Could the government collect more in taxes from "global cooling" or "global warming"?

Question

Could the government collect more in taxes from "global cooling" or "global warming"?

Answer 1

If the Left is in control they will tax everything...

Answer 2

Who cares?

What matters is that we need to solve global warming because that's actually happening while global cooling turned out to be a mistake (which was admitted very quickly when it was discovered to be one).

Answer 3

Which government? Not the U.S. George Bush is ignoring his own science advisors and only released their report on global warming via a court order. He, like many other conservatives, hates science and hates reality. Wealth is far more important than the planet to these people.

Answer 4

And even more profiit for the oil barons that invented the whole concept.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

H. L. Mencken

Answer 5

Taxes can only be sustained by continued growth.  Warmer temperatures have historically resulted in more productivity (and thus a larger pool to tax).  Global cooling will result in lower crop yields and shortages of every kind.  There will be less to tax.  Global cooling leads to more forced rationing (as we've seen in areas with water shortages), not more taxes.

Answer 6

It depends who's in power.  Countries with conservative governments don't face added taxes because of g/w.  Countries with liberal governments will likely be taxed for either one.

Here in Canada, the liberals have already said that they'll use climate change as the main issue in the next election.  And if they win, they've said that taxes are going to go way up!  The scary thing is that they still get lots of support.  People are really going crazy over this nonsense, having been seriously misled all these years.  It's truly becoming a dangerous situation in terms of costs and keeping a solid economy.

Answer 7

They want to, and are often trying to.  I find it stupid that people are falling for it..  "Climate Change" is a great way to make money for the government.

Answer 8

Sure, everything is about getting your $113 annually, you nailed the issue.

Answer 9

global warming. global cooling. it does not matter. as long as it is global, can be blamed on capitalism, generate guilt and be assuaged by taxes- or equalization of income...Low income for those who make little lower income for those who make more. and HUGE income for government to be spent on whatever we in the ruling apparatchik desire.

Answer 10

Actually, we already are..... via taxpayers subsidies for wind, solar, ethanol...etc.