Why is Rudd bothering to ratify kyoto? Is it so people who think it will truly make a difference are satisfied?
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Perhaps go back to that thread you? deleted, I put a case for the ^ there.
It makes me laugh that everyone is saying John Howard didnt do a thing for the environment over 11 years. How long have the general population been concerned about global warming? 12 months? 24 months tops! Yet these same people expect the government to be concerned for 11 years. Maybe we should ask why the governments before that over the last 90 years weren't concerned either?
The government was elected to act in the people's best interests and to look out for issues on our behalf.
We are not all economists, and expected the government to create policy and conditions to help our economy prosper? agree with that? Good
In the same way, we are not all scientists, but expect our government to keep on top of the issues there. The politicians are not scientists I hear you say?(not many are economists either), however, they have a public service think tank that reported to them the problems of global warming some 20 years ago, with the warnings being louder each year. What did they do, on our behalf they chose to ignore that advice......unforgiveable.
Its only the last year or so that the evidence, basically drought and record temperatures that cant be hidden fromeven "blind freddy" that the public has been able to see that there is a problem and want something done about it. Actual evidence of climate change has been around for years ie (australia's average temp going up annually by unprecedented amounts in the last 10 years). Ask the government of 90 years ago why they did nothing?......now you are being even more obtuse.
The $2000 rebate available for 5 years will surely make a huge difference.......
I assume your are talking about the lpg rebate. That's a Howard policy and it will be serve absolutely no purpose in reducing global warming at all, in fact it will increase it. It was only a policy created to be seen to do something about petrol prices/cost of living, and try and give the local car industry a shot in the arm. It is a terrible policy!