Subject: Al cashing in
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 05:15:34 EST
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 5:27 PM, mark duchamp wrote:
> ** > > *”The immense potential of the carbon market can be appreciated by the > knowledge that in the United States, the potential carbon “crop” will exceed > the total value of its main agricultural products corn, wheat, and soybeans. > In 2005, in fact, the carbon “crop” in the European Union had already > surpassed the value of these U.S. grain crops.* > > ** > > *Maurice Strong, Vice Chairman of the Chicago Climat Exchange CCX* > > www.mauricestrong.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=7 > > > And if you think this will save the planet, think again. First because we > have been lied to about carbon and CO2 being pollutants. Second because the > climate is now on a cooling trend, which proves that CO2 does not have the > effect claimed by Al Gore and his fans. Third because carbon trading is the > biggest invitation to fraud ever created. > > > > *”…carbon trading is the only commodity trading where it is impossible > to establish with reasonable accuracy how much is being bought and sold, > where the commodity that is traded is invisible and can perform no useful > purpose for the purchaser, and where both parties benefit if the quantities > traded have been exaggerated.* > > * * > > *It is, therefore, an open invitation to fraud and that is exactly what is > happening all over the world.” * > > > Bryan Leyland, Auckland energy consultant, who is Chairman of the Economic > Panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0711/S00060.htm > > This prompted Philip Stott, Emeritus Professor of Biogeography in the > University of London, to write a Corleone-style spoof : *”There’s more > money potential in global carbon trading than anything else we’re looking > at. Now, if we don’t get into it somebody else will. Maybe the Tattaglia > Family”. * > *http://web.mac.com/sinfonia1/Global_Warming_Politics/A_Hot_Topic_Blog/* > ** > In real life, the Tattaglia family could be the following : > > - Al Gore, chairman of Generation Investment Management - a firm set to > reap huge profits from carbon trading ; > - Maurice Strong, vice-chairman of the Chicago Climat Exchange and > long-time anti-capitalist sinophile who has been extremely active in > promoting the global warming swindle; > - and a great many capitalists of the new generation, opportunists to the > point of helping with the destruction of western economies and the emergence > of China as the new world leader. > > Carbon trading hasn’t been going very long, but already we have evidence > of the huge fraud opportunities : > > *”…the United Nations (UN) suspended the work of * > *the main company that validates carbon-offset projects in developing > countries, sending shockwaves through the emissions-trading business. * > *Based in Oslo, Det Norske Veritas has in the past four years validated > and certified almost half of the 1,200 projects approved under the 1997 > Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). At its meeting on 28 > November in Poznan’, the CDM’s executive board temporarily withdrew Det > Norske Veritas’s **accreditation after a spot check carried out in early > November at the firm’s headquarters revealed serious flaws in project > management. “* > > > http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081210/full/456686a.html > > > > > > The sooner we denounce the carbon scam, the better. > > > Mark Duchamp > Birds & Windfarms Research Manager > > Director, Climate Change and Alternative Energies > > Iberica 2000 > > Partida La Sella, 25 > 03750 Pedreguer, Spain > www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=1228 >
— Lyn Jenkins
So this is why Al is spouting all that hot air, in order to make a profit. Should that surprise a four year old?