Prince Charles, for all his Utopian grand standing and 'save the planet speeches' with more than a whiff of socialism. he is no different to any other capitalist who believe in a monetary solution to every human problem.
Money, tax payers' money, our money has been the golden key that opened every door of opportunity for the Prince since the day he was born and will probably continue to do so till the day he dies, so it's little wonder he sees solutions to problems in monetary terms.
If the world market was a water based economy,where water was the main source of energy, the monetary solution would have more credibility, but it's not a water based economy, it's and oil based economy and that's what makes Prince Charles' monetary solutions flawed.
The practice of Prince Charles persuading rich countries to fund rain forest nations to get out of the timber business would be a good one if the value of the funding wasn't supported by the oil industry.
If Prince Charles is serious about getting involved in the business of saving the planet then he should start by not pursuing his populist agenda of playing Santa Clause with the world's currency because it's a currency that can only be sustained by drilling more oil wells.
The Prince's populist agenda will almost definitely bring short term benefits, but it will be at the cost of adding to the unrelenting demand for oil, which is causing long term damage.
So long as the world is an oil based economy,it is not possible to spend our way out of global warming, and the Prince must be aware of this, but chooses to ignore it for reasons known only to himself,but it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest it could be to do with him having found a job with an international image.
Replacing oil with a renewable source of energy to support the world in the style to which it has become accustomed is looking more and more like a pipe-dream, and maybe this could be a clue to the job Prince Charles should be doing. And because the world must cease it's dependence oN oil, sooner rather than later, it is essential that someone, the world will take note of, begins the process of proving it is possible to develop an economy not base on oil, and that's where Prince Charles could come in.
It would mean Prince Charles giving up everything that is produced or sustained by oil and creating a currency based on local and renewable produce.No more jetting round the world or traveling in a convoy of cars to visit friends, and I've even got a slogan for his new movement determined to lose the dependency on oil; 'IT WE WANT TO LOSE IT, DON'T USE IT'.
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