Is global warming used as an excuse to Tax us more and to help bring in nuclear power stations?

Question

I read that in the Thathcher years the government, commisioned a multi million pound study to prove a link between fossil fuels and global warming ,so they could push through with the their nuclear power station plan,(and close the coal mines) ,without much public objection.
Now it would appear that Labour are doing the same thing( but are also taxing us on green issuses,planes,cars etc) to push for nuclear power.
any views?

Answer 1

Global warming is a fact, but absolutely yes it is being used as an excuse to bring in more tax. So called green taxes are just extra revenue generators and are not being used or ring fenced to finance activities that benefit the environment.

This goverment that has just doubled APD (airport departure tax) is still pushing through airport expansion "for the economy"

I bet the road charging doesn't get invested in public transport either.

Don't know about the nuclear power point.

Answer 2

Global warming is an excuse for this government to tax us and, as I'm sure you know, the ghastly Brown is doing just that. The othe part of your question doesn't follow logically. Nuclear power stations will be commissioned and rightly so. In so doing, it is to be fervently hoped that specific ways of being able to de-commission them will have been found before we have find more storage solutions for the extra nuclear waste. Of course, if you don't like the thought of nuclear power, you could always rely on Russia to supply you with gas or logs or something.

Answer 3

If the planet is getting warmer then why is it getting colder? I dont remember it being so cold in sunny southern california , or hearing about all the airports being shut down for so long due to snow. I know they have been shut down for a little while but not quite so long and back to back. The northern ice cap would probably stop melting so fast if they would stop sucking all the oil out from under all the ice up that way. I find it strange that the south pole isnt melting and funny thing there isnt all that drilling going on either. I bet if they stopped drilling the ice would stop melting as fast. Before it all melts the world will freeze up again anyway and then start melting all over again.

Answer 4

basically some responses: a million) worldwide warming is a sluggish and stable style that has been going on for some years. three hundred and sixty 5 days less warm than the final does not disprove it. three hundred and sixty 5 days warmer than the final does not instruct it. a delicate boost interior the wide-unfold international easy is what information is showing. confident it must be some astounding accident that the effect is increasing as greenhouse gas emission is increasing! i think of the extra easy answer is people are responsable. 2) you in all probability additionally choose to throw interior the argument that maximum greenhouse gasses are of course occuring - confident, water vapor is definitely one of them, and the greenhouse result's significant for existence as all of us be attentive to it. this is been accomplishing a stability for thousands and thousands of years, enable's mess with it and desire there's no outcomes! you think of we choose much less people interior the international? If people might devour 50% much less ineffective crap (distinctive autos, distinctive desktops, ornamental crap, cans, bottles, double plastic wrap each and every little thing), then we could help two times as a lot of people. so which you would be able to the two make a contribution by potential of doing something existence like (cutting own waste of fabrics/capacity) or unreasonable (waiting for a million/2 the planet to renounce reproducing on the grounds which you stated so). And the remarkable answer is: we choose taxes to guard the ambience, because of fact people won't hear to thousands and thousands of arguments, the lack of a few money to the government has lots extra impression! The tax additionally must be severe sufficient that persons would be deterred from completely unneccessary waste, somewhat than in simple terms paying yet another dollar for it and whining.

Answer 5

Global warming is a fact but the cause is still in the realm of theory. But even if it is a 'fact' the other fact is that we are past the tipping point already if it is due to human generated CO2. More will make it warmer but eventually it will reach homeostasis as more greenery will thrive on the extra CO2 and bring about equilibrium (albeit higher level of CO2), but cutting back will not reverse it and the chances of kicking the fossil fuel habit is next to nil. So the answer to your question is 'Yes', it is a chance to bring in tax revenue, but completely ineffectual.

Answer 6

Hello,

(ANS) No! I DONT agree with your premiss here, the problems are not related to each other in the ways you put forwards in your argument.

The reason that the Bliar/Brown government is looking again at the nuclear power station/s issue. Is because the current crop of nuclear power generation plants are old & coming to the end of their productive life. The problem is that old nuclear stations take between 5-10years to decommission and its hugely expensive. And something has to be put in place of those old power stations?

The decisions on wheather to renew these old plants with new ones has to be taken VERY soon, why? because it takes 5-10years to build a new nuclear power station at vast cost. If the government doesnt make those choices soon the UK could see itself falling short of electricity capacity or have to import power from outside the UK.

**Despite the horrendous radioactive waste material created by these nuclear power stations (and YES! that remains a real problem agreed!!), nuclear power is sigificantly clean in the sense of having a vitrually zero carbon foot print i.e. in terms of global warming.

**The future of UK electricty generation will definiately depend in part upon nuclear power stations I cannot see how we can move away from that in this millenium. (unless we want to all live in the dark or something out of the blade runner sci fi movie?).

**UK power generation will depend upon a complex mixture or a matrix of different power technologies from bio gas & methane, solar, tidal, bio mass, wind, nulcear as well as coal & oil,etc.

**The problem is nuclear power stations have such good power generation output in terms of mega watts in comparison to other power genration methods.

**As for weather global warming is being used to tax us more you might be right, but at this point in time I think its still a grey area, its new political territory so I'm not sure as yet?

IR

Answer 7

Its an American lie to frighten the world and use the lemmings they control to expand their theories globally, scientists are now agreeing that this notion of global warming is a political lie. Look at the uninformed comments to your question from across the pond. Ride a bike and chew chewing gum at the same time..I don't think so lol

Answer 8

There isn't a problem that can't be address by adding a tax, or increasing existing ones, gov'ts love this solution....It looks like they are doing something to correct the problem, but when it doesn't, at least they have more money to spread around on their pet projects.

Answer 9

global warming has allways been an excuse to tax more.the sun is actually getting nearer to this planet every day,fact.global warming is caused by nature.where are the effin idiots hiding who cut down all the trees.

Answer 10

Yes, and to help big business who support New Labour and will throw their support behind another party if the present government lose the next election.
Money is the root of all evil!