Australian Carbon Price Day of Shame

Shame on Australia.

The farce surrounding the repeal of the Carbon Tax is revealing the decay in the standard of politics and debate in our fair country.

Last time I looked Barnaby Joyce, my lamb roast didn't cost $100. It was only $15 per kilo last week. Better than Lamb Back straps. If this is the level of your understanding then ....!

http://www.solarcitizens.org.au/myths

As Mr Adam Bandt is saying on the radio just now, we won't get our $550 back as the increase in electricity costs has largely been induced by increasing fixed standing charges.

I will be checking my bill in the next year.

So shame on a country, one of the richest in the world, who says we have neither the leadership, the moral authority or the reasoned scientific argument to fairly price Carbon pollution, to everyone who uses and emits.

So we will miss out on the tide of investment and jobs in the new Renewable Economy. It will cost us more.
Just like we did with the Internet and Digital Revolution.
we will unfairly contribute to a word environment problem with our selfishness. Act local, think Global.

A day of shame indeed.

With hopefully electoral backlash to all who participated.
So who is investing in a new air conditioner, this El Nino summer??

Tasmanian Forests and Mark Carnegie on Q and A

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee took a very short time to chuck out the Federal Government's plan to delist the Tasmanian World Heritage Forests. So the International experts think our PM and Government are wrong.
The tired argument of jobs vs environment is also WRONG.
Perhaps the Federal Government needed to listen to ABC's Q and A last night where Mark Carnegie talked about '60 year olds' having difficulty keeping up with the changes and technology. Government was slated as being completely unable to move fast enough on good ideas.
The quip  "Business being Hussein Bolt compared to the Government" hit home.

Australian Business may be more a Ben Johnston than Hussein Bolt. Sneakily trying to do feather their own nests, keeping the status quo, lobbying Government on  commitments to fossil fuels than opening themselves up to innovation, climate change challenges and clean energy. Hopefully like Ben Johnston their comeuppance will come sooner rather than later.

Congratulations to the Tasmanian and Australian Environmental activists. But hold on to your hats, the journey will be getting wild and rocky from now on.

Environment Victoria and Australian Conservation Foundation will still be busy organising action
http://environmentvictoria.org.au/   and   http://www.action.org.au/


ACF Video