A climate of hypocrisy at Copenhagen

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By Barry O'Regan

What will green cost us?  Plenty!  Prime Minister Harper's hesitation to attend the Climate change summit in Copenhagen may have been for good reason. 

One reason was to see if U.S. President Obama would blink first.  The President did and Harper is attending the Copenhagen climate meeting.

Many know this summit will rob the rich to prop up the poor in developing countries. Developing countries who are already in hock to us for billions of dollars and no way to pay us back. Will our green money in aid just be a moneypit?  Judging by past aid, it seems a never ending moneypit.

Will this solve or reduce greenhouse gases in these countries?  Perhaps yes and no, it is all dependent what these countries do with the money we give them.

  It had been foretold that thousands if not millions of Green jobs from all this Green technology will be had for all. If so for whom and when, as it provides little comfort for those laid off from their non green jobs. 

No one seems clear on who is going to develop and pay for these massive green jobs, there was talk of private enterprise with individuals being the pioneers in starting these green businesses, of course one has to have money and lots of it to start this business and consumers with money and jobs to pay for it. Bankruptcies at an all time high, will these new startups be able rely on a reluctant bank to finance these ventures or the government or should I say the taxpayer?

All countries are looking to the west for this green initiative, though it is feared the only green these leaders in Copenhagen seem interested in is our green in paper from the sinful consuming taxpayers.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of this climate change summit. One can be sure, both Prime Minister Harper and President Obama will be bruised and battered by those who point fingers at the decadent west, a  decadence most developing countries desire when they make a run for the border, our border. 

In a world of have and have nots, it seems many will not be satisfied that North America becomes a nation of have nots and is bled dry.  North America should take care of its own environment and let the rest of the world pay and take care of their own. That would be a good global neighbour policy.

The way the economy is going in North America, perhaps it will be only a matter of time we become have nots. When that happens, we can go to those haves that have benefited so generously from our billions of dollars in aid over the past decades and ask for a handout. 

Somehow when that time comes, nobody will be home to answer the door.