Carbon tax
Jul 11th 2011, 10:40 am
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Re: Carbon tax
Why not? We are talking about a world problem and possibly the end of the world as we know it. Australia is a very large land mass with few people so it's contribution to world "global warming" is small. Surely the countries that produce the CO2 should be the ones that need to change. Australia emits about 1% of world CO2. This is a gnats piss in the ocean compared to the USA and China. China has a very large population so on a per capita basis their emmisions are small, but based on land mass it is hugh. Everyone is ignoring China but whatever we do is dwarfed by what China does.
Jul 11th 2011, 10:57 am
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Re: Carbon tax
Jul 11th 2011, 10:57 am
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Read what you said:
>>Why not? We are talking about a world problem and possibly the end of the world as we know it. Australia is a very large land mass with few people so it's contribution to world "global warming" is small. Surely the countries that produce the CO2 should be the ones that need to change. Australia emits about 1% of world CO2. This is a gnats piss in the ocean compared to the USA and China. China has a very large population so on a per capita basis their emmisions are small, but based on land mass it is hugh. Everyone is ignoring China but whatever we do is dwarfed by what China does.<<
With that logic Antarctica is a big candidate for cutbacks!
>>Why not? We are talking about a world problem and possibly the end of the world as we know it. Australia is a very large land mass with few people so it's contribution to world "global warming" is small. Surely the countries that produce the CO2 should be the ones that need to change. Australia emits about 1% of world CO2. This is a gnats piss in the ocean compared to the USA and China. China has a very large population so on a per capita basis their emmisions are small, but based on land mass it is hugh. Everyone is ignoring China but whatever we do is dwarfed by what China does.<<
With that logic Antarctica is a big candidate for cutbacks!
Jul 11th 2011, 11:02 am
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Well I'm seriously seriously pissed off. I had Austar set to record the last Hawaii 5 0 and what have I got? 90% of fricking Gillard whittering really really slowly and then a so called panel of 'experts' whittering about her whittering. 10% of the beginning of H50 is not fricking helpful. Bitch! 
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Jul 11th 2011, 11:03 am
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Re: Carbon tax
Read what you said:
>>Why not? We are talking about a world problem and possibly the end of the world as we know it. Australia is a very large land mass with few people so it's contribution to world "global warming" is small. Surely the countries that produce the CO2 should be the ones that need to change. Australia emits about 1% of world CO2. This is a gnats piss in the ocean compared to the USA and China. China has a very large population so on a per capita basis their emmisions are small, but based on land mass it is hugh. Everyone is ignoring China but whatever we do is dwarfed by what China does.<<
With that logic Antarctica is a big candidate for cutbacks!
>>Why not? We are talking about a world problem and possibly the end of the world as we know it. Australia is a very large land mass with few people so it's contribution to world "global warming" is small. Surely the countries that produce the CO2 should be the ones that need to change. Australia emits about 1% of world CO2. This is a gnats piss in the ocean compared to the USA and China. China has a very large population so on a per capita basis their emmisions are small, but based on land mass it is hugh. Everyone is ignoring China but whatever we do is dwarfed by what China does.<<
With that logic Antarctica is a big candidate for cutbacks!
Jul 11th 2011, 11:11 am
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Re: Carbon tax
Is there anyone who actually supports this legislation in the form it is in?
Jul 11th 2011, 11:21 am
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http://archive.defra.gov.uk/sustaina...ges/02_000.gif
Australia has failed, big time, over decades, to address its rising CO2 pollution. They're worse than the US FFS. If it takes a tax to stop them looking for a free ride at others expense, then that's what it takes.
Australia has failed, big time, over decades, to address its rising CO2 pollution. They're worse than the US FFS. If it takes a tax to stop them looking for a free ride at others expense, then that's what it takes.
Jul 11th 2011, 11:31 am
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Re: Carbon tax
No matter what Australia does it will have ZERO impact on the climate of the planet.
Jul 11th 2011, 11:35 am
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Re: Carbon tax
Maybe it's the world that needs Australia on the stage rather than the other way around
Jul 11th 2011, 11:38 am
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BTW, if the carbon tax is such an amazingly GREAT idea, why is the rest of the world NOT doing it? On the one hand you denigrate Australian politicians as sub-standard, then you claim the carbon tax is a fantastic idea (as long as it's ramped up, which will happen don't you worry about that)
Jul 11th 2011, 11:43 am
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http://archive.defra.gov.uk/sustaina...ges/02_000.gif
Australia has failed, big time, over decades, to address its rising CO2 pollution. They're worse than the US FFS. If it takes a tax to stop them looking for a free ride at others expense, then that's what it takes.
Australia has failed, big time, over decades, to address its rising CO2 pollution. They're worse than the US FFS. If it takes a tax to stop them looking for a free ride at others expense, then that's what it takes.
There are many reasons why a country like the UK has rained in CO2 emissions but they're not really the result of mature politics. The main reason back the late 90s was the switch to gas powered electricity. The other major reason was the decline in industry and switch to services.