Do you feel the Global Warming Campaign is real enough to warrant a goverment to control personal vehicles?

PO1 Michael Johnson — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:39:10 -0500

The UK government today announced a plan to remotely control vehicles on roads using wi-fi technology in order to reduce traffic and offset global warming, the latest manifestation of the ‘Internet of Things’ that will stir up concern amongst privacy advocates.
The proposals are being billed by some media outlets as a means of solving traffic jams and taking the stress out of finding a parking space, while also serving to reduce “greenhouse gases” and offset global warming.
However, buried in the report is a detail that will horrify many libertarians and privacy advocates. The state plans to achieve this new high-tech solution by fitting sensors in all cars that would wirelessly send information to a “central traffic control system”. The control system would then react by imposing remote speed limits on each vehicle, a “shockwave effect” which would cause each one to brake and accelerate in unison.

Will this happen soon in the United States? If this does I would rather purchase a older vehicle.

Car manufacturer Nissan is also developing a similar system to be implemented in Japan.
The blueprint was revealed at the same time it emerged that the U.S. Justice Department had built a national database for real-time tracking of vehicles, “a secret domestic intelligence-gathering program that scans and stores hundreds of millions of records about motorists,” reports the Wall Street Journal.

The proposal serves to underscore the privacy and civil liberties threat posed by so-called “smart technology” and the ‘Internet of Things’.

Response by SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA made Jan 28 at 2015 4:00 PM

SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:00:34 -0500

I believe that what we believe has nothing to do with global warming, it is another way to create money from thin air either way. It is not about making the planet more clean, it is about charging every single auto driver a fee when it comes to autos. Then the countries take these "carbon credit" and sell them to 3rd world countries to make billions...it is all created out of thin air.

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Jan 28 at 2015 6:10 PM

LTC Yinon Weiss — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:10:26 -0500

Something felt off when I read your post about this story, so I just googled it. I cannot find a single mainstream media outlet that covered it. So I looked for the source document...

Below is a link to the original "announcement." There is just nothing in there about the government controlling private vehicles, only control of the infrastructure, which of course it already does, and could do so better with new technologies.

Just because somebody on the internet wrote something, doesn't mean it's true. I always try to look at the source, and look for the original content, so I don't have to depend on people's bias.

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/iot/statement/IoTStatement.pdf

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2016 12:35 AM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:35:34 -0500

-- To the basis of this discussion (re:Global Warming and it's realities) Substantial pier review is not correct or the numbers fudged, to get the results they wanted. The IPCC and the GRU do not let pier reviewed rebuttals. Between the refuted "hockey sticks" and (GWP), this information is redacted or not even used. LTC Yinon Weiss