I wrote this in response to receiving a mass email from a friend, advocating for
people to return to sender, information from the government on the carbon tax.
We have seen these kinds of emails in the past and we will see them in the
future, no doubt.
I replied to the original email that this was a sad thing to be passing on and
received a reply that had concerns and repeated some of the usual claims
that we have heard that are quite deliberately being promoted but are basically
bogus.
This is my reply to that.
I appreciate you are not a fan of putting a price on carbon.
That the government has been pitiful at selling their ideas is without question.
The 'facts' that California has more cars on the road is a problem for them to deal with
and California is introducing a carbon emissions trading system in 2013
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/30/local/la-me-cap-trade-20110630 The fact remains that per capita we are high emitters but that isn't really the issue as
I see it. The whole world needs to be taking action and this is beginning to happen.
China is building a protype carbon neutral city as we speak and will learn much about
improving efficiencies for wider application while that happens.
This campaign is about protecting big companies. It is paraded out with a lot of pseudo-logic
that taps into fear and is fed by misleading and manipulating emotions. The nonsense claims
about the mining companies shedding jobs... The mining companies will always shed what
jobs they can and keep the jobs they need and it will have nothing to do with the carbon
price. The divisive nature of those who want to oppose everything is not doing our country
any favours. If you are a supporter of the Liberal coalition, then spare a thought for the
words of Malcolm Turnbull. In different circumstances, we would have had bipartisan
approach and a carbon emmissions trading scheme now and we would be focusing
on how to build a workforce for the future that lets our kids develop skills and technology
that we can take to the world as our export future.
We have an opportunity to lift the economy into the future by looking forward. Not
seeking to and subsidise these 19th century industries.
But to your email. It is fair to say that the government has failed to get traction in
this and has allowed the coalition to run with their nonsense and hold the attention
of people who are not interested in looking past the rhetoric and take on opinions that
sound plausible without question. While you are looking at our government's agenda,
bear a thought for the agenda of Abbott. I say Abbott and not the coalition because there
are many in the coalition that are in favour of pricing carbon, just as the business
leaders and well respected economists who have stated over time that there is a need
for a price on carbon and it is inevitable. The only thing that is really open to question
is whether we move forward postively, with an eye to creating a future-proof economy,
or whether we want to be the last there and have nothing to offer the rest of the world
when we come finally to the party.
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