Climate Change

You know what I find fascinating?

No, I guess you wouldn't.

Here's a hint; it has something to do with climate change (as the title probably suggests).

Give up?

Too bad. I'm going to tell you anyway.

What I'm fascinated about is the sudden silence surrounding the whole climate change drama.

Oh, sure, there's still a little coverage about it in the media. But it's dramatically reduced from all of the hysterical fear mongering reports of very recent times.

It's not actually all that surprising though. It was very clear that the popularity of climate change was dying (or about to) when global warming was changed to climate change due to the cooling of the planet.

Let's face it, if you were one of the fools to jump on the global warming band wagon, screaming about how we have to change our ways if we didn't want the planet to heat up anymore, it has to be very difficult to suddenly start spouting the exact opposite without sounding like an idiot.

Well, more of an idiot.

The fact that the planet started cooling really did shut up a lot of the global warming fans.

It's hard to argue that the climate changes aren't natural when the climate suddenly does what you want it to.

But, many people were still dedicated in their cause (and let's give them credit for that). These people very quickly changed it from global warming to climate change (to cover the fact that the planet is now cooling, in case you haven't picked up on that).

Although once the name of the cause had been changed, the popularity dropped. I guess, because many people on the climate change (formerly global warming) band wagon decided to do a little research. I guess in doing their research they realized that climate change IS, in fact, NORMAL.

These people, not wanting to look like bigger idiots than they already did jumped off the band wagon.

Now there's very little media coverage about climate change. This is because there's less hysterical people spreading the fear.

And now governments can go back to focusing on policies that don't include trying to control the climate ... at least, not publicly (I'm sure there's more than a few governments out there who would love to be able to control the climate to control the world). And the climate change fear mongers now have to wait for the climate to start warming again, before they can once again spread their message of fear.

Norfolk Island Carbon Credit Scheme

Just read about some half cocked leftist plan, ok experiment, for Norfolk Island. And trust me, it’s completely moronic and makes you think of totalitarian rulers like Franco, Hitler and Stalin. I’m sure they all did something similar and with similar reasons; “the good of the people.”
You hear those five words and you automatically know that it’s not going to be good. Far, far, far from it.
The government has okayed this carbon rations experiment on Norfolk island. It’s supposed to help cut down green house gases and help prevent global warming (*laughs* what a joke!), and prevent and/or lower obesity.
Sounds fair enough … except for the bit about global warming. Those little words spell DISASTER! for any sane, logical person. You know, people who know that global warming is a massive CON!
Yeah.
That’s right.
I said it.
And you know I’m right.
Just look at the facts … or at least the most important fact; the planet is COOLING down … and I guess the other most important fact; the earth has natural cooling and heating periods.
Climate change is NATURAL, and to try and prevent that is even worse than the damn imagined disaster you’re trying to prevent … fools.
But I digress …
Norfolk Island …
They want to introduce carbon credit cards to the island, and the Norfolkians (is that what they’re called?) have a set amount to purchase their fuel, food, electricity, gas etc etc. I’m sure you get my drift.
And I’m also sure that you have already realized (since this is also to lower obesity) that fatty foods will cost more credits than healthy food.
Sounds good so far, doesn’t it?
But remember that things that have to be imported from the mainland will also cost more, because of all of those pesky green house emissions caused getting it there.
Not sounding so good now is it?
Healthy and fatty foods costing about the same and being grossly expensive.
But what about all of Norfolk’s natural produce, I hear you ask.
Good question. I’m glad you asked.
I’m pretty certain that Norfolk doesn’t have much of an agricultural industry. It’s only a small island. And even if it did, it wouldn’t be enough to provide for the entire island.
But wait! There’s more;
Each year the carbon credits will be cut down so that they become rarer and rarer and therefore more expensive for the poor suckers who blow all their carbon credits (maybe that’ll teach them not to eat).
So the carbon credits will most likely be worth more than their weight in gold, and the Norfolkians (I’m sticking with it now!) will all rush to leave the island when living there becomes outrageously expensive, and/or there’ll be a roaring black market for carbon credits (who needs to deal drugs when you can deal with carbon credits?).
And most likely, the government will see this experiment has a massive success, and the rest of Australia will be stuck with the same thing (and we won’ eased into it like the Norfolkians). So it may well be time to relocate to another, saner, country if this passes.