Ramo

I apologize if it is improper for new members to start threads so soon, but this news was too precious to hold back:

Whilst John Howard will distance himself from this 'outrage', I believe that his personal opinion may not coincide with his political standpoint. Howard was constantly branded a 'Climate Change Denier' and is hesitant to launch into drastic CO2 reduction policies.


I am overjoyed to see these brave MP's fighting to restore reason to the global warming hysteria, but I fear this will simply further hurt Howard's chances of winning the next election.

What say you, WAB, would a similar move by politicians in your country be met with such ridicule?

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crooks

Yeah - we have some CRAZY with a K enviromentalists who insist on self-flogging the nation for the smallest things, and even worse they're now in Government .

That said, human driven or not, it seems to be happening, so it's time to do something, pity no one seems to know what .

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wkllaw

Well, whether or not its human driven, the public thinks it is human-driven so why is he saying this?

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gunnut

Let's explore this option. What do you propose we do?

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Ramo

I believe it's because the liberals know that there's little point in butchering our economy (we have a large aluminium industry, and are riding the commodity boom, and it's all powered by coal) when:
a) China, India and the US are just going to make our CO2 contributions look like a drop in the ocean.
b) there is no proven link between CO2 emissions and climate change.

They may now feel that the ramifications of disagreeing with the public are not enough to deter them from what they feel is the right decision.