{"id":21026,"date":"2013-11-23T06:56:50","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21026"},"modified":"2013-11-23T06:56:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T11:56:50","slug":"it-never-really-was-about-the-environment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21026","title":{"rendered":"It Never Really Was About The Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global warming is not proven science. There are actually a very few things that are proven science. Almost every time one man declares that something is proven science, another man comes along with a different theory that also works. About the only thing we can actually count on as proven science is gravity. After that it gets a little sketchy.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/11\/20\/epic-fail-un-climate-talks-fall-apart-as-132-countries-storm-out\/\">Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about the current <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United Nations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">United Nations<\/a> climate talks.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The G77 and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"China\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=39.9166666667,116.383333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=39.9166666667,116.383333333 (China)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">China<\/a> bloc led 132 poor countries in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2013\/nov\/20\/climate-talks-walk-out-compensation-un-warsaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">walk out<\/a> during talks about \u201closs and damage\u201d compensation for the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Effects of global warming\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Effects_of_global_warming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">consequences of global warming<\/a> that countries cannot adapt to, like Typhoon Haiyan. The countries that left claim to have the support of other coalitions of poor nations, including the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Least developed country\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Least_developed_country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Least Developed Countries<\/a>, the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Alliance of Small Island States\" href=\"http:\/\/aosis.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Alliance of Small Island States<\/a> and the Africa Group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We need to remember that poor nations are not poor because of global warming. When you look at the profiles of poor nations and rich nations, generally speaking richer nations embrace such things are private property rights, free enterprise, and a tax system that allows individuals to prosper. Many of the poorer countries that are demanding money in this deal are dictatorships where the money will simply line the pockets and improve the lifestyles of the leaders, but will never reach the people of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Blackmailing successful countries in no way helps the average citizens of poorer countries&#8211;it only increases the power and wealth of their tyrannical leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The article further reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cThe <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Carbon tax\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbon_tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">carbon tax<\/a> is bad for the economy and it doesn\u2019t do any good for the environment,\u201d (Australian) Prime Minister <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Tony Abbott\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyabbott.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Tony Abbott<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/lally-weymouth-an-interview-with-australia-prime-minister-tony-abbott\/2013\/10\/24\/f718e9ea-3cc7-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">told The Washington Post<\/a>. \u201cDespite a carbon tax of $37 a ton by 2020, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-35.308,149.1245&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=-35.308,149.1245 (Australia)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Australia<\/a>\u2019s domestic emissions were going up, not down. The carbon tax was basically socialism masquerading as environmentalism, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s going to get abolished.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Making richer countries poorer does not make poorer countries richer&#8211;it just empowers people who do not promote freedom.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=11618a00-2517-4cb9-909c-f193a17f686a\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global warming is not proven science. There are actually a very few things that are proven science. Almost every time one man declares that something is proven science, another man comes along with a different theory that also works. 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