Why The World Must Set a Price on Carbon (msn.com)
It is time to level with the public and start building a new narrative. Yes, the once-in-a-century energy transition will require prices to rise temporarily—on everything from transport and supplier costs to heating and electricity bills—while the world is still using fossil fuels; but carbon pricing will shift business practice and consumer behavior, making lower-carbon alternatives more accessible and reliable in the near future. A price on carbon will make green products increasingly more affordable than fossil fuel-based products in energy, transportation, agriculture, and construction.
The author of this is Lynn Forester de Rothschild, from one of the world’s wealthiest banking dynasties and a global elitist. She married into the Rothschild dynasty; her own parents made their money in general aviation. Born in the U.S., she did studies in Switzerland, when young, and later went on to found and run companies in Europe. She is on the Board of Directors of Gulfstream, the private jet manufacturer.
There is no realistic path that gets us to cheaper lower-carbon alternatives within the next 15-25 years. Thus, Lynn Forester de Rothschild would condemn many of us to de facto climate lock downs for the rest of their lives.
As well documented in our Climate Hypocrites lists, the wealthy buy Carbon Indulgences and continue to galivant about the world by private jet while the rest of us must alter our lives and suffer, in order to ensure that the wealthy’s business investments in “de-carboning” industries become profitable. Wow.
Lynn Forester de Rothschild is a total hypocrite – she knows damn well that people like her will readily buy Climate Indulgences and carry on as always – again, she’s a Director of Gulfstream. But you dear peon will be told that you can no longer travel – because climate.
