The biggest contributor to Global Warming is political hot air, says Direct Democracy Party

23 September 2007

"The political hysteria being whipped up around the issue of Global Warming via Carbon Emissions is reminiscent of the story Chicken Little. The erroneous belief that Carbon Emissions are somehow going to negatively effect the planet is a parallel to "the sky is falling" when in fact it isn't" says the Leader of the Direct Democracy Party (www.ddp.co.nz), Kelvyn Alp.

"Common sense dictates that climate change is constant, as nothing in the environment remains stagnant. Real science has been abandoned in favour of those that have taken leave from their senses, like Global warming advocate Al Gore and his farcical presentation of bias in his documentary film "An inconvenient truth". Gores documentary is now so widely discredited as junk science that it simply beggars belief that anyone would give it any credence at all in this debate" says Mr Alp.

"The "tax at all costs" mentality employed by the New Zealand Government fails to address some key issues or effects of such a ridiculous policy implementation as Carbon Credits. Primarily among these is the scarcity of money in existence. When you have a population that currently struggles to survive and purchase the necessities, how does adding to those costs benefit anyone?"

"It seems that the sole purpose of this initiative is to further indebt people and dispossess them of what little they have left, ensuring a compliant citizenship that will rely on the state to provide. After all, who would then bite the hand that feeds them?"

"There are many solutions to the problem of climate change and its effects. For example, we could start to live with the land instead of against it; not build on current or historical flood plains; encourage and actively create self-sufficient communities so when we do have a natural disaster the tyranny of distance is not a barrier to survival and supply for people; ensure that people have more money for change of operating procedures, instead of taking it off them and then pointing the finger for being unable to finance change - there are many viable alternatives, but no alternative will happen through a restriction of purchasing power".

"Perhaps Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, a leading UK commentator on climate change issues, summarises the situation best. Below is a link to an interview Viscount Monkton conducted with Newstalk ZB's Leighton Smith on 21/9/07. The interview begins at 17.40 minutes, and ends at 29.15 minutes."

www.newstalkzb.co.nz/weekondemand.asp?menu=2&menuitem=3

Friday September 21st, Viscount Monkton File 14287814, fast forward to 17.40 minutes until 29.15.

Fri, Sep 21 11.00 trn-newstalk-zb-akl.asf 14287814 21/09/2007 10:56:52

The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition also has a sound summary of the issues at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0709/S00255.htm

"Let us at least stick to the facts of science, as opposed to the ideology of the Carbon credit lobbyists, before we make any significant and far-reaching decisions on this matter" says Mr Alp.

ENDS

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