Tram Town
Monday, November 13, 2006
| Category: Warmening I hope your computer can read Acrobat files, Jack, because you simply must read The Economics and Politics of Climate Change - An Appeal to Reason by Nigel Lawson. Amongst a lot of other wisdom is this absolute cracker: Perhaps the most important application of the precautionary principle is to the precautionary principle itself. Otherwise we may find ourselves doing very stupid things in its name.Common sense seems to run in the family; I certainly approved of his daughter Nigella's approach to cooking. From his Wikipedia entry: While in opposition, he co-ordinated tactics with government backbenchers Jeff Rooker and Audrey Wise to secure legislation providing for the automatic indexation of tax thresholds to prevent the tax burden being increased by inflation (typically in excess of 10% per annum during that parliament).Australian politicians still don't get this one! |
