Posts Tagged ‘Edward Davey’

UK Davey prefers “cutting off his nose to spite his face”

June 19, 2013

Ed Davey’s name calling of non-believers was widely reported :

Speaking on Tuesday in Brussels during a during a CBI/EU Corporate Leaders Group event, Davey warned the consequences of inaction in the face of record emission levels were severe, calling on the European Union to adopt a 50% carbon reduction target by 2030.

Davey's nose

Davey’s nose

“There will always be those with a vested interest in the status quo. Who seek to create doubt where there is certainty,” he said. “And you will always get crackpots and conspiracy theorists who will deny they have a nose on their face if it suits them.”

Considering the millions of jobs lost as a direct consequence of subsidising intermittent renewable energy and distorting the market through carbon credits and the like, Davey is clearly one who prefers

“cutting off his nose to spite his face”

Cutting off the nose to spite the face” is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem and I can think of few things as needlessly self-destructive as the the demonisation of carbon dioxide. 

And even without a nose Davey will continue breathing out 3 – 4% carbon dioxide with every breath!!!