But it's important for those of us in the business of climate panic reversal to be vigilant and keep getting the message out to those who still think all the hoopla is about recycling and better air.
OK, it's about recycling, all right. Recycling communism, that is. Your green friends like Prince Albert the Nonsensical want a centralized power to take over the U.S. economy. If that fails, they'll settle for hyper-regulatory measures that choke the economy quickly too.
Arclightzero kicked the week off with this post about just how much money Gore stands to get his fat fingers on if politicians finally capitulate to his wailing. Sorry, Greenpeaceniks, Saint Albert isn't in it for sake of the planet.
More news about what really lies in store for us if Washington sells us out to any Kyoto-like deal showed up this week.
China is about to surpass the U.S. as the world's largest carbon emitter. Despite the fact that everything but Angelina Jolie's kids were made there it's still considered a developing country. Sure, there's lots of manufacturing and a big army but the farmers still use oxen. Another shining example of communism working for the common man. Should China remain communist, it will probably be "developing" well past Al Gore's projected planetary doomsday. Don't expect a run on HDTVs in rural China any time soon.
What's the main difference between the two "carbon superpowers"? Simple, climate treaties make U.S. standards mandatory while that poor little developing whelp China gets to have voluntary goals. It's only fair to give the poor guys some time to catch up, right?
Would that it were all so feel-good but, as with everything Green, it's not.
Reuters reports today that a "senior climate official" in China doesn't think that his exploding economy can foot the bill to become more carbon efficient. China can't even begin exploring options without "funding assurances," according to the official.
Welcome to the nitty-gritty. If the world is going to take care of this carbon bogeyman, somebody has to pay for it.
Any volunteers? Iceland? Mozambique? Portugal? Didn't think so.
Another Reuters article earlier in the week reported that "Brazil wants rich nations at the Bali conference to pay for poor countries to adapt to climate change."
The Chinese official wrapped things up by saying "Developed countries should abide by the demands of the (U.N.) treaty and offer favorable terms, or give for free, the environmentally friendly technology that developing countries desperately need." (italics mine)
Hint: "rich nations" and "developed countries" are code for "mostly the United States".
This is what all the Gorecrap is about: centralizing power at the UN and a redistribution of wealth on a global scale. Al Gore is trying to accomplish what generations of Cold War Soviet premiers couldn't: the spread of communism to all nations.
And people think I call the greenies Climate Commies just to be snarky. If Karl Marx had an afterlife to go to he'd be beaming with pride at the accomplishments of his little green disciples.
It bears repeating that the last successful financial venture the UN engaged in was an illegal and immoral one with Saddam Hussein.
You might want to think twice about letting them spend the United States economy into the ground.
At least we'll be able to import oxen for our farm work after we help China become developed.
Cross posted at Real Clear Politics (Vote for it!)
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