Letters

John

 

I did meet you with PeterVavaour a few years ago when you were kind enough to give us half an hour of your time in Parliament buildings

 

I have voted for and supported National all my life (I am now 64)

 

The passing and pursuit of the ETS is a farce. You must know there is no correlation between global warming and CO2

 

IPCC is a joke and we will soon be the laughing stock of the world.

 

Very very sincerely

 

Michael D

On behalf of the Prime Minister, Hon John Key, I acknowledge your recent email.

 

Thank you for taking the time to write to the Prime Minister and share your views.

 

Regards,

Briane Smith

Private Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister

 

 

The introduction of this scheme and the previous scheme will impose costs onto the NZ economy at a time of recession with no measurable beneficial outcome.

 

Whether the costs are imposed on the taxpayer or onto industry emitters, the outcome will be the same. New Zealanders will pay the price for ill-conceived legislation as any increased costs incurred by producers will be passed on to consumers.

I represent no organisation and submit as a voter and tax payer. I am opposed to the ETS concept completely, as there is little sensible scientific evidence that CO2 had anything to do with the 1 degree of warming we had last century. 

From about 1998 we have entered a cooling period while the CO2 continues to climb. A sensible approach would be to stop the headlong rush to destroy our economy and instead set up a watching brief. a royal commission perhaps? 

I am submitting this in my own name. I have no quantification of the number of people who would support my viewpoint, but I know that it is considerable and increasing.

 

I do not wish to appear before the select committee to speak on this submission.

 

My educational qualifications include a double-major in Accounting and Economics from Auckland University. I am now retired and have had more time to devote to this issue than most. I have had a life-long interest in mathematics and science and have better than a school-leavers competence in both subjects, sufficient to be able to weigh the arguments from both sides of the debate without having to rely entirely on the say-so of someone else.

 

My submission opposes both this bill and the old bill.

 

 

I am sure you are aware of the following information, but my submission requires a degree of background to put it into context.

 

1.      Temperature has been cooling since the beginning of the 21^st century. One of the lead authors for the IPCC, Prof Mojib Latif, is now predicting cooling for the next ten to twenty years despite the increase in CO2 levels. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/09/20/u-s-media-ignoring-about-face-leading-global-warming-proponent This is called a pause in the warming, although others have called the warming a pause in cooling. It does appear to be confusing because it depends on what time scale you choose to use.