11/24/2022

Singapore going green - is it a good idea?





'We hear a lot about ‘Green’ energy, the ‘Green new deal’, reducing our ‘carbon footprint’ and ‘sustainable development’, policies which are being promoted by a wide range of extremely committed environmental and conservation groups such as the Sierra Club, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Clean Air Council in the US and many international organizations and prominent politicians. ‘Green’ polices have been promoted by US Vice President Kamala Harris, encouraging Americans to purchase [expensive] electric cars and endorsed by the paper of record (NYT) and other corporate media outlets. Any policy that reduces the production of ‘greenhouse’ gasses, such as CO2, is certainly a noble and worthwhile objective, that should be supported. Unfortunately, most of these groups, at least in the US, where I live, are missing the proverbial ‘elephant in the room’. This includes:

1. The entire structure of American society has been built around fossil fuel consumption. This includes the use of automobiles and jet airplanes for transportation. The profits of very powerful corporate interests, including energy corporations, automobile manufactures and their suppliers, banks and insurance companies and law firms to name a few, are highly dependent on fossil fuel consumption and ‘greenhouse’ gas production. They are not about to give this up without a big fight, including going to war.

2. The military is a key pillar of a [declining] American empire, with the Pentagon serving as the ‘enforcer’ of US global power, but is also the largest of consumer of fossil fuels and largest polluter in the world [32]. The Pentagon is supported by all factions of the ruling elite, readily apparent from the near-unanimous bipartisan support for every military appropriation in Congress (appropriation for 2023 is $773 billion). Not surprisingly, most environmental groups, which are dependent on funding from corporate-backed foundations, such as the Ford Foundation, Home Depot Foundation, etc. [50] are not going to ‘bite the hand’ that feeds them. Likewise, US corporate media is controlled by 6 large corporations whose class interests reflect those of the petrochemical companies and other large corporations [51] [52] [53]. Any reporter who steps out of line- i.e., criticizes the functioning of the US empire, including fossil fuel consumption, is immediately reprimanded and/or fired.

The survival of the American Empire is highly dependent on fossil fuel consumption and control of global energy reserves. This dependency has created irresolvable problems and led to a chaotic and at times, contradictory foreign policy.

Fossil fuels still dominate US foreign policy. This can be seen from the enduring presence of military bases throughout the ME and maintaining generous financial support for Israel and the ruling families of Gulf Monarchies [57]. At the same time, these ruling families have watched the US/UK/NATO ferment coups in Iran (1953) [58] [59] and steal resources, invade and/or destroy Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen; impose crippling economic sanctions and/or confiscate the assets of countries deemed a threat to US global power such as Iran, Venezuela and Russia and sabotage energy infrastructure (see below).

Link to article:
http://thesaker.is/the-middle-east-and-us-global-power-fossil-fuel-lifeblood-of-the-american-empire/

Anonymous

8 comments:

  1. https://mustsharenews.com/ama-haw-par-villa/

    Ask Me Anything With Savita Kashyap The Executive Director For Haw Par Villa

    We need them to look after haw par villa also???

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  2. What is an Indian doing in Haw Par Villa? This is like Sunak becoming PM of Britain.

    Another Indian to be appointed to head Chinatown renewal?

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  3. A CECA Indian running Haw Par Villa, a theme park based on Chinese mythology!? What has Singapore become? A part of India?

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  4. Next an Indian will head the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and then an Indian PM.

    All the Chinese Clans will also appoint an Indian as their head or adviser.

    The first break was when they appointed the an Indian as the Vice Chancellor of Nanyang Technology University.

    Stupidity has no cure.

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  5. Father and mother got sold. Country got sold.

    Is it no one knows or no one cares?

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  6. Everything that is able to generate money is good for
    Sin Leeders .
    All others
    are secondary.
    Ruthlessness and pragmatism are the Order and Philosophy of the Sin Leeders.

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  7. Yes, must include Stupidity.

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  8. Just 3 simple points.

    There are NO first world country that is carbon neutral. The idiots have been trying for decades. Two countries in the world are, both 3rd world. One is bhutan. What to regress? Go ahead

    Pap burns 40% of rubbish! How on earth can peesai be considered green in any reality? Are sinkies stupid?

    The great arab owning powergrid was burning so much fossil fuel we have excess! Hence the other electric companies happened!

    For how stupid pap, my indon friend told me their oil is only half of here. They also buy 90% of their oil. American lackey pap have to buy expensive angmoh oil instead of buying more from brunei! This is a hellhole. With even more electric cars and charging ports being pushed, expect bills to skyrocket. Congrats sinkie



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