I have just spent two days at a conference about “ethical” investment. The reason is that I am trying to raise money for a charity that is aiming to improve services for deprived children. Thus the aim of the Good Deals event seemed laudable enough – to bring those with funds (banks, trusts, etc)in contact with humble supplicants like myself. There were many senior figures there such as the head of Deutsche Bank in the UK, the government’s minister for social responsibility, and his equivalent at Marks and Spencer. But what I didn’t bargain for was the extent that the agenda of the conference would be totally hijacked and infected by greenies. Every participant semed to be a rabid supporter of AGW. It felt as though I had woken up in the middle of a strange horror movie and I think if I had mentioned any opposition to their crusade, I would have been lynched. One guy, for example, wanted to raise about £1m for a “community energy” (ie useless windfarms)in Cornwall. The contempt with which he dismissed his “opponents” – those hapless individuals who did not want the beautiful Cornish landscape to be despoiled – was blood-curdling.
And so it is in the BBC’s reporting. Here is our friend Richard Black in full flow about the importance of an Anglo-Indian agreement – announced a couple of days back when I was being indoctrinated – to work together to on the path of a “low-carbon co-operation”. What’s chilling is that it seems that everyone – Marks and Spencer, government lackeys, the CBI, and no doubt a whole army of financial advisers – now agree with Mr Black that such econut zealotry is essential for progress. Not only that, they also seem to believe in cult-like fashion that farting cows are the answer to India’s energy problems. Strange however,isn’t it, that India is building coal fired power stations at a rate of knots while Chris Huhne and call me Dave are busy dismantling our capacity to generate cheap electricity? And note how Mr Black’s true sentiments about the crusade he’s engaged in are expressed. The Copenhagen negotiations last year were “brutally ended”. What can he mean? And how does that square with balanced journalism?
The number of corporations on the CAGW bandwagon is a sure sign of the amount of taxpayers’ money streaming in the direction of this particular honeypot. Note the weekly – or is it daily – supplements in the Times and Telegraph financed by large banks and other institutions concerning green and sustainable business. Also the electricity suppliers – well mine (E.ON) – refuse to separate out and thereby disclose the size of the wind-farm etc stealth tax charged through their bills. It’s only when the government steps back that reality returns: hence the collapse of the Chicago Climate Exchange http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/09/collapse-chicago-climate-exchange-means-strategy-shift-global-warming-curbs/ .
Very true, Umbongo, that is one of the problems, the big companies themselves. I think it is because of two things, 1) the money from the green myth and 2) their attack on small companies. They want all the small efficient firms put out of business so that they can remain overstaffed and with a monopoly to do as they will.
India already has an advantage over Britain in the cost of labour. If Britain is not allowed to be energy efficient that advantage grows.
And their superior level of education.
We all know Black’s as mad as a box of frogs, anyway.
Well, if the lack of sycophantic homage continues on his latest comment-enabled blog was anything to go by earlier, I reckon I an predict with some accuracy the next thing that will be ‘brutally-ended’.
From now on, Black’s contributions should be considered opinion pieces and not news reports or anything else. I’m sure Helen Boaden is pleased to have an advocate for a correspondent instead of a proper journalist.
Its called the NWO, Robin
You journey to investigate AGW is slowly discovering it.
The big corporations are behind the UN, which the EU is part of. AGW is necessary to help transfer power from the nation states to their world government system.