Europeans ‘would accept climate change curbs’ (90% believe humans cause "Global Warming")

Financial Times ^ | 11/19/06 | Ed Crooks

[NormsRevenge]

90% of the world will also aparently gladly accept lowered standards of living..

[Mogollon]

Fools running from a fictional bogeyman while the real bogeyman (islamofascists) is coming for them.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Funny.

NO European country has YET to actually MEET its stated Kyoto goal of reducing its economy BACK to the 1990's of employment (er, energy consumption.)

Now, the European socialists may CLAIM they want to reduce emissions to 1990 levels, but they really only mean for the US to reduce OUR economy (er, energy use) back to 1990's levels.


Which was rejected by the Senate 99-0.

[Argus]

Chesterton was right (if apocryphal) - once people stop believing in God, they don't start believing in nothing, they start believing in ANYTHING.

I also notice that, although the Europeans have overwhelmingly adopted the superstition of Human-Caused Global Warming, they're not willing to pay anything to reverse it. How typical.

[SF Republican]

During the Chargers comeback last night my wife decided we should discuss how we could better dispose of our garbage to help the planet. I said put the food waste in the garbage can it will be sent to a landfill and turned into dirt. She said put the food waste in the compost so it will turn back into dirt. This went on about 3-4 minutes and then I agreed she was right.

[goldstategop]

Not really. Only a tiny minority of Europeans would be willing to make SIGNIFICANT financial sacrifices to curtail global warming. So the poll is pretty much meaningless. Of course every one is going to be FOR saving the environment. But that apparent consensus breaks down right away over how far to go to achieve that objective.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[presidio9]

NO European country has YET to actually MEET its stated Kyoto goal of reducing its economy BACK to the 1990's of employment (er, energy consumption.)

Since France is mostly nuclear, wouldn't they be exempt from those reductions?

[MichiganConservative]

Let them hamper their lifestyles. The euroidiots are hell bent for cultural and national suicide. When they tell us to hamper ours to fight a myth, we should tell them to go to hell.

[MAWG]

Europeans are morons. Global Warming is bullshit. It is a Socialist inspired and backed political Movement designed to severely injure Capitalism.

[Barney Gumble]

Even the conservative Britons that I met, were absolutely convinced global warming was human caused. Totally brainwashed.

[goldstategop]

Its NOT going to happen if it seriously impacts people's standard of living.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[presidio9]

Back yard composts are just great if you love sharing your back yard with plagues of flys, rats and raccoons.

[Fishrrman]

Research carried out this month by Harris Interactive in Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain found that 86 per cent of people believed humans were contributing to climate change, and 45 per cent thought it would be a threat to them and their families within their lifetimes.
and The poll also found Europeans were more willing to accept curbs on their lifestyles in principle than to endorse specific additional burdens.

This shows how totally blinded to reality the Europeans have become.

Can't they see that the real "threat to them and their families" might be something called "Islam"?

Don't they wonder if the coming Sharia might "curb" their "lifestyles"?

What clueless idiots.

They will actually _deserve_ their fate.

- John

[taxed2death]

I'll believe this when Europeeeeons park all of their 2-stroke polluting scooters and grab bicycles.

[goldstategop]

They're willing to accept lifestyle curbs *in principle.* But they reject taking on specific burdens to reduce global warming.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[americanbychoice2]

I maintain that the biggest threat to climate change is and will always be Volcanic eruptions. That scenario will put ten thousand times the pollution into the air than any vehicle emission ever can.
The great depression was largely triggered by such an event that caused crops to fail all over the globe. Of course we could start telling "evil Bush" to stop it or the Euros could simply outlaw Volcanic eruptions.

[TeenagedConservative]

Europeans are idiotic. They all need to go live for a year in the woods to clear their brains.

[Edgerunner]

It's the brain drain don't ya know. Wouldn't be the first time the euros were wrong...

[Cobra64]

North Korea has the right idea: