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Re: support coalition = reject economics
Reply #30 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:39pm
 
Maqqa wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:30pm:
Life_goes_on wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:26pm:
There a no direct financial penalties for non-compliance with Kyoto.


So how do you make up for the 30% plus meeting your targets?

This is why Gillard is looking at "carbon pricing" or "carbon credits"

She wants to implement the carbon tax then transition to a carbon pricing in 5 years


Under Kyoto a country isn't really forced to do anything. THere's absolutely nothing stopping them from simply declaring it's all too hard and walking away from Kyoto completely - there are no financial penalties for doing so.
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Reply #31 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:42pm
 
Life_goes_on wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:39pm:
Maqqa wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:30pm:
Life_goes_on wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:26pm:
There a no direct financial penalties for non-compliance with Kyoto.


So how do you make up for the 30% plus meeting your targets?

This is why Gillard is looking at "carbon pricing" or "carbon credits"

She wants to implement the carbon tax then transition to a carbon pricing in 5 years


Under Kyoto a country isn't really forced to do anything. THere's absolutely nothing stopping them from simply declaring it's all too hard and walking away from Kyoto completely - there are no financial penalties for doing so.



About 192 countries signed and ratifed Kyoto

The countries are split into 2 groups

I'll call the first group as "Group A" comprise of about 39 countries. They are listed on a document called Annex 1

Annex 1 countries have penalties

So are you talking about the 39 countries on the Annex 1 list or the 152 countries who are not on the list?
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Reply #32 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:47pm
 
Maqqa wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:36pm:
Back in your hole perception

Until you have someone thing intelligent or at least humble about your opinion then I'll discuss things with you

I am pleased and happy at least freediver is willing to look at the UNFCCC website

whereas I've shown you the info before and you dismissed the UNFCCC as propaganda - that sort of stupidity from you is inexcusable


There is nothing humble about my opinions, I simply say it the way I see it and, I see it a lot cleared than you ever will.

Who said, I wanted to discuss anything with you?
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Reply #33 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:52pm
 
and your perception is clouded by your ignorance

you are not humble enough to admit it

and my arrogance facade have pushed you down the path where humility is very difficult for you
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Reply #34 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:53pm
 
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Annex 1 countries have penalties


Penalties, yes - but not financial ones.


From the UNFCCC Compliance Committee themselves:

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8) There are no financial penalties under the Kyoto Protocol, nor is there any consequence which involves loss of credits (although there is a loss of access to the carbon market).


From an article in The Guardian:

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One immediate point to note is that there are no direct financial penalties for non-compliance with Kyoto. ....

.... there is nothing to stop a country simply giving up on tackling climate change and walking away from the international climate change regime altogether.
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Reply #35 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:59pm
 
Life_goes_on wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:53pm:
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Annex 1 countries have penalties


Penalties, yes - but not financial ones.

So how do you make up the 30%? Has to be through the purchases of carbon credits. You have to buy carbon credits ie cost money



From the UNFCCC Compliance Committee themselves:

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8) There are no financial penalties under the Kyoto Protocol, nor is there any consequence which involves loss of credits (although there is a loss of access to the carbon market).


From an article in The Guardian:
But I quoted you from the UNFCCC which is the ultimate source in all things Kyoto Protocol


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One immediate point to note is that there are no direct financial penalties for non-compliance with Kyoto. ....

.... there is nothing to stop a country simply giving up on tackling climate change and walking away from the international climate change regime altogether.




Correct - but the embarrassment will be immense on the international stage

internally the Greens will have a field day

so why ratify it in the first place only to walk away


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Reply #36 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 2:29pm
 
Maqqa wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 12:52pm:
and your perception is clouded by your ignorance

you are not humble
enough to admit it

and my arrogance facade have pushed you down the path where humility is very difficult for you


Well, I've already said I'm not humble!

But,
I am correct, NOT RIGHT OR LEFT, just correct!


And,
you continue to show your ignorance, by still backing higher interest rates & a Liberal dose of AUS-terity!


That said, I will give you one thing,
you are consistent.

Consistently wrong!

