Green totalitarianism
Guido’s got the number of the anti-human environmentalists.
[T]he essential problem with Greens [is] they want things that no sensible person would not want, such as clean air and water, a safe and sustainable environment - but the priority is “Earth First“, humans second. With new eco-technologies we don’t need to go back to living in the Stone Age as they advocate. Green extremists are using the common desire for a cleaner planet to further an anti-capitalist, anti-human agenda. Humanity is not a problem.
Guido also asks why - with all of the taxes being heaped upon air travel (which makes up only a tiny fraction of global carbon emissions) to ’save the planet’ - the opposition Tories aren’t promising to offer tax breaks for yachts, horses, sailboats, and other earth-friendly forms of transportation if they’re voted into power. Tiresome class hangups guarantee that Labour will never offer such economic rewards to the ones they live to hate, no matter how good it is for the environment.
Filed under: Law, Life, Politics, The State Is Not Your Friend
I quite like your blog. Welcome to Cincinnati. I’m going to be moving in about a month, but this place has been the closest thing to home for about ten years — including the three years I lived in Scotland. Hope you continue to enjoy it.
As for this particular post, I find that while I don’t necessarily agree w/ your (apparent) libertarianism, your sentiments here are v. sound — namely the assault on Greens, Labour, and Tories alike. Personally, I believe the low cost of jet travel will come to its inevitable end w/out additional taxes to curtail it. The question really is how much more the industry can grow before then. The Greens really should go after the shipping industry if they are seriously interested in anything resembling a long-term threat. It already accounts for about 5% of carbon emissions, and there seems little reason to think this will decrease as they inevitably switch back to coal power.
Hi, Brad. Thanks for your warm welcome!
I don’t like the libertarian label, but yes, personal freedom and liberty is the most exalted value to me. I can think of nothing more important or worthy of fierce protection. I’ll mention the shipping industry angle to my fiancé, who writes on this stuff for a think-tank and would probably have a more intelligent response than I to your point!