Comments on: Tragic Greek fires show how difficult curbing carbon is http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/26/tragic-greek-fires-show-how-difficult-curbing-carbon-is/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Autoversicherung http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/26/tragic-greek-fires-show-how-difficult-curbing-carbon-is/#comment-25087 Autoversicherung Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:59:18 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/26/tragic-greek-fires-show-how-difficult-curbing-carbon-is/#comment-25087 My Favorit Blog. Very thanks and best regards from Germany. Thanks My Favorit Blog. Very thanks and best regards from Germany. Thanks

]]> By: Keith Garrett http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/26/tragic-greek-fires-show-how-difficult-curbing-carbon-is/#comment-5320 Keith Garrett Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/26/tragic-greek-fires-show-how-difficult-curbing-carbon-is/#comment-5320 Thanks for an interesting blog post. I think we should look at all methods of trying to cut carbon emissions, not just one or the other. I believe with standard market forces we can correct the market failure of carbon emissions. Companies shouldn't have to be cajoled into making small changes - it should be inherrent in their costs that they seek to reduce. Our emissions have destabilised the world's weather. We are going to see more fires and I think you are right to look at natural emissions as well but we must reduce ours down to as close to zero as we can. This isn't just for planetary climate change reasons. It is directly a UK problem. I see a destabalised world where people will not have enough to eat in the really hot zones and will be looking to move out the more temperate zones. I've been reading 'Six Degrees' by Mark Lynas and his opinion is that the UK becomes quite an excellent piece of real-estate but still not good enough to feed the hundreds of millions who will be left without food when their crops fail because of what we are doing. Any talk of the damage that carbon emission cuts cause to the UK economy (I would have to disagree with that anyway, it most certainly would be an innovative boost) will be insignificant compared to the direct damage done by crop failings in other countries, wars over land and oil etc. It is in our national interest to sort this out sharpish. Hoping the Conservatives will be able to help lead this. They should be pursuing a low carbon and oil free agenda for the sake of our country. Thanks for an interesting blog post. I think we should look at all methods of trying to cut carbon emissions, not just one or the other. I believe with standard market forces we can correct the market failure of carbon emissions. Companies shouldn’t have to be cajoled into making small changes - it should be inherrent in their costs that they seek to reduce.

Our emissions have destabilised the world’s weather. We are going to see more fires and I think you are right to look at natural emissions as well but we must reduce ours down to as close to zero as we can. This isn’t just for planetary climate change reasons. It is directly a UK problem. I see a destabalised world where people will not have enough to eat in the really hot zones and will be looking to move out the more temperate zones. I’ve been reading ‘Six Degrees’ by Mark Lynas and his opinion is that the UK becomes quite an excellent piece of real-estate but still not good enough to feed the hundreds of millions who will be left without food when their crops fail because of what we are doing.

Any talk of the damage that carbon emission cuts cause to the UK economy (I would have to disagree with that anyway, it most certainly would be an innovative boost) will be insignificant compared to the direct damage done by crop failings in other countries, wars over land and oil etc.

It is in our national interest to sort this out sharpish. Hoping the Conservatives will be able to help lead this. They should be pursuing a low carbon and oil free agenda for the sake of our country.

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