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Reply #37 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 4:49pm
 
It is amusing to watch the hysterical FD claim the coalition reject economics. this is the party that instituted economic reforms and unlike rudd/gillard, thos ereforms actually WORKED well. this is the party that lead australia thru is most prosperous period EVER. to presume that in just 4 years this same party - still composed of almost the same people - has suddenly rejected economics while watchign the labor party screw up economics so badly.

your bias is showing, FD. unfortunately, your intelligence and credibility are not.
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Reply #38 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 5:05pm
 
longweekend58 wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 4:49pm:
It is amusing to watch the hysterical FD claim the coalition reject economics. this is the party that instituted economic reforms and unlike rudd/gillard, thos ereforms actually WORKED well. this is the party that lead australia thru is most prosperous period EVER. to presume that in just 4 years this same party - still composed of almost the same people - has suddenly rejected economics while watchign the labor party screw up economics so badly.

your bias is showing, FD. unfortunately, your intelligence and credibility are not.



FD is not too bad longie

I don't agree with everything you said about him but the bias is definitely showing

at least he listens to reason  Wink
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Reply #39 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 5:08pm
 
Maqqa wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 5:05pm:
longweekend58 wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 4:49pm:
It is amusing to watch the hysterical FD claim the coalition reject economics. this is the party that instituted economic reforms and unlike rudd/gillard, thos ereforms actually WORKED well. this is the party that lead australia thru is most prosperous period EVER. to presume that in just 4 years this same party - still composed of almost the same people - has suddenly rejected economics while watchign the labor party screw up economics so badly.

your bias is showing, FD. unfortunately, your intelligence and credibility are not.



FD is not too bad longie

I don't agree with everything you said about him but the bias is definitely showing

at least he listens to reason  Wink


when it suits him. this is an example of where it DOESNT suit him. His arguments are more or less crap. and he only looks good compared to the infantile crowd of astro, azuline skippy and others. Hardly a compliment.
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Reply #40 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 6:01pm
 
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It's quite clear on the UNFCCC website freediver


If it's so clear, how come you have been unable to clarify it the last dozen or so times you have brought it up? If it has left you unable to back up your case why do you think I would go looking for whatever it is you could not find?

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You asked for a credible reference and I gave you an undisputed reference


I asked you for a reference that backs up your claim. As you will recall, I explained this to you when I asked you for the reference, as last time we did this you gave me a newspaper article explaining that Rudd had ratified kyoto, as if that somehow backed up your claim about penalties and motives.

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Have a read of my original reply in context of the UNFCCC info

then perhaps we can look at why

(a) Direct Action plan = better for Australia


Maqqa, our reasons for reducing our emissions are kind of irrelevant to the argument about how to reduce our emissions. This was after all your point in changing the topic - to get away from the economics, because the vast majority of eocnomists back Labor's carbon tax.

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(b) Carbon Tax = I give up lets start collecting money to pay for the penalty and muddy the water soooo much that everyone think it's the Liberals' fault


No Maqqa, people are not going to think it is the Libs fault, although they do have a carbon tax policy of their own and Abbott has gone on the record explaining that a tax is the best option from an economic perspective. But Labor and the greens will get all the credit.

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It is amusing to watch the hysterical FD claim the coalition reject economics.


No Longy. Read my first post. It was coalition supporters - in this case stryder - who reject economics. I even included a link so you could check for yourself so you didn't look so silly. As I also pointed out in my opening post, coalition MPs are still trying desperately to try to associate their direct action plan with the economic consensus in favour of pricing mechanisms.
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Reply #41 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 6:25pm
 
freediver wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 6:01pm:
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It's quite clear on the UNFCCC website freediver


If it's so clear, how come you have been unable to clarify it the last dozen or so times you have brought it up? If it has left you unable to back up your case why do you think I would go looking for whatever it is you could not find?




Actually nice try

Up until I referenced the UNFCCC website - you thought I was going to reference a newspaper article

Just because you can't find it does not mean its not there

I have already given you the reference - now your turn

Its not a signal to continue to push for more and more when you can't be bothered to do the research yourself

I give something - you give something. Unless of course you have nothing to give

So go back to my original post and admit the damage Rudd has done through his ratification. If you want to know why Direct Action plan is better then admit you don't understand then I'll explain it.

