tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post1055931426100075681..comments2023-08-31T15:14:58.287-07:00Comments on London Green Left Blog: Emmanuel Macron & the Yellow Vests Protests: A Lesson in How Not to Mitigate Climate ChangeMike Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-38011377377455560182018-12-09T09:32:03.809-08:002018-12-09T09:32:03.809-08:00Look at the high-vis vests in the photo. They are ...Look at the high-vis vests in the photo. They are all identical and new. That means someone bought them in bulk and then handed them out. <br />That also means the protests are not a spontaneous. Who bought the vests and who organized the protests? My guess is the fossil fuel companies. <br />I find this talk that the protesters are actually protesting tax cuts for the wealthy by protesting taxes on fossil fuels hard to believe.<br />Keith McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09587301311936777604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-5504429861879480532018-12-09T08:44:09.451-08:002018-12-09T08:44:09.451-08:00It certainly needs to be a part of a whole differe...It certainly needs to be a part of a whole different approach, but as a blunt instrument, it has never worked anywhere. Macron cut taxes for the rich, and then tried of raise the money from fuel tax, on ordinary people. All under the cover of climate change. This approach is always doomed to failure.Mike Shaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796480031110991460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2440117683736860632.post-32780626558651676892018-12-09T04:49:09.515-08:002018-12-09T04:49:09.515-08:00Taxes on fuel can work to reduce emissions if publ...Taxes on fuel can work to reduce emissions if public transport is supplied and the tax income from fuel duties is shown to be put directly back into the hands of the poorer sections of society see British ColumbiaPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17075985371134395058noreply@blogger.com