Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 11-28-2011, 08:02 AM
 
29,407 posts, read 21,996,065 times
Reputation: 5455

Advertisements

At least Canada has some common sense. The rest are trying to figure out how to steal money from the rest of the world.

Delegates at the conference will also be hammering out the details of a plan to administer the Green Climate Fund, money that is to help poor countries deal with climate change.
The fund is expected to grow over the next eight years to eventually distribute about $100 billion a year. However, it is still unclear where all of that money will come from and how it will be distributed.
In addition to the usual international development funds from the West, proposals include a carbon surcharge on international shipping and on air tickets, as well as a levy on international financial transactions.

Read more: Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month | CTV News
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 11-28-2011, 11:30 AM
 
20,323 posts, read 19,909,198 times
Reputation: 13437
......eventually distribute about $100 billion a year.However, it is still unclear where all of that money will come from and how it will be distributed.

I'm shocked.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 11:32 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
41,479 posts, read 59,756,720 times
Reputation: 24863
How long does it take for US to spend 100 billion on our Forever War?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 11:36 AM
 
29,407 posts, read 21,996,065 times
Reputation: 5455
Your post has what do do with Kyoto? Oh like usual nothing. Stay on topic of move on.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Ohio
24,621 posts, read 19,152,432 times
Reputation: 21738
Quote:
Originally Posted by doc1 View Post
......eventually distribute about $100 billion a year.However, it is still unclear where all of that money will come from and how it will be distributed.
Now would be a good time for a United Nations income tax levied on all people. Then the UN can create another "crisis" and increase the tax rates. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 02:08 PM
 
25,021 posts, read 27,919,738 times
Reputation: 11790
This just in also after UK PM's "green guru" Cabinet Minister says we need to rethink the whole climate change thing, sounds like he's turning into a skeptic. The skeptics keep growing in number everyday, currently only 28% of the British public believe man is causing climate change
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 02:13 PM
 
41,813 posts, read 51,023,289 times
Reputation: 17864
Quote:
Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed View Post
This just in also after UK PM's "green guru" Cabinet Minister says we need to rethink the whole climate change thing, sounds like he's turning into a skeptic. The skeptics keep growing in number everyday, currently only 28% of the British public believe man is causing climate change
It's about economics. They are dropping a significant amount of subsidies for the green sector because it's simply costing too much.


Quote:
Solar giant 'could quit UK' after Government cuts to subsidies - Telegraph

Ministers are under intense pressure over their decision to halve the level of subsidies for solar panels from December 12 under the "feed-in tariff" (FIT) scheme.

Now Sharp Solar has warned that it is “reviewing our presence in the UK” in a private briefing document for the Prime Minister seen by The Daily Telegraph.

It has already cut the number of jobs at its Welsh factory from 1,000 to 500, as countries across Europe reduce their support for the green technology.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
14,480 posts, read 11,273,359 times
Reputation: 8996
Wanna guess who will pay the lion's share of that money? More specifically, which nation?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 02:17 PM
 
25,021 posts, read 27,919,738 times
Reputation: 11790
Quote:
Originally Posted by thecoalman View Post
It's about economics. They are dropping a significant amount of subsidies for the green sector because it's simply costing too much.
The US also is abandoning 14,000 wind turbines because it is not fiscally sustainable. The cost to benefit ratio is horrible. It just simply doesn't work
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-28-2011, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
41,325 posts, read 44,929,215 times
Reputation: 7118
Oh my....one more nail in the coffin of global warming.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:32 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top