Rebellion against the climate change control freaks

Tom Blumer:

While the three remaining presidential candidates try to out-green each other, the rest of the world is rebelling at the astronomical costs involved. “Somehow” this rebellion has received little U.S. media attention. This explains how Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain can still advocate government- and tax-heavy approaches with straight faces.

Meanwhile, my nearly daily emails from the indefatigable Benny Peiser of CCnet, whose assemblages of environment and science links and summaries are essential for anyone who wants to keep up with worldwide environmentalist mischief, tell me that:

• Governments elsewhere are balking at meeting mandatory targets for reducing so-called greenhouse emissions. A recent G8- and Europe-related example is here (”Rich nations must lead on climate change: UN official”).
• Those same governments are using “climate protection” as a crutch as they attempt to do what governments do best — raise taxes.
• Citizens, and politicians preferring to remain in office, are saying “Enough!”

Fortunately, government attempts at fiscal extraction are not faring well. First, from Germany:

“German Car Tax Plan to Be Delayed — Government”

The German government’s controversial plans to change rules on car tax from 2009 to take exhaust emissions into account will likely be delayed further, government officials said on Friday.

… The measures, part of a climate protection package agreed last year, have stoked tensions within Germany’s ruling conservative-Social Democrat coalition.

The measures need the backing of the upper house Bundesrat where the 16 states are represented as they receive around 9 billion euros ($14.2 billion) of annual income from the levy.

In Canada, a columnist who supports that country’s Liberal Party and appears to buy into “global warming” sees big political danger:

“The Suicidal Allure of a Carbon Tax”

If a carbon tax is to define and decide the next federal election in Liberal favour, Stéphane Dion will have to be a ghostbuster. Even though he seems blissfully oblivious, the Liberal leader’s bold gambit is haunted by the bad memory of too many other big ideas.

… There’s no doubt that a specific carbon tax is a political accident waiting to happen.

Then there’s Australia....

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He also hits New Zealand which is full of libs. A recent poll in the UK found over 60 percent rejected higher taxes and fees to stop global warming. It appears the AlGore team is bumping up against reality in their quest to control the worlds thermostat.

I am please to be a leading advocate for warmer weather.