"I'd like to see the $110 billion dollars of subsidies for greenhouse polluters under National's Emissions Trading Scheme cut."
http://thestandard.org.nz/spending-cuts-id-like-to-see-no-2/
The Standard stages this argument in such as way that to take an opposing point of view would be to relegate yourself to an eco-villian from the cartoon series 'Captain Planet'. Which is exactly how they see you & you're treated accordingly.
But as usual, their analyze is superficial.
Who are these polluters? What is NZ's emissions profile? With the power of the internet combined, it's very easy to find out the answer to these questions*.
Half of NZ's emissions come from agriculture. So farmers are the 'polluters' The Standard are talking about. Other than Climate Change, lefties often advocate the plight of the less well off. With the global population continuing the rise, the pressure on food supplies increases. Farmers are best known for producing food.
So if farming becomes unaffordable in New Zealand;
1. Global food production drops (particularly dairy and meat products).
2. Other countries with less environmentally friendly farming practices pick up the slack with the end result being more pollution.
Once again, The Standard (New Zealand's premiere Leftie blog) side steps reality in the interests of promoting their holier than thou, narcissistic, slogans. What a bunch of muppets.
*http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-newzealand-carbon-factbox-idUSTRE73E0PM20110415
Once again, The Standard (New Zealand's premiere Leftie blog) side steps reality in the interests of promoting their holier than thou, narcissistic, slogans. What a bunch of muppets.
*http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-newzealand-carbon-factbox-idUSTRE73E0PM20110415
"Total emissions 70.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent, up from 59.1 million tonnes in 1990.
AGRICULTURE: 46.5 PERCENT
Primarily methane emissions from cattle and sheep, which number about 10 million and 33 million, respectively. Methane is about 21 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
New Zealand is unique among developed countries for having such a high proportion of emissions from agriculture, with the average for developed countries at about 10 percent.
Methane comprised 37 percent of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions and rose 3.3 percent from 1990 levels.
Overall, agricultural emissions rose 8.4 percent from 1990 by 2009.
ENERGY: 44.4 PERCENT
Transport accounted for 17.5 percent of national emissions, electricity generation and heat production 8.4 percent.
Transport is mostly made up from burning fuel for cars and trucks while electricity generation is from power stations fueled mostly by gas and coal.
Emissions from the energy sector increased 34.3 percent from 1990 levels, mostly from growth in power generation and transport.
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES: 6.1 PERCENT"
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