Maqqa wrote on Apr 8
th, 2011 at 10:13pm:
philperth2010 wrote on Apr 8
th, 2011 at 4:48pm:
Maqqa wrote on Apr 8
th, 2011 at 7:44am:
philperth2010 wrote on Apr 8
th, 2011 at 7:38am:
The Coalition are committed to the same target.....A 5% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020.....What people need to ask is what scheme has been proven to work and is the most effective......All the opposition has to do is find some evidence to support there absurd claims and they have a policy.....At the moment the Coalition have no plan accept to do very little about climate change and deny anything that does not support there policy.....Can anyone from the Coalition explain why Professor John Daley is wrong or do the Coalition just want to stick there head in the sand and deny everything that does not support there pathetic argument???
This is DIRECTLY due to the fact Rudd ratified Kyoto
Otherwise there would be no need to commit to these targets
Your comment does not change the fact Abbott's policy is based on his belief in Climate Change.....CRAP!!!
So one moment you say he doesn't believe now you say he does believe
And your comment and/or Labor's Carbon Tax will make even 1% on carbon emission
Abbott is playing a game with regards to showing the people of Australia what his actual beliefs are regarding Climate Change.
In effect he is trying to be all things to all people, and his long time stance as a Climate Change denier, is well known, and on the public record, with his most famous statement saying that he thinks it is, "absolute crap!".
Now Abbott is above all else, a political animal, and he knows that he won the leadership of the Liberal Party with the support of like minded deniers of Climate Change within his party, and he also is well aware that there is a significant proportion of media personalities who campaign vigorously to promote denial of the known science, and that they, and their listeners, are very strongly allied to Tony Abbotts cause.
On the other hand, there is the other segment of the community who do accept the known science, and believe that we are obligated to act to reduce our Carbon Emissions, and at the time of the 2007 election, that figure was around 80% of the voting public, and Abbott wants to create the perception that he would act on Climate Change if in government, so as to try and secure their vote, so he makes weakly delivered responses, like, "the coalition's position is that climate change is real. Humanity is making a contribution".
These halfhearted, and totally disingenuous comments are made in a cynical attempt to try and claim that they would treat the matter of Global Warming seriously, for the section of the community who recognise the seriousness of the issue, and who demand that whichever party is in power, needs to take action that is effective in lowering our Carbon Emissions, while at the same time being so vaguely delivered as to allow the deniers of climate change to believe he is still one of them, and is merely making a token gesture to get the politically correct crowd off his back, but he will actually do as little as he possibly can, and continue to promote misunderstanding and confusion about the science, and maintain a policy of inaction which allows everyone to carry on increasing their carbon consumption at accelerating levels.
This was evidenced by the fact that just one day before making the statement that "the coalition's position",(note he did not attach any Personal Belief to the statement) is that climate change is real", he made this staement, which was an expression of his Personal Beliefs, "The science is not settled", and also went on to say that Carbon Dioxide is not the "environmental villain" that people make it out to be.
So just one day apart we have the leader of the opposition making statements that should be considered as contradictory, and while his words convey a confused position, the message actually comes through loud and clear, he is a denier of climate change, but for the sake of political expediency, he has to pretend he is not, but don't worry, he will make sure as little as is humanly possible, will be done to combat climate change, while he is in charge.
That is why the opposition policies amount to little more than creating schemes that will allow for delivering financial handouts to portions of the community to be chosen by the Libs, which provides a great opportunity for a bit of pork barreling in the guise of climate action, but major polluters will not be penalised, and will most likely just be in line for a share of the grants money to setup ineffectual schemes for Carbon sequestration that will deliver very little, if anything, in the way of reduced Carbon Emissions.
A vote for Abbott, is a vote for more of what we saw under a decade of John Howard, promotion of the pseudo-science of denialism, the continual questioning and ultimately, rejection of, the commonly accepted science, and a total lack of any effective action that would see the reduction of carbon Emissions they seem to falsely promise.
Playing both sides against the middle is a dangerous game, and as his conflicting interests become more apparent, he will eventually be forced to clarify his position, and that of his party, once and for all.