Quote Originally Posted by NyxCC View Post
But some of the policies have been effective in curbing CO2 emissions, as you can see from the graph which shows significant numbers. Protecting forests from being cut down for example, has an impact on absorption of CO2.
This would be commendable, if CO2 was a problem. But the thing is, CO2 levels today are extremely low by Earths historical standards, and additionally - and this keeps being forgotten in the debate - CO2 is what plants are made of. The more CO2, the more plant life. And the more plant life, the more animal life. That used to be considered a good thing.


Quote Originally Posted by NyxCC View Post
I understand you may have criticism regarding the effectiveness of certain central bank policies, but blaming them for being enemy of free enterprise is a bit too much.

While they are independent from government to prevent being influenced by short term political agenda, central bankers are usually appointed by goverment and still acountable to it. The monetary policies usually aim to tackle inflation or promote economic growth and not restrict businesses. In addition, their influence on the value of a currency is not as pronounced as you may think. Central banks can only offer a limited support of one currency (let it appreciate or depreciate it against another) as they have less reserves to intervene on foreign markets than do speculators (banks that trade in currencies for profit). What happens on both domestic and foreign markets has much more influence than actual bank policies.
I'd rather not get into a detailed debate about central banking, because that's not what I want to use DreamViews for. But let me just point out that a central bank like the FED can issue as much money as it wants, and give it to whom ever it pleases. This obvously increases the money supply, and causes prices to rise (which de facto is devaluation of the currency). All the central banks do that in historical measure these days. Famously, the German central bank did the same betweeen 1918 and 1923, which ended with the total collaps of the German currency. There have been many other cases in the last 100 years (most of them in South America). Such activity destroys the value of all monetary savings, and makes winners out of spenders, and loosers out of savers. This type of motivation steers directly towards economic collaps due to the lack of savings.

Also, whether this is all done for the most noble of purposes (which I don't for a second think it is), or not, is really not particularly important. As they say: the road to hell is paved with good intentions.