Federated Farmers jumps on WSJ opinion slating NZ emissions scheme
Federated Farmers has resorted to quoting an opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal lampooning New Zealand’s commitment to an emissions trading scheme as its latest poke over the government’s stance on global warming.
The online Asia edition of WSJ labelled the findings of the Emissions Trading Review Committee as “green PR gone wild.”
It stated: “the best advertisement for New Zealand isn't to support ideas that make the country poorer. Instead, [John] Key's government would do better by focusing on encouraging strong economic growth to support a vibrant, entrepreneurial society. That way, tourists may want to come to New Zealand and stay.”
“For far too long New Zealand has delivered a policy response built upon what we think others think of us, as opposed to what they actually do think of us,” Federated Farmers president Don Nicholson said.
“I hope the tone of the Wall Street Journal may jolt the government out of its myopic obsession with the 0.2 percent of global emissions we produce,” he said.
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New Zealanders desperately want to be poor. They try every which way they can to be below average in everything, resulting in an obsession of giving away any advantage it may have over another country to say, look, poor little old New Zealand.
I agree James. I call it the "Pink Cardy Syndrome".
There was a certain politician's wife who epitimised this belief in making as few waves as possible, and making life as "comfy" as possible without annoying the neighbours. "You should be happy to have what you are given and not aspire to anything greater as you may upset somebody who is happy with less". Unless of course your efforts make you worth more than me and therefore that's not allowed.
the whole thing should be scrapped
we need to concentrate on improving productivity
clark has got her un job so no longer any reason to grease up to the un
and her cushy world taxpayer UN rort ... lets just drop the ETS as the worst legislation ever to come from Labour's power-addled latter years
time to get real about making NZ a better place for children to live ... like hard productive work, not these make work schemes for scientists trying to push farts back into animals
far out, the universities have gone to never, never land!! get a grip people.
Whether or not we believe that global warming is exacerbated by man's activities doesn't change the fact that an ETS scheme will not reduce carbon emissions by one single kilogram.
All it will really achieve is to line the pockets of the traders at the expense of those who produce real wealth for the country! Consumers too will also pay!
Look very carefully at many of those who support E.T.S. Lucy Lawless , Oprah , Joanna Lumley.etc . Scientists who live in a world where reality is fantasy . The leaders who will run this scam. These people realy are living in a world of make believe .
Ask who the final payments will fall on???You and I who will be paying through increased costs for everything we buy. Think of the Millions of dollars we will have to pay for those who will administer this folly.