Liberals will never learn that the more government takes over the management of the world the more they will screw things up and make life on earth worse. Their global governance of energy and Co2 output will just bring famine and starvation on the earth.
Government bureaucrats cannot manage this planet. They do not have the required wisdom or the scientific knowledge and too often government is controlled by special interest groups who could care less about the poor. This statement is as true as the the second law of thermodynamics.
While antagonism to science merely impedes progress, antagonism to economics is regressive. American subsidies to ethanol fuel are not just causing “tortilla riots” but costing American taxpayers a staggering $5.5bn a year. Biofuel tankers are circling the globe, burning gasoline and chasing subsidies. They have joined carbon emissions certificates among the world’s greatest trading scams.
If I have changed my mind, I am not sure the same applies to many greens. I have rarely encountered so much fanaticism and blind faith. Did those demanding fuel subsidies not realise that palm oil would wipe out rainforests and that ethanol from corn would use as much carbon as it saved? Did those pleading for wind farms really think they could ever substitute for nuclear power; or those wanting eco-towns not realise they would just add to car emissions? Did they not understand that, once the tap of public money is turned on, lobbyists will ensure it is never turned off – however harmful?
If all these fancy subsidies and market manipulations were withdrawn tomorrow and government action confined to energy-saving regulation, I am convinced the world would be a cheaper and a safer place, and the poor would not be threatened with starvation.
