Global hypocrisy
Chickens coming home to roost? Uh, huh. Mark Steyn sums it up in several succint paragraphs…
The biofuels debacle is global warm-mongering in a nutshell: The first victims of poseur environmentalism will always be developing countries. In order for you to put biofuel in your Prius and feel good about yourself for no reason, real actual people in faraway places have to starve to death. On April 15, the Independent, the impeccably progressive British newspaper, editorialized:
“The production of biofuel is devastating huge swaths of the world’s environment. So why on Earth is the government forcing us to use more of it?”
You want the short answer? Because the government made the mistake of listening to fellows like you. Here’s the self-same Independent in November 2005:
“At last, some refreshing signs of intelligent thinking on climate change are coming out of Whitehall. The Environment minister, Elliot Morley, reveals today in an interview with this newspaper that the Government is drawing up plans to impose a ‘biofuel obligation’ on oil companies … . This has the potential to be the biggest green innovation in the British petrol market since the introduction of unleaded petrol.” ~ocregister.com
The global warming movement demands action be taken now! No, the evidence isn’t completely conclusive yet, but we can’t afford to wait they say. Unfortunately when we take action before we know exactly what’s going on unforeseen consequences are going to reverberate.
“Uh, whoops. I can explain…”
Shoved into the internet 'tubes' on April 27, 2008, by Hegemonic Pundit,
under the following categories: hegemony
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