Climate Bills and a Green Economy

Prognosis 2012: Towards a New World Social Order; the Carbon Economy – Controlling Consumption

February 27, 2010

Global Research - ... In a non-growth economy, the mechanisms of production will become relatively static. Instead of corporations competing to innovate, we'll have production bureaucracies. They'll be semi-state, semi-private bureaucracies, concerned about budgets and quotas rather than growth, somewhat along the lines of the Soviet model. Such an environment is not driven by a need for growth capital, and it does not enable a profitable game of Monopoly.

We can already see steps being taken to shift the corporate model towards the bureaucratic model, through increased government intervention in economic affairs. With the Wall Street bailouts, the forced restructuring of General Motors, the call for centralized micromanagement of banking and industry, and the mandating of health insurance coverage, the government is saying that the market is to superseded by government directives. Not that we should bemoan the demise of exploitive capitalism, but before celebrating we need to understand what it is being replaced with.

In an era of capitalism and growth, the focus of the game has been on the production side of the economy. The game was aimed at controlling the means of growth: access to capital. The growth-engine of capitalism created the demand for capital; the bankers controlled the supply. Taxes were mostly based on income, again related to the production side of the economy.

In an era of non-growth, the focus of the game will be on the consumption side of the economy. The game will be aimed at controlling the necessities of life: access to food and energy. Population creates the demand for the necessities of life; the bankers intend to control the supply. Taxes will be mostly based on consumption, particularly of energy. That's what the global warming scare is all about, with its carbon taxes and carbon credits.

Already in Britain there is talk of carbon quotas, like gasoline rationing in wartime. It's not just that you'll pay taxes on energy, but the amount of energy you can consume will be determined by government directive. Carbon credits will be issued to you, which you can use for driving, for heating, or on rare occasions for air travel. Also in Britain, the highways are being wired so that they can track how many miles you drive, tax you accordingly, and penalize you if you travel over your limit. We can expect these kinds of things to spread throughout the West, as it's the same international bankers who are in charge everywhere.

In terms of propaganda, this control over consumption is being sold as a solution to global warming and peak oil. The propaganda campaign has been very successful, and the whole environmental movement has been captured by it. In Copenhagen, demonstrators confronted the police, carrying signs in support of carbon taxes and carbon credits. But, in fact, the carbon regime has nothing to do with climate or with sustainability: It is all about micromanaging every aspect of our lives, as well as every aspect of the economy.

If the folks who are running things actually cared about sustainability, they'd be investing in efficient mass transit, and they'd be shifting agriculture from petroleum-intensive, water-intensive methods to sustainable methods. Instead they are mandating biofuels and selling us electric cars, which are no more sustainable or carbon-efficient than standard cars. Indeed, the real purpose behind biofuels is genocide. With food prices linked to energy prices, and agriculture land being converted from food production to fuel production, the result can only be a massive increase in third-world starvation. Depopulation has long been a stated goal in elite circles, and the Rockefeller dynasty has frequently been involved in eugenics projects of various kinds ...

Britons Need More Incentives to Cut Emissions - MP

July 19, 2010

Reuters - Controversial measures to force Britons to use less energy and cleaner forms of transport could be necessary to aid Britain's fight against climate change, a senior Conservative member of parliament said on Monday.

Tim Yeo, chairman of Parliament's energy and climate change select committee, advocated more investment in nuclear power and renewable energy, but also said much bigger incentives were needed to encourage people to shift to low-carbon technologies.

His recommendations follow a UK climate advisory body report urging the government to invest more in low-carbon technology and a KPMG report advocating more investment in nuclear power.

Charging drivers for using UK motorways based on their emissions output and time of travel could encourage the uptake of cleaner vehicles and cut emissions, Yeo said in a pamphlet on climate change.

The "overdue" privatization of UK motorways could also fund more investment in better roads and the development of high-speed rail.

"The income from motorway tolls could offer a return to private investors and pave the way for the Treasury to receive a big capital receipt from the sale," Yeo said.

Other measures such as personal carbon trading could also be introduced, whereby people are allocated emissions credits on an equal per capita basis.

People surrender the credits for traveling by air or domestic energy use. Those who want or need to emit more than their personal allocation can buy extra credits while those who do not use their full allowance can sell the credits for cash.

"People have got to get used to making low-carbon choices. If they have a direct incentive to do so, they will think about it," Yeo said.

Britain's local council tax could also be varied to reward households that invest in making their homes energy efficient.

Yeo echoed a UK climate advisory body on Monday which said Britain was lagging behind other countries in terms of low-carbon investment.

Britain and other Western countries are in danger of being left behind by China which is rapidly investing in low-carbon technology despite criticism Beijing was partly responsible for the breakdown of U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen last year, he said.