History is filled with myths about how man's pursuit of knowledge—and specifically his discovery of the secret of fire—is a sin that must be punished by the gods.
Few societies have chosen to meet out that punishment against themselves. But that is precisely what is demanded by the modern myth of global warming.
Hence the pattern of today's events. The Colorado School of Mines has just announced an "unprecedented increase" in domestic natural gas reserves, which have expanded by more than a third in only two years. This is part of a larger story about a string of new discoveries revealing an abundance of fossil fuels for future exploration.
Yet the full effort of Western government is being devoted to preventing us from using these resources. A new study, for example, advocates artificially increasing the price of gasoline to $7 per gallon in order to meet the Obama administration's "greenhouse gas" targets. And that's probably an under-estimate.
Then there is the news that the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels—the new aristocracy that now rules Europe—are planning to impose a direct tax on all fossil fuels throughout the continent. It is the first new source of funding that will provide money directly to the EU aristocracy, making them independent of Europe's actual, elected governments.
"EU Draws Up Plans for First Direct Tax with Fuel Levy," Bruno Waterfield, Daily Telegraph, March 4
The European Union is drawing up plans for its first direct tax with a "green" levy on petrol, coal and natural gas that could cost British consumers up to £3 billion.
Proposals expected to be announced next month would give the EU its first funding which would not come from national governments.
Algirdas Semeta, the new European commissioner for taxation, is planning a "minimum rate of tax on carbon" across the whole EU as a "priority."
"In my estimation it is possible to start discussions," he told European Voice, a weekly Brussels newspaper. "There is currently the right momentum."…
Following the new Lisbon Treaty, the EU now has an expensive array of new institutions including a new President of Europe and a foreign minister with her own diplomatic service.
Hervé Jouanjean, Director General of the European Commission's Budget department, recently told a Brussels audience that the EU was "very close to paralysis" because of the reluctance of stretched national treasuries to give it funding….
The new tax would lead to direct rises in petrol and energy bills and additional price increases due to higher costs for industry.
Robert Tracinski writes daily commentary at TIADaily.com. He is the editor of "The Intellectual Activist (TIA)" and contributor to "The Freedom Fighter's Journal."
Few societies have chosen to meet out that punishment against themselves. But that is precisely what is demanded by the modern myth of global warming.
Hence the pattern of today's events. The Colorado School of Mines has just announced an "unprecedented increase" in domestic natural gas reserves, which have expanded by more than a third in only two years. This is part of a larger story about a string of new discoveries revealing an abundance of fossil fuels for future exploration.
Yet the full effort of Western government is being devoted to preventing us from using these resources. A new study, for example, advocates artificially increasing the price of gasoline to $7 per gallon in order to meet the Obama administration's "greenhouse gas" targets. And that's probably an under-estimate.
Then there is the news that the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels—the new aristocracy that now rules Europe—are planning to impose a direct tax on all fossil fuels throughout the continent. It is the first new source of funding that will provide money directly to the EU aristocracy, making them independent of Europe's actual, elected governments.
"EU Draws Up Plans for First Direct Tax with Fuel Levy," Bruno Waterfield, Daily Telegraph, March 4
The European Union is drawing up plans for its first direct tax with a "green" levy on petrol, coal and natural gas that could cost British consumers up to £3 billion.
Proposals expected to be announced next month would give the EU its first funding which would not come from national governments.
Algirdas Semeta, the new European commissioner for taxation, is planning a "minimum rate of tax on carbon" across the whole EU as a "priority."
"In my estimation it is possible to start discussions," he told European Voice, a weekly Brussels newspaper. "There is currently the right momentum."…
Following the new Lisbon Treaty, the EU now has an expensive array of new institutions including a new President of Europe and a foreign minister with her own diplomatic service.
Hervé Jouanjean, Director General of the European Commission's Budget department, recently told a Brussels audience that the EU was "very close to paralysis" because of the reluctance of stretched national treasuries to give it funding….
The new tax would lead to direct rises in petrol and energy bills and additional price increases due to higher costs for industry.
Robert Tracinski writes daily commentary at TIADaily.com. He is the editor of "The Intellectual Activist (TIA)" and contributor to "The Freedom Fighter's Journal."
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