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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Can carbon trading do more than creat another commodity exchange. Can it change behaviour or is it time to ban cars over 2000cc for example ban motor sports legislate agaimst black roofs...whatever is valid but it turns will pricing to benefit a trading culture do anything ..I qurstion both Clive and Al what do you own use and what is your foot print..if it is so huge why should I believe you have anything but personal benefit for yourselves or others in front of mind.
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I suspect that Al Gore would justify his higher Carbon foot print as a necessity to spread the word and to a point i would agree. However, I can't see any way that Palmer could have credibility while he reaps the benefit s of his huge mining assets
As for banning motor sports and powerful cars, the vested interest argument usually wins. Why should I stop it if everyone else keeps driving powerful cars, flying in planes and buying carbon intensive products? Its the argument that Abbott used to attack the Carbon Tax. "Our competitors aren't doing it, so why should we?" I try to implement it at home and have a fight on my hands.
As always, if we want change, it's a waste of time doing it from the top down; we need to work from the bottom up. Carbon itself is not the real issue anyhow. The real problem is overpopulation and the demand for consumption of ever greater amounts of resources to stop the deck of cards collapsing..... but who is gonna tell everyone else to stop breeding?
but we're always being conned by the rich and powerful in more ways than most realize. I suspect Clive's current objective is to gain as much popularity as possible in order to get the maximum number of seats next election.
