Comments on: The public see sense on climate change – pity about the government

By: Kimmy

Kimmy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:57:25 +0000

Good for people to know.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:53:24 +0000

I am entirely in agreement with you, Mr Redwood, on the desirability of clean air, clean water, clean surroundings, etc., and if only we had concentrated on achieving that – as the Swiss, Scandanavians, Japanese and other advanced countries have done – we would have no need of this frantic argument on climate change. But we are led by a government which is as much out of its depth as it was when it took power by deception 11 years ago. The two things it could and should have done (apart from upholding the existing law of the land, rather than creating thousands of new ones) were to rationalise and clean up transport, and to secure a clean energy supply; the sustenance of former naturally depending on the latter. Instead it has imported millions of extra people in order to give an illusion of economic growth which it thinks is the mark of a government's success. Also, no doubt, it thinks the newcomers will compensate for the loss of five million Scottish votes. But real economic growth does not take place as a consequence of government action; in fact governments in the past were powerless to stop it when they wanted to. Now the chickens are coming home to roost, and it will be a hell of a job both to make up for all that lost time, and deal with the consequences of their profligacy.

By: pennine

pennine — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:01:10 +0000

Hello,
I am newly subscribed, having just stumbled on your Blog-site Mr Redwood. Congratulations on such a splendid place. It's music to my ears that there are good politicians, such as yourself and Mr Davis. Would that there be more like you two gentlemen!

While I am all for caring for the environment around us, which is Mother Earth and our home during out stay here, nevertheless as for all this scaremongering in regard global warming, climate change, etc.. etc… it seems, -just like the "terrorism"issue, – but a convenient tool for bringing about more and more rules governing us all, and wielding a more dictatorial society upon us all.

I daresay, the doomsday diktats, will point to the increasing disasters occurring around the globe ( earthquakes, tsunamis,hurricanes and so on) as testimonial that climate change is really happening.

True, it could be agreed, that something is going on, but maybe if truth be known, all this climate chaos might be more "man-made" than any of us realises. And we remain the unknowing too, until certain questions (of ordinary people who are observant enough to notice these things) start being acknowledged and answered honestly.

Two questions for starters I would ask is: Exactly what is the purpose and function of all these "chemtrails" we've been seeing these past few years in the skies above us? Surely ordinary contrails (which I understand are merely harmless vapour emissions which quickly disperse, unlike these new strange kind of emissions)- do not produce the phenomena that these sprayings do. I've observe many a clear sky being eventually rendered overcast when several of the spray -planes have been out on their binges.

Secondly, what, I wonder, is the real purpose behind operations such as the American HAARP Project? Also the extent of the research ( and seemingly practice of -ruthlessly and criminal surely) of such things as Tesla and Scalar technology?

If all this sounds ludicrous and o.t.t, then one has only to do a Google on all these issues. And maybe ponder on that buzzword we kept hearing about a while ago called "Star-Wars Technology."

With Kindest Regards,

By: Stuart Fairney

Stuart Fairney — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:04:35 +0000

Kyoto, Bali, Rio…..

Why are these environmental conferences never held in Slough I wonder?

By: MartinW

MartinW — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:42:03 +0000

Before this tax-burdening and spendthrift Government puts up any more taxes in the name of "climate change", aka 'MM global warming", they should, as a matter of course, publish the precise reasons for imposing these additional green taxes. I mean, there should be a short detailed statement attached to every such 'green' proposal citing precisely what scientific evidence is underpinning their proposed new taxes. Sadly, it won't happen, as it would then be too easy to show that the so-called scientific evidence for MMGW is weak or non-existent.
In normal circumstances, it would be the Opposition's job to scrutinise such tax proposals and examine the reasons for them. It is extremely unfortunate, therefore, that the current Opposition front bench is unwilling to question the green agenda, for fear of a hostile media. My hope is that after the next election, they will quickly free themselves from the quasi-religious warmist gospel (and the Gummer-Goldsmith-Yeo axis), and adopt serious and realistic policies to address the impending energy asnd food crises.

By: mikestallard

mikestallard — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:08:14 +0000

In the Sunday Papers Website, it is announced that MPs are to get a huge hike in their personal expenses. This blows a hole in any anti-inflationary wage contract if it is true.
We, the public, have notices that Kyoto and other junkets were held in far away places and that the meals were anything but based on third world diets. Mr Mugabe's appearance at the Food Summit was, actually, typical, I am afraid.
In the height of the Blitz, my father (a Chaplain) walked into a government office in Northampton. Although it was mid winter and although everyone else had no fuel at all, the fire was so hot he had to take his coat off.
Bureaucrats never change. Actually this is not true – the War Department has broken all rules by building big offices away from the front lines.
This Greenery business is – yes – a scam. You only have to look around the internet to see that there is by no means a consensus for man made climate change. Nigel Lawson spotted this years ago.

By: William B.

William B. — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:11:50 +0000

Allow me a modest prediction. In the next few days the doom mongers will announce that the Observer poll proves more needs to be done to "educate" the British about the impending disaster. The BBC will feature such announcements prominently in their news programmes and later in the week the government will announce (through a previously unknown junior minister) an investigation into further steps that could be taken to both (i) reinforce the message that the science is settled and (ii) build more windmills and wave trappers.

I would bet on my prediction but have not YET been issued with the petrol coupons I would need to use as a stake.

By: Adrian Peirson

Adrian Peirson — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:44:22 +0000

Burn Veg oil or Wood and it releases CO2 just as much, but only the amount 0f CO2 that was absorbed by the Plant during its growth.
IE there is no Net CO2 release to the atmosphere.

Of course this would be muscling in on the Petrochemical Companies territory..

And the Govt would not be able to claim that it Prodices a Net gain of CO2 to the Atmosphere so would not be able to Tax us for this.

By: Scanny

Scanny — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:01:54 +0000

more and more people are realising that the climate change is nothing more than a myth created to deceive the average motorist into thinking that driving a private vehicle is a bad thing. they want to reduce the number of vehicles on the road to reduce congestion rather than increase the infrastructure to match modern demand. they think the way to do that is to price the lower paid families into giving up the car. the sad fact is that in many cases that also means giving up work which will add to the strain that the benefits agencies are already under.
the fact is that climate change has always been going on long before humans evolved so how can we possibly cause this? the longer they push this topic, the more people will learn the truth and resent those who have tried to convince us.
what will the ultimate sacrifice be? the lower paid workers giving up work leaving only the richer people to survive in a rapidly dimishing economy? how long will they hold on without the workers keeping their companies in products and services?

By: Neil Craig

Neil Craig — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:28:07 +0000

With the Sun producing no sunspots we face cooling not warming.

There is nothing inherently noble about saving energy if there is neither a shortage nor any damage being done by using it. Britain is already using less electricity per unit output than any other sizeable developed country & the linear relationship between electricity & GDP is well established.

We should be building (or government should be allowing the market to build) as much low cost electricity producing reactors as the market can use.