Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 12/15/2009 1:31:30 PM PST by markomalley
The Prime Minister has arrived at the summit promising to make a “final push” for a global deal on cutting carbon emissions.
Downing Street signalled Mr Brown is prepared to spend more money on environmental causes to avert what he said would be an economic catastrophe caused by unrestrained global warming.
Arriving in Copenhagen, Mr Brown said: "Over the next three days the leaders of almost every nation on earth will gather in Copenhagen. Their role; their opportunity; their responsibility: to shape the future of humanity. It is a defining moment."
The Prime Minister flew into the Danish capital two days ahead of schedule as aides said he is worried that the talks are not heading for a sufficiently ambitious target on limiting the rise in global temperatures.
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He is now preparing to make Britain pay into another international fund to help poor countries limit the amount of their forests they cut down for logging and agriculture. That could mean the UK pays more than £1 billion.
Increasing Britian’s “green” spending is controversial because of the size of the Government’s deficit. The Government will borrow £178 billion this year, and the national debt on on course to hit £1.5 trillion.
As he arrived in Copenhagen, Mr Brown, painted an apocalyptic picture of the consequences of failure at the summit, saying that the world economy would suffer an unprecedented “catastrophe” if temperatures rise too far.
He said: "If we do not act to tackle climate change, the costs to our standard of living will be huge - a reduction in our national income of up to 20 per cent, an economic catastrophe equivalent in this century to the impact of two world wars and the great depression in the last."
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But it will and that is not at all pleasing.
The future of humanity is certainly at stake. if these morons have their way, we’ll be back to the 1500’s.
Hey Gordo, go suck a bullet and eliminate the surplus population - you turd.
This guy can’t be gone any too soon as far as I am concerned. When are elections set in Britain?
Maybe he is Bracko’s long lost lover. They seem to think alike.
How on earth do these mental nit wits get into positions of power? They are like K Street pimps too stupid to tie their own shoes.
Tony Blair said a few days ago, so what if it’s a lie, we need to do it anyway.
They need the money for their slush fund. Remember how well this all worked out with the Oil For Food fraud?
talk about saving the best for last. Brown? lol
this is twits on parade week.
Can the idiot get more dramatic?
Thats roughly £6000 per taxpayer. Gordon you arsehat.
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