Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/20/2009 8:56:23 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
Some business leaders are cozying up with politicians and scientists to demand swift, drastic action on global warming. This is a new twist on a very old practice: companies using public policy to line their own pockets.
The tight relationship between the groups echoes the relationship among weapons makers, researchers and the U.S. military during the Cold War. President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned about the might of the "military-industrial complex," cautioning that "the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." He worried that "there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties."
This is certainly true of climate change. We are told that very expensive carbon regulations are the only way to respond to global warming, despite ample evidence that this approach does not pass a basic cost-benefit test. We must ask whether a "climate-industrial complex" is emerging, pressing taxpayers to fork over money to please those who stand to gain.
This phenomenon will be on display at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen this weekend. The organizers -- the Copenhagen Climate Council -- hope to push political leaders into more drastic promises when they negotiate the Kyoto Protocol's replacement in December.
The opening keynote address is to be delivered by Al Gore, who actually represents all three groups: He is a politician, a campaigner and the chair of a green private-equity firm invested in products that a climate-scared world would buy.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
I wonder how many Americans know about GE’s role in dumping PCBs into the Hudson River. Dredging, after years of debate, started this week.
GE is a good example of Nazi Germany. They will be the Krupp of this era. If you invested in GE earlier this year and hang on..you will do well. They are favored and in line to rake in the warbucks.
global warming climate change. Can't go wrong. Get it?
GE is merely the ‘RAT Party’s replacement for ENRON.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1770760/posts?page=32#32 in re: Enron /Clinton/Gore connection “Global Warming scam”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1770760/posts?page=36#36 in re: Jim Hansen “Global warming” RAT hack
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1770760/posts?page=37#37 in re: Sweden’s Royal Academy of Sciences winner
In this thread:
Global Warming: The Heat Is On
Investors Business Daily ^ | Jan 19 2007
Posted on 01/20/2007 11:56:49 AM EST by Mount Athos
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770760/posts
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Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002
Scandal-plagued Enron Corp., cited by Democrats as a big giver to President Bush and the GOP, gave a cool $420,000 to Democrats when the corporation was desperate to get the Clinton administration’s help in having the potentially disastrous Kyoto treaty made the law of the land.
Senate ratification of the treaty, which foes explained would have cost the U.S. billions and had a deadly effect on the U.S. economy, would have been a bonanza for Enron.
What’s Good for Enron Isn’t Good for America
According to Washington Times reporter Jerry Seper, a December 1997 private internal memo written by Enron executive John Palmisano said the treaty would be “good for Enron stock!!”
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Enron Gave Big Bucks to Democrats, Backed ‘Global Warming’ Scam
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/1/16/135018.shtml
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Global Warming is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated
How do we opt out of this scam?
More companies lining up for Ogabe’s corporatism. Is there a boycott list?
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We are told that very expensive carbon regulations are the only way to respond to global warming, despite ample evidence that this approach does not pass a basic cost-benefit test. We must ask whether a "climate-industrial complex" is emerging, pressing taxpayers to fork over money to please those who stand to gain.Naw, it's just a weird coincidence.
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