. It is always midday somewhere.

We just need one of those long extension cords that reaches to California. Apply to Buckingham for your own.

[i-need-a-martini]

Maurice who?

Is he an astrophysicist?

Is he a meteorologist?

Is he an atmospheric scientist?

Is he a climate modeller?

An expert on stratospheric chemist?

Ahh. I see. He is a buddy of Abbotts. A businessman who chairs Abbotts Business Advisory Council.

Note how I highlighted the word 'business"? That's because THAT is his area of expertise.

That means that the environment is NOT his areas of expertise.

*wink*

[boris1gary]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-03/verrender-the-direct-action-assault-on-free-market-thinking/58...

Back when the Coalition was in opposition, a former senior party adviser, chortling at the incongruous nature of the fight over climate change, couldn't help himself.

"You know what the main difference is between us?" he asked. "The (Labor) government wants to take money from polluters and give it to taxpayers while the Coalition wants to take money from taxpayers and give it to polluters."

[softail-joanie]

I don't understand why it has to be one or the other, why not both? Put both gas, and electric cars on the roads, in the showrooms and give the people a choice. Same for coal and solar, or wind, or water power. Give everythiing an equal chance in a free market and let the people decide what to use.

This will force the higher price of clean energy down, force those to find ways to make it cheaper and more effiecently. Good healthy compitition.

[polksaladallie]

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@softail-joanie wrote:

I don't understand why it has to be one or the other, why not both? Put both gas, and electric cars on the roads, in the showrooms and give the people a choice. Same for coal and solar, or wind, or water power. Give everythiing an equal chance in a free market and let the people decide what to use.

This will force the higher price of clean energy down, force those to find ways to make it cheaper and more effiecently. Good healthy compitition.

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Watch this movie and you will know why.

The Man In The White Suit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_White_Suit

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

Maurice Newman is great......

[bluecat*dancing]

A great what?

[boris1gary]

a great wearer of home made hats.

 

[polksaladallie]