Carr, who ends his five-year tenure as the commission’s first chair on Sunday, was also given an opportunity for a parting message to policymakers by the select committee.
“What my kids would say is I should have known this stuff a long time ago. I think we’re past the stage where any of our elected leaders can afford not to know and understand that human activity is changing the climate. That the science is telling us that it is changing more rapidly than we thought. That the science is explaining better how it shows up in our backyards,” he said.
“That those who continue to promote the combustion of fossil fuels in the open air without permanent carbon capture and storage are, in my view, committing a crime against humanity.”
The term crimes against humanity is generally associated with genocide etc. Here we have the outing Climate Commission Chair saying that merely advocating for the use of fossil fuels in the future is a crime against humanity.
How long should these people be jailed for, according to Carr? Because surely that is the minimum punishment for crimes against humanity.
Is Carr saying that Shane Jones should be imprisoned for disagreeing with him?
This rhetoric from Carr is what leads to murders as recently seen in the US. If you label disagreement of opinion as a crime against humanity, you are giving a green light for violent extremism.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
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Carr spouts extreme nonsense.
The world relies on 85 percent of fossil fuels , to make food clothing etc , presumably Carr if he could would stop this , would he expect to be charged with crime against humanity when millions die of starvation ? Please explain the alternative Mr Carr
I think it best that most people should ignore the wrong car advice.
Carr's distasteful comment is a sign of desperation — completely in line with the climate-change zealots ramping up the rhetoric from "climate crisis" to "global boiling". Support for anthropogenic climate change theory is rapidly waning — and Carr knows it. He asked in September: "How do we get New Zealanders to care more? We pick leaders who can do that.”
Carr — and the Greens — suspect they have lost popular support. And they're right. Their rhetoric can only become more incendiary.
Carr is not a scientist, never mind one that studied climate change. He appears to be a "jack of all trades: RBNZ, Jade Corp, "selected" as Vice Chancellor, Canterbury Uni, then "selected" as Climate Change Chairman. A person with PhD in economics. One needs to ask the question why was he selected for the last two positions ? Being very left-wing under a Labour government might be a clue, similar to that of Roberson being appointed V-C to Otago Uni, and now we have Reddy appointed to succeed him. And she knows probably even less about climate change than Carr. These appointments would be a very good joke if the subject wasn't so serious. These people are appointed, and on very high salaries, just to mouth the Party Line. In other words, how do we distinguish them from other prostitutes.
None of them can answer the question of why they spout that manmade carbon dioxide (3%) causes climate change but naturally occurring carbon dioxide (97%) doesn't affect the climate. And, of course, total carbon dioxide in the atmosphere only contributes 4% of total gases. That is why it is classified as a trace gas. From studies by eminent climate scientists, it is the warming of the atmosphere that allows it to absorb more carbon dioxide, thus the Party Line has the horse before the cart. There are many other factors that also affect the climate, which these Party Liners haven't bothered studying because the conclusion by those with vested interests, who pay the bills to promote their interests, has already been written and advertised as a "Convenient Lie".
Of course, I understand the reluctance of such people to question the Party Line but this would be against their own self-interests, wouldn't it ?
Back to the horse and cart then. Carr can pick up the horse manure
I await with interest the direction of USA and President elect Trump. Drill baby drill is a resonable indication as well as his previous outing of the Paris Accord .
Of course, that should read "cart before the horse", my apologies.
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