Who Pays for Global Warming? The Poor

Monday, October 27, 2008, 13:19
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Back when the news broke about rising food prices due, in part, to ethanol production to save the planet from global warming, I mentioned that the poor was the hardest hit. Today, the MidKnight Review blog explores some other issues where the poor may be the hardest hit in the struggle to curtail global warming. With many around the globe struggling just to feed themselves and their families each day, how can they react to the price of goods that are eco-friendly? Green homes cost more than traditional homes. Green cars cost more than traditional cars. And, on a personal note, we’ve already witnessed news about food riots because staple crops are being converted into fuel. If carbon taxes are levied on food producers, how will the poor eat? And it’s the same people that once stood up for the poor, with their targeted tax cuts and social programs that are now hurting them the most.

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A social and fiscal conservative, I scour the news for information that disputes the current man-made global warming indoctrination that takes place around the world. I take a rather sarcastic approach to reporting on the nonsense being spewed by the talking heads in the media and the governments around the world.