Story of Cap & Trade, The Critique

Posted by admin on March 9th, 2010 and filed under story critics | 25 Comments »

This is a Critique of, “The Story of Cap & Trade,” by Annie Leonard. I previously debunked her leftist Indoctrination video called, “The Story of Stuff.” That four-part series can be seen below along with other links for references. “The Story of Cap & Trade” at the very least attacks the abject absurdity of Cap & Trade.

Previous Video on “Hide the Decline”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs6ofn46xUY

Richard Lindzen Lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHg3ZztDAw

(See Critique below)

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5uJgG05xUY

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzHU3ZfTtY

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgLrZc7cws8

Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XeW5ilk-9Y

Glenn Beck Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkpVXv0SYs

Lou Dobbs Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTJdpbUYhY

Duration : 0:8:28


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25 Responses

  1. DaBlurr777 Says:

    Spot on man, spot on
    Spot on man, spot on

  2. DaBlurr777 Says:

    Extreme liberal …
    Extreme liberal people just make me want to laugh. All they want to do is suck on the big tit called ‘government’ and ignore the consequences. Well let’s see how that worked out, Russia? Vietnam north Korea? Hmm… not so good huh. C’mon Liberals grow some brains! dont let them atrophy like this!

  3. DaBlurr777 Says:

    Global climate …
    Global climate change is such a joke, and even if it was a real threat becoming communists is not the solution! These extreme liberal people just make me laugh, All they want to do is suck on the big tit called “government” and ignore the consequences: ahem *Russia?” ahem *vietnam?* C’mon people grow brains!!!

  4. educatedworldcitizen Says:

    Anyone who appears …
    Anyone who appears on Fox News is not intelligent or informed enough to be deemed credible on issues of this complexity. This exceptionally weak rebuttal is ample evidence of this fact.

  5. QI1994 Says:

    EPA EPA …
    EPA EPA EPAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

  6. Kinopio2000 Says:

    Wait? You are …
    Wait? You are saying other nations are poor because they are not “free”?

    Leaving the stupid argument aside, U.S.A. still has or should have some amount of responsibility for some of the mess they have caused, including pollution, exploitation and violation of countries sovereignty.

  7. Crustanarchy Says:

    The main problem we …
    The main problem we have is the melting of the southern ice cap, which would only be sped up by the melting of the northern… everything is connected… you can’t just let one fail. Greenland is a freaken landmass too.

  8. Crustanarchy Says:

    Yes because we all …
    Yes because we all know the government creates wealth… haha ha

  9. Crustanarchy Says:

    You have no concept …
    You have no concept of basic physics. Where’s all that melted ice gonna go if it can’t re-freeze? It doesn’t disappear! How would it cause no rise, that isn’t logical, facts please.

  10. Crustanarchy Says:

    Well they are. =P
    Well they are. =P

  11. Crustanarchy Says:

    OMG not taxes!!!! …
    OMG not taxes!!!! You know in the 1950’s the income tax was 91% for those making $400,000 or more. Ah socialism….. it was great wasn’t it? (except for brown people)

  12. ballsjohnson1 Says:

    yes, that holds …
    yes, that holds true for the northern ice cap, but the southern ice cap is fully on land, and if that melts then you’ve got a problem, actually, probably not you, but a whole lot of other people that have never seen a tv or driven a car… but who cares about them anyways?

  13. MAJ061785 Says:

    I love 4:36. That …
    I love 4:36. That was so true and hilarious.

  14. daveassanowicz Says:

    Carbon = pollutant? …
    Carbon = pollutant? Yikes!!! I’m a carbon based lifeform. How about you? If Enviro-Nazi’s truly believe humans are harming the planet why don’t they put their $ where their mouth is and “off” themselves?

  15. dangerprudent Says:

    let the french …
    let the french answer then: gosh you still haven’t realized your entire “wealth” or “growth” has little economic foundation. Furthermore, did you ever wonder what your “wealth” means or how it is measured?
    So what is it? “a useless gov’ is good cause we can get the biggest SUV”?

  16. dangerprudent Says:

    thermoexpansion …
    thermoexpansion will happen to the ocean itself man. It’s not north pole melting that will flood island but the ocean expanding because it slowly gets warmer. (+the antartica melting as well… because THAT is a continent and water would run off it into the ocean )

  17. DAVEYWAVEYBABY Says:

    Your video is …
    Your video is better that Anne’s, but they’re both still pretty weak. She lies flat out, you lie in a smooth psychological fashion. Only critical thinkers will understand that there actually ARE pros and cons to cap and trade. Hence, it’s debated in legislature and argued about and remains to be past…. WTF people? i thought we were Americans

  18. rainzoro Says:

    honestly it is very …
    honestly it is very confusing how some ppl are screaming about the world’s end, and then some are telling us to calm down the data is fine.

    i submitted a final paper about global warming by using Al Gore’s book and i got a C for that because the professor said that Al Gore’s informations are subjective

  19. ThoughtCriminal912 Says:

    yeah and how much …
    yeah and how much this the US steal from other countries. How many dictators they put into power they could control and help stealing natural resources etc.

  20. DeKlughb Says:

    YOU ROCK MAN!
    YOU ROCK MAN!

  21. frichikendz Says:

    H2O expands as it …
    H2O expands as it freezes and contracts as it lets, displacing the exact same amount of fluid in either state. So if the northern ice cap did melt, it would cause absolutely no rise in the level of the ocean.

    So is that going to flood islands???

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  23. HoosierMP Says:

    @LordImmolation i …
    @LordImmolation i think you’re way off base….we became the the wealthiest country this world has ever seen becuz of how our Gov’t was set-up…

  24. LordImmolation Says:

    My point is, that …
    My point is, that being a “free nation” with limited Gov’t had very little to do with the vast differences in wealth between Europe (and North America) and the rest of the world. One of the reasons Europeans became wealthy is because of the agricultural resources that were available to them (among other factors of course), once this initial advantage was granted, it was ceased upon by centuries of colonial and neo-colonial exploitation of other groups of people.

  25. HoosierMP Says:

    @LordImmolation i …
    @LordImmolation i don’t get your point…we became a wealthy nation becuz we are a free nation and had limited Gov’t…what’s wrong with that statement??

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