Newsroom reports:
Carr, who ends his five-year tenure as the commission’s first chair on Sunday, was also given an opportunity for a parting message to policymakers by the select committee.
“What my kids would say is I should have known this stuff a long time ago. I think we’re past the stage where any of our elected leaders can afford not to know and understand that human activity is changing the climate. That the science is telling us that it is changing more rapidly than we thought. That the science is explaining better how it shows up in our backyards,” he said.
“That those who continue to promote the combustion of fossil fuels in the open air without permanent carbon capture and storage are, in my view, committing a crime against humanity.”
The term crimes against humanity is generally associated with genocide etc. Here we have the outing Climate Commission Chair saying that merely advocating for the use of fossil fuels in the future is a crime against humanity.
How long should these people be jailed for, according to Carr? Because surely that is the minimum punishment for crimes against humanity.
Is Carr saying that Shane Jones should be imprisoned for disagreeing with him?
This rhetoric from Carr is what leads to murders as recently seen in the US. If you label disagreement of opinion as a crime against humanity, you are giving a green light for violent extremism.
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