Save the Planet, Abolish the EU
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Tue, 2007-11-06 14:08
A quote from David Gow in The Guardian, 6 November 2007
The European Union opened itself up to criticism from eurosceptics and environmentalists yesterday after agreeing to split next month's summit of 27 heads of state and government between Lisbon and Brussels. Barring a last-minute change of heart, 26 presidents and prime ministers will fly by private jet to Lisbon, swiftly sign the contentious new EU treaty and hop back onto their planes, returning to Brussels for the normal sumptuous summit dinner and discussions about climate change, the Middle East crisis and the credit crunch. [...]
Experts calculate that the split summit will add between 10 and 15 extra tonnes of CO2 to the carbon footprint of an EU that sees itself as the global champion of the fight against global warming – on top of the 20,000 tonnes produced by the monthly journeys to Strasbourg of MEPs, commissioners, officials and aides.
Useful idiots can be useful
Submitted by HenrikRClausen on Wed, 2007-11-07 11:41.
There's something useful about this whole global warming/CO2 thing. One of our most important ways of cutting Islamist influence is cutting the money flow to Saudi Arabia, Iran and the like - simply by ditching the oil habit.<p>
Now, this can go in the same direction, and it should be possible to co-opt the interest in global warming with the more urgent need to cut the oil habit. It's a huge task, and nuclear power (see also the 3rd way: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606) would be a welcome component in the mix.<p>
Rather than fight the 'global warming' thing, let's use it to get what we need.
CO2 is just a poor exuse to
Submitted by Monarchist on Tue, 2007-11-06 20:31.
CO2 is just a poor exuse to target coal lobby, because this is what they really want. Those so called "greens" are just Leninist "useful idiots".