Comments on: The G8 think we were all born yesterday

By: James

James — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:35:36 +0000

I thought that Miliband’s cheap gibe about rehearsal was despicable, and only served to demean him.
Nuclear power is clearly the answer to the problem of low-carbon energy generation. With modern, advanced reactor design it is reliable, completely clean and ensures security of supply.
Having no oil, coal or gas of their own, the French rely on nuclear power for most of their electricity. If they can do it, why can’t we?
As for waste, it can easily be dumped in the deep-ocean subduction zones, from where over time it will be drawn down into the mantle.
Wind farms are noisy and hideous. Together with tidal and unreliable solar generators, they can only provide a fraction of our growing needs.
Please continue your support, and persuade your colleagues that action must be taken NOW to replace and augment our reactors.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:23:55 +0000

I like Obama’s proposal on Nuclear power. I also liked the lady that Burlusconi sent as his first lady. 80 percent? I would suggest you would be better off planting olive trees and ensuring your house is on high ground.

By: thespecialone

thespecialone — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:20:36 +0000

How can anyone predict anything that will happen in 2050? Just like the ‘global warming scam’ when ‘experts’ say that the climate will be such and such in 2080? In 1987 did any predict the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?

Talking about flying all over the world; when will popstars stop flying about in private jets as they pontificate to the rest of us about ‘carbon offsetting’.

Oh I lie. I predict that if I live long enough then I will be 90 years old in 2050!

By: Mike Stallard

Mike Stallard — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:32:56 +0000

Every group of people has some things that they believe deeply in. I am a Catholic, I believe therefore in all sorts of things which seem quite normal at Church. But from outside they are, quite frankly, ridiculous.
The same must surely go for politicians. So, to question Gay Rights, the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Women’s Equality or Global Warming is like me saying that the Holy Father is a silly old man.
(I don’t think he is, actually.)
Every group must be held together by common beliefs, however daft they really are.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:41:54 +0000

The Conservatives do need to be careful not to be too closely identified with climate alarmism. It was a good angle for the ‘re-branding’ excercise of 2005, when the global warming theory carried all before it. But now it is looking increasingly likely that the next few years will see a comprehensive debunking of this theory. When that happens a lot of people will look very silly. It wouldn’t matter too much in opposition. But if the Tories are back in office & if they are to have (as is rumoured) a ministry of ‘climate change’ this could be very tricky territory. The costs of green policies are mounting and now we hear there will even be a green gestpo to police omissions by companies. This is bad news for the investment climate and for employment. (And there is of course no evidence it will do anything at all to improve the environment.)

By: adam

adam — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:48:57 +0000

Bilderberg and other roundtables are where the real decisions are made at the moment, along with UNs coordinating agency Ecosoc.
The G8 is political window dressing to this.
They will coordinate the objectives long after the elected leaders are gone.

By: Johnny Norfolk

Johnny Norfolk — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:24:13 +0000

I just so agree with you John.

By: Adrian Peirson

Adrian Peirson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:53:48 +0000

Trees are mostly Carbon, where does this carbon come from, from the atmosphere, absorbed by the leaves then fixed into the Plants cells.
So, how about we shut the borders and plant Tens of Billions of trees, this would, over a period of twenty years take out of circulation hundreds of Billions of tons of CO2.
shutting the borders and allowing the population to decline would also reduce our road congestion and Landfill problems.
Not that I actually believe in the Carbon con.
No, these people are not interested in solving these problems, what they are doing is setting up their One world communist Control Grid.

By: Mike Stallard

Mike Stallard — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:30:39 +0000

Actually they do have a case. “Jaw jaw is better than war war,” said Winston Churchill. As they mingle in among Mr Berlusconi’s jokes and lovely ministers, President Obama’s homespun wit, Mrs Obama’s yellow sheath dress and lots and lots of flowers, they are at least talking. Berlusconi actually flirts with Chancellor Merkel. I’ll bet she eats out of his hand.
It is when the talking, flirting and eating stop (North Korea, Somaliland, China) that things begin to look menacing.
And, being the Leaders of the Free World, (bless), they do need all the trappings of Empire. Otherwise, like the Emperor, they would feel naked.

By: Number 6

Number 6 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:18:01 +0000

Sadly, all the main parties seem in thrall of the ‘green vote.’ That and the fact, that the carbon con is going to allow them to tax us even more – all to “save the planet” of course.