i been in the stone age for years,
guess that makes me a star citizen

now only if there was a county worthy of having me
sure isnt one on this planet
all the leaders have screwed them all up

“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialised civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?”

And here he is now in a position to actually set his plan in motion. Imagine that. But I’d be willing to wager he would be one of the select few to still be allowed to maintain an industrial lifestyle after the rest of us are forced back into hunter/gatherer subsistence.

The chairman of nPower should be asked to explain himself (herself?). I wonder if the company has entered an “alliance” with an environmental group that is pushing this? Being a US citizen, I’m afraid I do not know if the nPower (as a UK entity) is a public firm with stockholders and an oversight board, nor the extent to which there is a regulatory oversight system, any of which might be “asked” about this program. Or if stockholders, approached with a petition (filed by a stockholder) at the annual meeting to raise attention to the perceived problem. These latter techniques are employed as routine methods by enviro activists and social rights activists in the US. They should be considered as a means to provide a “wake up call” to nPower’s executive management

One question that might be posed to regulators, management and owners on the “educational value” provided: How do the “climate cops” know that the adults of any “case” don’t offset their emissions? Goodness, even Al Gore does that! And if Big Al does it, it must be okay, right? Does that mean the Klimate Kops are authorized to check my finances?

This also rather reminds me of the attempt by the animal rights group PETA to get people to not drink milk a few years ago. The campign was set as a parody of a well-known US ad campaign. In PETA’s case the slogan was “Got Beer?” As I recall, they had radio and TV spots prepared, bottle and can openers and other labeled merchandise (propoganda) bought, paid for and delivered. Then they found they had just pissed off the anti-drunk driving people. Needless to say, the whole campaign ended up in a dumpster.

As for the potential for violence mentioned by more than a few commenters, we already have these situations in the United States, with extremist groups such as the Animal/Environmental Liberation Fronts burning and defacing what they do not like, spiking trees so that they cannot be harvested (even if the land and trees are privately-owned, I believe), and destroying fields nearly ready for harvest that are believed to contain GMO crops. Then there are groups like “Earth First!”, known for its perception that humankind is but a parasitic plague upon the earth, parasites that they wish to see eliminated. Anyone here ever read the Tom Clancy novel “Rainbow Six”? Sets a fictional scenario (we hope) for how far some of these groups might go to depopulate the Earth in their Druidic quest of worshiping, protecting and “restoring” Gaia, Mother Earth.

Yes. And not even all of the surface data. HadCRUT shows some cooling.

does anyone remember the comic book entitled, “you mommy kills animals”?

http://www.theanimaladvocate.org/040726_mommykills.jpg

just another item to add to the list of things that will poison the minds of our children… *sigh*

In New Zealand, they have a Minister for Climate Change.

Coming soon to a government near you…

At last, something we agree 100% on ;-)

I’m a bit surprised at Simon Singh.

However, beliefs are infinitely more powerful than science, so perhaps we should cut him some slack.

You haven’t had first-hand experience of being bombarded by their propaganda, …er.. ‘advertising campaigns’ like we have in the UK.
Especially when said company have upped their prices exorbitantly so I now have the dubious pleasure of forking out over 1000 GBP for the privelege of heating my small house for about two months of the year – mornings and evenings only. And I can’t get a much better deal from other companies.
Bunch of hypocrites, accusing people like me of ‘climate crimes’ whilst simultaneously cleaning out my wallet!