Perhaps then we can start analyzing the UNFCCC website and its content
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Reply #42 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 6:30pm
 
freediver wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 6:01pm:
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Have a read of my original reply in context of the UNFCCC info

then perhaps we can look at why

(a) Direct Action plan = better for Australia


Maqqa, our reasons for reducing our emissions are kind of irrelevant to the argument about how to reduce our emissions. This was after all your point in changing the topic - to get away from the economics, because the vast majority of eocnomists back Labor's carbon tax.




Don't try to weasel out of it

Read the title to you thread - its about economics

I said that Direct Action plan is better for Australia ie I never changed the topic - I KNOW you don't understand the context of the Carbon Tax vs Direct Action therefore I needed to educate you about Kyoto Penalty

Once again - it's still relevant. You just have ti be humble enough to admit you don't understand
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Reply #43 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 6:35pm
 
longweekend58 wrote on Sep 10th, 2011 at 4:49pm:
It is amusing to watch the hysterical FD claim the coalition reject economics. this is the party that instituted economic reforms and unlike rudd/gillard, thos ereforms actually WORKED well. this is the party that lead australia thru is most prosperous period EVER. to presume that in just 4 years this same party - still composed of almost the same people - has suddenly rejected economics while watchign the labor party screw up economics so badly.

your bias is showing, FD. unfortunately, your intelligence and credibility are not.




You keep going on about "credibility" LW and yet , like mindless partisan posters like armchair , cods , chickenlips etc , you keep harping on about economic incompetence of the Labor government.


This is just NOT borne out by the FACTS.



Now I know that you conservatives have different ...




...well I was about to say "morals" but that doesnt seem the right word to describe what you believe in.

How about different "priorities " or a different "perspective".


Australias economy is the envy of the western world.

All the economic indicators are good.

We had one of the first governments to use a stimulus package to save us from recession and by ALL indicators it seems to have worked.


The manufacturing sector is growing , jobs have been created , inflation held in check  and we survived the GFC better than any other economy.


To continue to bleat about labors "economic mismanagement" is denialism at it's worst (there's that word again "denialism" . Why is it that you conservatives deny everything despite facts and evidence?)



Credibility?    Dont make me laugh.




The Rudd/gillard governements economic management has been superb.

And before you start on how howard left rudd with a surplus to play with , YES , each government stands on the shoulders of the previous one but if you are going to be honest , howard inherited a FANTASTIC economy from the far sighted and brave reforms of the Hawke/Keating governments , emphasizing once again that not ALL Labor governments are economically incompetent.





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Reply #44 - Sep 10th, 2011 at 7:47pm
 
Maqqa wrote on Sep 8th, 2011 at 8:13pm:
This doesn't really matter freediver until you can answer my question about

"In context of total carbon emissions from all sources who much do humans contribute (in percentage terms please)"


In addition - you failed to acknowledge why both sides of politics are trying to find a carbon solution. HINT: It starts with Rudd and ends with "ratified Kyoto"

Come up with threads that blame Rudd for this then we'll discuss about the economics of these actions

Like I said in the other threads - in context of total carbon being like a forest of 100 trees how many trees are humans responsible for?

If we are responsible for 1 tree out of the whole forest then discussing the economics of Carbon Tax vs Direct Action is talking about how a twig impacts a tree because the twig only represent 1.35% of this tree


I am NOT trying to stifle your economic debate

I am interested in a balance debate where everyone acknowledge the cause of it and why we are doing it

Once you admit and understand the cause is Kyoto penalty then you'll understand why the Direct Action plan will be better in the long run

Happy to explain it to you - but how will you understand if you won't admit that Rudd got us into this mess.


So Maqqa,
you are asserting that the wrath of the UN &/or God, will decend on Australia
& other nations,
for failing to honour committments under the Kyoto Treaty
?

As you are the one making such assertions,
the onus is on YOU, to show exactly what penalty's there may be in the Kyoto Treaty & exactly what these monumental Penalty's are going to cost Australia!


In other words, as you yourself have been heard to say, very frequently,
PROVE IT!

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