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UN Official: Spend Stimulus Money on Climate Change Mitigation
posted 03-10-08
Excerpt Reuters report "Spend money to aid economy on climate -UN official ":
Governments should use public money aimed at deflecting the threat of recession to spur savings by backing energy efficiency too, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, said.
UNEP is hosting 154-nation climate change talks this week in Monaco aimed at show-casing the need for government investment in the fight against climate change.
It is the biggest climate meeting since nearly 200 countries agreed in December in Bali, Indonesia, to launch talks on a new pact to fight global warming to succeed or extend the Kyoto Protocol after 2012.
"How can some of the economic stimulus now being considered be used for win-wins?" Achim said to reporters on Wednesday.
"Could some of the funds be spent on phasing in renewable energy?"
U.S. President George W. Bush last week signed into law a $168 billion economic stimulus package including billions of dollars in tax rebates and incentives for businesses to buy new equipment. The aim is to prop up market confidence after failing mortgage repayments fed a cycle of credit pullbacks by lenders.
And so the UN guy wants the US (during an election year no less) to not send bribes to voters and businesses, but to help stop global warming. Is he nuts? Does he think that voters and donors would be happier to get a card saying a windmill had been constructed in their name? I mean happy enough to vote for their incumbent legislators, and political allies of current president George W. Bush?
Sure, creating an infrastructure to pull cheap alternative energy from wind, sun and whatever could help make the world a better place, but get real.
Like I said, it's an election year.
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