Talking of governments spending your money, how is it possibly correct for a government to spend your money to persuade you to a particular point of view? It's called propaganda, and always was. My main issue with this at the moment is the whole “carbon tax” thing. There is no evidence whatsoever that carbon effects temperature. The hard data tends to support the view that it gets hot and “then” the carbon increases. Still, Al Gore is doing ok out of this particular piece of nonsense (read voodoo science at jerrypournelle.com) and from his earnings from a movie in which he warned that sea levels would rise twenty meters imminently he bought.... a beach front mansion for $4,000,000

No one is that stupid. No one. So he knew he was … exaggerating, shall we say. It is also worth noting that he has investments in companies who stand to make vast sums of money if the carbon footprint legislation comes into effect. He will make billions of dollars.

But governments have taken on board his message and are set to implement energy taxes making energy more expensive, making civilization more expensive (and more likely to fail) and achieving nothing.

Thank you governments everywhere.