Kyoto 'Flatulence Tax' Plan Causes Turbulence in New Zealand

CNSNews.com ^ | 6/23/03 | Patrick Goodenough

[Gorzaloon]

This is a lesson to all of us who think Junk Science is funny that the cost of ignorance is always heavy.

[R. Scott]

Coming next to a legislature near you -
An additional tax on beans, beer, burritos, chili, …

[glock rocks]

kyoto, I fart in your general direction.

[CalvaryJohn]

Here is one "Flat Tax" I am against.

[Ole Okie]

To NZ Parliament:

Use Beano.

Now can I collect my $4.9 mil?

Note the pattern: it ain't about reducing falsely labeled "greenhouse gases". It's about adding fresh revenue to the gummit coffers.

[WKB]

What will they think of next?

[smith288]

They will install meters on us all to detect fresh "emits" for taxation purposes....errr...i mean for the environment.

[WKB]

They will install meters on us all to detect fresh "emits" for taxation purposes....errr...i mean for the environment.

I just wonder what this apparatus will look like.

[COBOL2Java]

I just wonder what this apparatus will look like.

I think it was on Rush's old television show where E.I.B. "news" had made a spot that talked about such a "device". It basically looked like a big whoopie cusion worn under one's underwear. Hilarious!

[Physicist]

Perhaps the desire to avoid this tax will lead to the development of a method to collect and utilize this valuable resource. Someday we may all fill our tanks with, well, gas.

It's an ill wind that blows no good.

[WKB]

Someone ran a political add one time that showed a man running around behind a cow trying to catch a sample.
It was funny!!!

[FreeManWhoCan]

Thanks for this aritcle! I was looking for something like this to show to my friends how insane Kyoto is and why Bush not agreeing to it was one of his best moves ever.... Im bookmarking this baby!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They're thinking of how to tax your gas, baby.

[finnman69]

PPPPFFFFFFFFFRRRRrrrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttt!

[sam_paine]

What will they think of next?

What have they thought of, yet?!?!?!?!?

[TexanToTheCore]

"The center-left government, which supports the Kyoto Protocol, wants to use the money raised - about $4.9 million a year - to fund research into ways of minimizing the impact that the country's cattle and sheep population are allegedly having on the planet's climate."

I has no effect whatsovever, don't worry about it.

That'll be 4.9 Million NZ please....

Paypal?

[Mike Darancette]

If the research is aimed at finding ways of cutting back on the livestock emission problem, it can theoretically either find another, more efficient use for the gas; or seek to make the animals less windy.

They can give each sheep a little plastic suit.

[dixiechick2000]

"What will they think of next? "

It's scary enough that they thought of this!

[CJ Wolf]

catalatic converters...