Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Dr. Willie Soon; The new President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has threatened to impose import duties on China unless they implement a domestic Chinese carbon tax.
Davos 2020: Ursula von der Leyen warns China to price carbon or face tax
Commission president sets out Brussels’ plan for CO2 border adjustment mechanism
Mehreen Khan in Brussels and Gideon Rachman in Davos YESTERDAY
Ursula von der Leyen has warned China and other large fossil fuel producers to find a way to price carbon at home or risk being hit by the EU with a planned CO2 tax on imports.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, the president of the European Commission laid out Brussels’ plan to set up a carbon border adjustment mechanism that would hit importers from countries that do not respect international climate goals.
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“There is no point in only reducing greenhouse gas emissions at home, if we increase the import of CO2 from abroad,” Ms von der Leyen told delegates at Davos. “It is not only a climate issue; it is also an issue of fairness towards our businesses and our workers. We will protect them from unfair competition.”
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“If this turns into a global trend, we will have a global level playing field where no carbon border tax will be necessary,” said Ms von der Leyen.
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Speaking in Davos, Prince Charles, the heir to the UK throne, backed higher carbon taxes to “reverse perverse subsidies and improve incentives for sustainable alternatives”.
He said: “It is time to level the playing field and to think about how we properly deploy taxes, policies and regulations in a way that catalyses sustainable markets.”
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“We simply cannot waste any more time,” he said. “The only limit is our willingness to act and the time to act is now.”
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Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/c93694c8-3d15-11ea-a01a-bae547046735
Ursula von der Leyen is a deep green, who has advocated for a European version of the Green New Deal. Brexit leader Nigel Farage has accused Ursula of being a hardline communist. Farage was the only British political leader to throw his wholehearted support behind President Trump’s campaign in 2016, and shared the platform with President Trump during the campaign.
Before key Merkel ally Ursula von der Leyen parachuted to safety as the new head of the European Commission, effectively the EU’s central executive committee, she was struggling with answering difficult questions in Germany over the accidental wiping of mobile phone evidence relating to her alleged awarding of large defence contracts to external consultants without proper oversight.
“It is not only a climate issue; it is also an issue of fairness towards our businesses and our workers. We will protect them from unfair competition.”
I thought green energy was cheaper? So how then could China have an “unfair” advantage if they are relying heavily on fossil fuel energy?
But… but…. I keep hearing from all the Progressive that Green energy is so much cheaper than fossil fuel energy. Geez… China should already be at a really huge disadvantage using hideously more expensive fossil fuels for the very energy intensive industry of manufacturing. Why do they need a CO2 tax? All of the fossil fuel reliant companies will soon be bankrupt anyways… no??
“Before key Merkel ally Ursula von der Leyen parachuted to safety as the new head of the European Commission, effectively the EU’s central executive committee, she was struggling with answering difficult questions in Germany over the accidental wiping of mobile phone evidence relating to her alleged awarding of large defence contracts to external consultants without proper oversight.”
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German defense minister von der Leyen ordered, without cost consulting, the repair of the german sailing cadetship Gorch Fock:
https://www.google.com/search?q=repair+costs+for+German+cadetship+gorch+fock&oq=repair+costs+for+German+cadetship+gorch+fock&aqs=chrome.
Says it all:
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-huawei&sxsrf=ACYBGNRqwDZJu8VW_kn2aQ0Do48KY9DS_Q:1580877049625&q=woman+cadet+died+on+sailing+cadet+ship+Gorch+fock&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJvuf3ybnnAhUjiIsKHcVwAeEQBSgAegQICxAC&biw=360&bih=518&dpr=3
“Before key Merkel ally Ursula von der Leyen parachuted to safety as the new head of the European Commission, effectively the EU’s central executive committee, she was struggling with answering difficult questions in Germany over the accidental wiping of mobile phone evidence relating to her alleged awarding of large defence contracts to external consultants without proper oversight.”
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German defense minister von der Leyen ordered, without cost consulting, the repair of the german sailing cadetship Gorch Fock:
https://www.google.com/search?q=repair+costs+for+German+cadetship+gorch+fock&oq=repair+costs+for+German+cadetship+gorch+fock&aqs=chrome.
Says it all:
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-huawei&sxsrf=ACYBGNRqwDZJu8VW_kn2aQ0Do48KY9DS_Q:1580877049625&q=woman+cadet+died+on+sailing+cadet+ship+Gorch+fock&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJvuf3ybnnAhUjiIsKHcVwAeEQBSgAegQICxAC&biw=360&bih=518&dpr=3
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Incomprehensible why such people want to give advice to others.
Corrected 4 EU members rates VETOED –> 4 EU members STATES VETOED
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Bob Turner January 24, 2020 at 1:22 pm
Alan the Brit: that’s drivel.
The European Commission is the EU civil service. It prepares legislation.
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The EU is illegitimate insofar as the EU has NO applicable CONSTITUTION.
Because of the irreparable failure to give every EU member, including members still to come,
the veto rights, the EU is nothing but a lame duck depending on the lawn care worker.
Once ALL the EU authorities conferenced a whole year, formulating an EU Constitution comprising 1,000 pages. That 4 EU members states VETOED.
While working on that “constitution” the people of the EU asked “what are you doing, will that represent our will”.
The repeated answer was wait and see, you get informed in time.
The truth is: no one had the comprehension over every paragraph of a “Constitution” spilled over 1,000 pages.
Till today no one has the comprehension over every paragraph of a “VETOED Constitution” spilled over 1,000 pages.
After that whole ONE YEAR, without a workable constitution, said authorities
sat together ANOTHER YEAR in sunny Paris or wherever on an amendment to the failed Constitution: comprising a “discussion of values”, spilled over another 1,000 pages.
Rotten, decayed, useless, ruinous.
unfähig und zu allem fähig.
Unable and all able to jump to the worst.