tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post3317885093686724795..comments2024-02-24T08:45:36.112+00:00Comments on TheFatBigot Opines: A pincer movement of sheer lunacy - Part IITheFatBigothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-25864198779494460312011-09-09T14:52:10.772+01:002011-09-09T14:52:10.772+01:00Mr Bigot, you might be interested in a discussion ...Mr Bigot, you might be interested in a discussion at the Bishop Hill blog.<br /><br />http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/9/6/richard-ds-epetition.html?lastPage=true#comment15016270diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-77982888415469377882011-08-04T01:48:25.032+01:002011-08-04T01:48:25.032+01:00I wasn't aware I was saying anything about usi...I wasn't aware I was saying anything about using our resources in order to have a huge party regardless of the consequences. What I hope I said is that the duty of MPs is to act in the best interests of their constituents and, where there is no conflict, in the interests of the country as a whole. <br /><br />My proposition is that the interests of constituents and country require rejection of any policy that artificially increases the price of electricity. <br /><br />If a case can be made for using taxpayers' money to develop new sources of electricity generation (and I do not believe it can) it should be done at the expense of some other government project of less importance, it should not be done by imposing hefty additional taxes on consumers of electricity. <br /><br />As for resources such as coal and oil running out, not only is it an unwarranted worry (oil has been predicted to be uneconomic in 10 or 20 years in every year since the 1950s) but also the parliament of one small country can do abolutely bugger-all about it anyway.TheFatBigothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-70820876924274129222011-08-01T21:00:13.036+01:002011-08-01T21:00:13.036+01:00Aren't there two variables involved: the price...Aren't there two variables involved: the price of electricity and for how long it will be available? If you believe in Adam Smith's invisible hand without question, then you believe that man will always find a way around any difficulty and will always find new resources when needed. And you will also believe that it was man's genius that 'invented' oil, and that our global economy and standard of living was always going to be as it is today. If there hadn't been oil, man would have simply 'invented' some other form of concentrated, easily-transportable energy source that cost virtually nothing to produce.<br /><br />I am as sceptical as you are about global warming, and I think that these 'feed in tariffs' are plain ridiculous. But equally I cannot believe that the so-called free market knows best on these matters either. Your post basically says that we should always use up our resources at the fastest rate we possibly can in order to make our lives that little bit more cosseted, and to hell with the consequences when they run out. But remember that our economy as presently constructed cannot tolerate 'negative growth' at all. So by all means fritter the oil as fast as you can, but bear in mind that we don't have to run out of the stuff to suffer catastrophe, merely for the daily supply to level off. It might make much more sense to artificially damp down the economy in order to maintain slight positive growth than to blow it all on a huge party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-50188601421022317142011-07-30T06:34:34.658+01:002011-07-30T06:34:34.658+01:00NASA claims that observations they have made from ...NASA claims that observations they have made from space proves that global warming caused by carbon emissions are grossly overstated.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-57202635540088528092011-07-29T16:59:15.652+01:002011-07-29T16:59:15.652+01:00Take a closer look FB, it isn't a case of simp...Take a closer look FB, it isn't a case of simply raising the price of electricity, rather, it is a case of using electricity as a <a href="http://nodeinthenoosphere.blogspot.com/2009/05/roc-wealth-transfer-mechanism.html" rel="nofollow">wealth transfer mechanism</a>, from poor to rich.gyg3shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295092807711672726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-31265666928364473432011-07-29T12:36:34.973+01:002011-07-29T12:36:34.973+01:00But, but... who will try the MPs for treason since...But, but... who will try the MPs for treason since they are voting against the interests of the country?H.R.noreply@blogger.com