Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 20/11/24

Researchers make the case for a carbon tax while NZ brays about our ETS (and finds $10m for climate change fund)

The University of Auckland has drawn attention to a new study which emphasises the value of a carbon tax to effectively decarbonise the economy.

A carbon tax is the most effective way for New Zealand to cut emissions while supporting a stable economy, according to the study.

Vance Ginn: The Economic Folly of a Carbon Tax

The push for a carbon tax has regained popularity as the fiscal storm in 2025 and climate change debates intensify. Advocates claim it’s a solution to pay for spending excesses while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But a carbon tax is a misguided, costly policy that must be rejected.

Clive Bibby: So there you have it

Nobody, least of all the farmers of this country, should be surprised by the government announcement this week of their immoral plan to drastically reduce the nation’s green house gas emissions for no other reason than the pursuit of a debatable objective that has been abandoned in almost all of the original IPCC supporting countries throughout the western world. Note we don’t include the major polluters of the world who also signed the Paris and Glasgow agreements while having no real intention of participating in this flawed response to the latest round of global warming.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: The plan the Government has for farmers is an expensive exercise in stupidity

 

This can’t happen: The plan the Government has to force farmers to pay for their emissions.

They cannot persist with this plan as it is.

In its current form it is going to be a devastating for farming communities…and given how important farming is to our national income… it’s going to be terrible for our economy.