OPINION

Spend wisely, please

Re: "PM doubles down on digital wallet", (BP, Nov 5).

Regarding this proposed digital wallet extravagance, has it occurred to its advocates that the Russia-Ukraine war has affected regional economies significantly for some time, including Thailand.

Thus, one would expect this government to spend with more caution due to the increasing fear of escalation in the Gaza conflict and subsequent financial and other ramifications if more countries become involved. And don't forget the warnings of a long-term drought that have been issued and what that portends.

As Mr Micawber from David Copperfield said: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery."

Silent about Kyiv

Has anyone noticed that since Oct 7, the national and international news media have been silent about a war in Ukraine?

Destruction their goal

Re: "Hottest October globally marks fifth record-shattering month", (World, Nov 8) & "Heat's rising for Thailand to go green", (Opinion, Nov 8).

The concerted efforts of climate alarmists and their UN, EU, and WEF puppet masters is evident prior to the UNCOP28 climate conference this month.

AFP churns out its usual "2023 the warmest year in history" climate emergency propaganda which is supported by tailored mathematical climate modelling and highly selective data filtering.

Real-world climate data has nothing to do with this effort to make everyone eager to comply with the UN's egregious regulatory overreach.

UN climate policy is really designed to transfer wealth and power away from the petrodollar and into the hands of those who fund the UN and their unelected minions.

While I respect some of what Ajarn Somkiat Tangkitvanich has done for Thailand, he is a computer and policy guy, not a climate scientist.

In his TDRI keynote speech, he says: "The world is boiling hot, not simply warming. Therefore, Thailand's response must extend beyond planting trees and carbon credit sales."

There is simply no data to support the first statement.

Khun Somkiat should take a few days to study climate science thoroughly and understand a world full of lithium in toxic form, EVs which require electricity from the grid, sleep-depriving and cancer-causing pollution, fake food, endless wars, and a lack of carbon dioxide.

This deep destruction appears to be the ultimate goal of policymakers at the global level.

Covid-19 and the WHO's current global health treaty initiatives, among an avalanche of other ruinous policies, should teach us important lessons about their true agenda.

Horses for courses

Re: "No stopping me", (PostBag, Nov 7).

One is somewhat bemused by Eric Bahrt's lament, especially in his comparison with another prolific contributor to PostBag, Burin Kantabutra. Please allow me to be personal.

Burin is a gentleman and also controversial, but his flagship is against all injustice, especially against those in power.

One is sometimes concerned with his safety. There is no name-calling in any of his letters.

For Eric, his thought is educational but unbending and not agreeable to challenges of any sort and sometimes resorts to name-calling.

One is a boxer ready to argue; another is a wrestler just wanting to floor an opponent. In sum, it is the privilege of the paper's editor to publish anyone's letter. His or her choice reflects the paper's quality.