Today I would like to talk about methane and the ability the government has to regulate anything it pleases. First what do these guys do, sit around a desk and try to figure out what to regulate next? The current decision is to regulate methane; apparently this gas is 21 times more dangerous than carbon dioxide and must be kept controlled for our own safety. So now the government is going to regulate the amount of methane that can be released.
OK does this mean that pig and cattle ranchers have to insert a gauge in the anus of every animal so they can know how much gas they release? How about us humans? What about the swamps around the country, we better dry those up. Folks this is ridicules. CO2 is created by humans after breathing the O2 that plants make from it. We cannot survive without it and either can the plants. Methane is a naturally occurring gas that dissipates quickly and although dangerous in large quantities in closed spaces it is not a green house danger at all it dissipates quickly.
So if this pardon the phrase bullshit is not about global warming what is it about? Well it is about several things, control is probably the main thing, lets ratchet up our control of our citizens. I am not a scientist and do not profess to be one but I do remember my 3rd grade science and the need for CO2 and O2 and how methane is produced and I do have a modicum of common sense. Just like global warming has turned into global climate change and will soon change again as science disproves what the government is backing recently, it will be disproved because the reason the government is backing it, is not because they are right but because it helps them regulate you and stay in control.
I am not saying the emissions do not harm the planet but if left to its own devices the free market who ultimately is controlled by the people will adjust and correct on its own as the people decide what is best. We will make those decisions by our actions not our laws. You cannot regulate conformity and you cannot regulate people’s morality although for some reason we keep trying to. Any politician who believes that government regulations help is really saying they help keep the populace in need of them. Regulations have never solved anything but the free market has and will continue if allowed to.
I will give a common sense example here, we know it is common sense to wear a seat belt, but in most cases the government finds a need to order us to. When we don’t they get to ticket us. They make money and get to tell us they are right. Did wearing the seat belt prevent anything? Did it prevent the accident? Now for the record it may prevent an injury or even death but wearing one should be an individual’s choice not the governments and remember it has become a source of income for the government, which makes all of its money through you. The more it has the less you do.
Some government regulation is necessary and proper but regulating how much water flows through your toilet or when you should act safely is a waste of time for the government unless they are trying to take more of your money.