Student strike for climate change

Student strike for climate change

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durbster

10,223 posts

221 months

Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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jurbie said:
durbster said:
deeps said:
I actually believe you. You have no idea what the colossal global warming gravy train is, and herein lies the problem.
I'm going to guess it's a comically implausible conspiracy theory that only the critically gullible would believe.
Do you think that it's implausible that with governments committed to spending billions to resolve this there is nobody keen to get their hands on those billions?

Do you think government due diligence will be sufficient to weed out those just chasing the money?

Do you understand that this is more than just the energy sector? It's about consultants, PR, advertising, education, carbon trading, carbon sequestration schemes. The list goes on.

Do you think governments will actually care where the money goes, after all it's not their money and it's probably better to say you've spent a billion on carbon reduction schemes then half a billion on actual projects that will deliver the promised return?

Do you think this might be self perpetuating? Government has money to give away, more people want that money or get concerned their own source will dry up so ever more catastrophic predictions are made. New areas of leveraging money out of the government are thought up like for instance getting school kids to go on strike in a very well publicized campaign.

Unless you have absolute faith in the competence of government and the kindness of strangers then you don't need an elaborate conspiracy theory to work out there will be a lot of shysters coming up with all manner of schemes to get their hands on that free money.
It's less coherent than I had guessed, but looks like I was right. thumbup