Comments on: Green Policies Mean Less Green in Our Wallets

By: deguello

deguello — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:44:36 +0000

Draft the greenies,and force them to pull rickshaws on a diet of tofu and distilled water;let ‘em suffer for their beliefs!

By: Paying for the Color | Constant Conservative

Paying for the Color | Constant Conservative — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:52:32 +0000

[...] Timothy Birdnow understands what I’m talking about: At first glance, one wouldn’t see a connection between a rash of stolen copper pipes from vacant buildings and sky-high prices for food items — say the $70 that a local St. Louis grocer was charging for a single holiday goose — but those connections are there, and they ultimately stem from environmentalist-driven land use policy imposed by the government. It’s difficult to imagine that restrictions in ANWR may be responsible for copper theft, but responsible it is! Ditto food; why would we pay more for our holiday feast because the price of natural gas has risen? [...]

By: David W. Lincoln

David W. Lincoln — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:36:15 +0000

What the difference between political correctness and selective vision. None.

By: Liberty

Liberty — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:07:11 +0000

Carbon dioxide is not causing global warming. Al Gore’s premise is based on incompetent computer modeling. The “hockey stick” graph is not accurate. The “scientists” cooked the books. The peer review process has been subverted. CO2 follows warming, it does not lead it. The polar bear pictures were not the truth, they are fine; the Maldives are not sinking. It’s the sun.
This does not mean we should abandon efforts to control real pollutants, it does mean that EPA regulations of CO2 emissions from buildings, cows and chickens as well as cap and trade rules for industry are futile wastes of taxpayer money which will devastate our economy. This does not mean we should cease
our efforts to curtail our dependency on foreign oil and make efforts to find other forms of energy. It does however remove the necessity for any undue haste or urgent action.
It is dismaying to see to what extent citizens of this Republic are held in contempt by our elected officials. We are not exhorted as equals to meet and overcome challenges with courage and resolve. Instead we are
threatened like children by lies to enforce compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by our leaders for us lesser beings.
Of course a lot of them are making a lot of money on the deal, too.
As Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace, said: “It doesn’t matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.”

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:31:40 +0000

This “green” thing is killing the middle class. But I think that’s the idea…

By: Cybergeezer

Cybergeezer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:44:20 +0000

Ah, yes; More hot air from the bloviated media. They were able to sell the American people on an unknown entity (Barack Hussein Obama), and now they set their sights on selling this global warming crap. And the “Grey Lady” is one of the biggest proliferators of this barf.
Nice to see that they have to lay off employees and staff and their revenue is falling. But they will pump out as much barf as possible until they finally expire. With Al Jezeera and U.K. diagnosis of the U.S.’s problems, who needs to pay big bucks for the New York Times. The lowest rating on the New York Times Best Seller List is the NYT itself. Hooray!!
When the New York Times expires, the U.S. will be much greener for it, in both senses of the word.

By: Timothy Birdnow » Hidden Costs of Environmentalism at Pajamas Media

Timothy Birdnow » Hidden Costs of Environmentalism at Pajamas Media — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:13:15 +0000

[...] have a post at PJ`s about the hidden costs of environmentalist policies entitled Green Policies Mean Less Green in our Wallets. If you never knew there was a connection between higher bread prices and a rash of copper thefts, [...]

By: Riprake

Riprake — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:46:46 +0000

“Just be thankful you haven’t had your pipes stolen.”

Yet.

By: Jeff Perren

Jeff Perren — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:04:26 +0000

“You’re right that people want environmental regulations but are unwilling to pay the higher prices they cause. But equally it would be true the other way round, repeal all these regulations and people would be happy at the lower prices but unwilling to bear the environmental cost.” Jonesy55

Remove 95% of the environmental regulations and the environment for humans would actually be healthier. There is no tradeoff. All that are needed are (very minimal) downstream laws that protect property rights.

By: keithacita

keithacita — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:48:31 +0000

i’m testing the gore personal methane sequestration nanofactory as i recite his new mantra – feta cheese the new oil.