18th March 2009 A London borough, the parking fee for the CO 2 emissions collected, a CO 2-neutral mobile phone tariff (talk greener), "CO 2 souped-" Electric cars ... - and now, the curtain, the CO 2-Card : all the rage from the creative workshop of carbon dioxide Verteufler. The profiteering with the alleged greenhouse gas drives ever odder flowers.
CO2-card of the Aachen Foundation Kathy Beys (press photo)
What's up with the card all about? There are now thinking , each person should receive a separate account and a CO 2-limited usage rights, for example, according to two tonnes of CO 2. The verplanen he can, as he will, in his car, the heater, the sport (= increased exhalation). This quota is used up, so the scenario, and the desire for more CO2 emissions there, they will just buy more "pollution rights".
If it were up to the Aachen Foundation , which has it all thought out, this should take place on an exchange. Who consumes less could his rights there, about the easiest banks to sell. The price for carbon dioxide, the so few - such as the Chief Executive Officer of Shell - have been demanding for some time, would result from supply and demand and, as the inventor, are steadily increasing, because surely only a few get along with the CO 2-based amount. And this is where the educational measure put the global climate.
Climate change? The term today has indeed become almost synonymous with environmental protection. Really strange: Will you actually are clicking together, we protect the environment by avoiding CO 2, a proven harmless trace gas? At another place I've been to a comparison made. Dear Mr. Minister of the Environment, Elaboration of you probably just a CO 2 tax, because you really follow your common sense?
Finance and interior minister in any case already rubbing their hands the times: more transparency, more surveillance, still more cash, more speculation ...? Fine, as if we had them not long enough.
Drain on modern trade in emission rights we already reported in zeitgeist-Issue 1-2008 (Cover story: "The climate Religion: muzzle for science?"). Presented at that time was " Atmosfair ", a website on which you completed for each flight miles can donate money. Convenient - especially for the operator of the site.
Meanwhile, there is the "CO 2-footprint" so you also know for sure how bad has to be one's own conscience. The "shoe size" can be eg Greenpeace or the petroleum giant BP can be calculated by means of CO 2 calculator. Even more practical.
That gives me an idea: I'll "CO 2-neutral" in a word not in 2009.
That's right, "CO2 neutral" would be a good suggestion for the word of the year 2009!
It's just unbelievable how the CO2 theory is portrayed in the media still be true. The zeitgeist is an exception and makes it critical reports, is very commendable!
Another very good summary of the errors in the CO2 theory is the way to the following technical articles:
http://www.warwickhughes.com/icecore/zjmar07.pdf