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2005-06-21 Britain

Britain Considers Energy Rationing to Meet Kyoto Obligations

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-21 08:48|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bet this'll do wonders for the British economy, won't it?

Posted by Dave D. 2005-06-21 09:18|| 2005-06-21 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Two words: free market.
We already have such "points"; they're called dollars/pounds/euros/etc. A free, open market (which includes all costs) for energy goods and usage does the same thing and without all the bullsh*t. But hey, then the envirowacko "intellectuals" couldn't control how to live so I guess it won't be done.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-06-21 09:31|| 2005-06-21 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Just what I was thinking Dave D
Seems like the polis are thinking, "Well, Koyoto hasn't hamstrung our economy enough, let's do more! Energy rationing for everyone!"

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-21 09:32|| 2005-06-21 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 no wonder they don't want anyone armed

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-21 09:54|| 2005-06-21 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Under the proposals, known as Domestic Tradable Quotas (DTQs), every individual would be issued a "carbon card," from which points would be deducted every time the cardholder purchased fossil fuel, for example, by filling up a car or taking a flight.

Sheesh...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-21 10:11|| 2005-06-21 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Papers, please.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-06-21 10:14|| 2005-06-21 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 A proposed massive govt game of fool yourself. The wealthy will just buy up carbon credits or say AMF to Britain and leave. Like I said before, Kyoto will be dead in 5 years when all the bad science and aritmetic comes home to roost to the signers.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-06-21 11:06|| 2005-06-21 11:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Look on the bright side guys - Cherie wouldn't be able to fly over to bore poor 'merkins to tears with her interminable speeches. Oh, I forget - this rationing stuff woouldn't ever apply to our Esteemed Socialist Overlords.

Posted by Bulldog ">Bulldog 2005-06-21 12:19|| 2005-06-21 12:19|| Front Page Top

#9 sorry you have to deal with it Bulldog. We have enough of our own loons here to understand.

Posted by 2b 2005-06-21 12:21|| 2005-06-21 12:21|| Front Page Top

#10 Bulldog, just remember that you have an open invitation to flee the tyranny of the UK and settle in the colonies with us. I live in California and we threw out the Gov when he started to "ration" (another word for brown outs) electricity. Not that they would be moved to build a NEW power plant or two, but that is a nother story.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-06-21 13:00|| 2005-06-21 13:00|| Front Page Top

#11 What, these guys never heard of a black market? Because they just created one.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-06-21 13:16|| 2005-06-21 13:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Are you sure this crap was thought up in London?

Sounds more like Brussels to me....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-21 13:45|| 2005-06-21 13:45|| Front Page Top

#13 I see a great opportunity in dried cow dung futures. That, or guillotine sales.

Posted by ed 2005-06-21 14:06|| 2005-06-21 14:06|| Front Page Top

#14 The wealthy will just buy up carbon credits
Well, isn't that what Kofi and Third World tyrants hope will take place on a worldwide scale in order for Kyoto to be deemed "successful?" Kyota was the brainchild of Kofi's sidekick, Morris Strong, communist China lover par excellence- no accident that China, bigtime polluter, is exempt from Kyoto. That Blair is still twisting GWB's wrist about this hoax of a treaty is very irritating.

Posted by Thotch Glesing2372 2005-06-21 14:56|| 2005-06-21 14:56|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm wondering when the wonderful British population will get sick of this shit and overthrow these morons.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-21 15:15|| 2005-06-21 15:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Spot is right and technically what they are doing is creating a new form of money which is restricted to the purchase of energy. I am reasonably sure I know why this idea has been floated, which is that restricting demand by increasing the price isn't working (enough). One has only to look at the current price of oil to see this is a general phenomena. Increasing the price of energy to the point it restricts demand sufficiently to meet Kyoto would cause riots and a severe recession/depression.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-21 16:03|| 2005-06-21 16:03|| Front Page Top

#17 phil_b - and the "personal carbon credits" (and the deprivation for average people they will entail) won't?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-21 16:07|| 2005-06-21 16:07|| Front Page Top

#18 Not to worry! It'll be like 1946. I for one will send our allies a fine ham and a pound or two of quality candy.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-21 19:11|| 2005-06-21 19:11|| Front Page Top

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