Comments on: Mitigating Climate Change: Capitalist Sham?

By: Terry Letson

Terry Letson — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:14:33 +0000

Jock of Shock – who’s conned who? I feel you’re going somewhere with this, but I’m not following.

By: Jock of Shock

Jock of Shock — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:46:09 +0000

Looks like we have all forgotten Rule One – “Follow the Money”.
It seems that the Green Money Machine is now the establishment position, volubly supported by active greenies too naive to understand how this issue fits with economic and social agendas far removed from the “climate science” industries.
At least the coming “recession” will straighten out priorities, and reduce the cash appeal of green scams like carbon trading.
Do your own research, people. You’ve been conned, and your good intentions have been taken advantage of.

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:53:48 +0000

I have to disagree with Peyton while putting in my kudos to this post. Capitalism is both good and bad, bad [i]because[/i] it’s the [u]only[/u] medium of exchange, answerable to no criteria other than the economy of exchange and the prospect of continuity of exchange. If this wasn’t so, all the money spent on lobbying wouldn’t be worth it. The american coal industry’s skirting of the New Source Review provision of the Clean Air Act is a perfect example…
Regarding the following quote -
“When a political system gets tied up by elites and un-democratic governments where the people are poorly educated, then you get problems like this. Really has nothing to do with capitalism,”
This is specially poignant if regarded in terms of our own government, which has gotten tied up and acts less democratic all the time. Add to that the fact that average adult in this country reads at an eighth grade level, and you might start to feel it in your gut as I do…
Inasmuch as capitalism sets the agenda, it has to be accountable for the result. We need a paradigm shift on the criteria of success. Proudhon comes to mind, but I won’t go into that.

By: Peyton Ruse

Peyton Ruse — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:58:00 +0000

Are you sure “capitalist” is the right word to demonize? This seems like more politics and elitism to me than anything to do with capitalism, per se. Capitalism is neither good nor bad, it is simply a medium of exchange. When a political system gets tied up by elites and un-democratic governments where the people are poorly educated, then you get problems like this. Really has nothing to do with capitalism, but aside from that, this sound’s like a great read with some darn good points.