These "brainy guys" are brainy... they manipulate the data to come up with the outcome which will get them the largest research grants... which is what they live off.
Have you heard of Phil Jones?... he's the head of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit... well, he was until recently. Some hacker got into the University computer and extracted hundreds of his emails and posted them online. He was forced to stand down pending an enquiry.
It would appear from these leaked emails that Jones and his colleagues manipulated data, denied critics access to data and blocked research they disagreed with from being included in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fourth assessment report.
Yep... scientists really understand the science (of making money).
My take on it is that the liberals are a bit sceptical towards climate change but would introduce an ETS in line with the rest of the world.
KRudd wanted this ETS pushed through so that he could go to Copenhagen and present himself as a big man who's taking action. He also needs the ETS to help fill the huge hole he's put into the federal budget.
The bottom line is that we shouldn't disadvantage Australians by introducing an ETS before the rest of the world does. The government would have to give industry huge subsidies to stop them moving offshore and it would end up being nothing more than a tax on the people.
Even if we stopped all carbon emissions here, that's only 1.3% of what's emitted globally so without the rest of the world onboard it would be nothing more than an expensive and futile exercise.
Australia contributes 1.3% of global carbon emissions. To impose an emissions tax on Australians before the rest of the world does anything is NOT in the best interest of our nation.
Tony Abbott and his divided party seemed kinda united, with only 2 liberals crossing the floor.
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