Alan Kohler is often very lucid.
THe short article below on global warming is worth the read.
His point about Labor flailing around pretending to do something, having no adverse consequences is wrong.
There are private enterprise coal fired power plants that are right now, not investing in essential maintenance to keep the stations delivering coal for the next 15-20 years, because Rudd et al prefers to twiddle his fingers and not clarify whether the plants will be allowed to operate that long. Meanwhile, there's no backup power plan.
A monumental failing
The 10-year old international project to stop global warming has descended into a complete shambles; we can now only hope that it’s not true, and that the skeptics are right.
But no matter who is right, we can be sure of one thing – there is little hope that an agreement to replace the failed 1997 Kyoto Protocols can be forged in Copenhagen in December. That’s despite the fact that the two Kyoto holdouts – America and Australia – are now on board, at least in principle................................ click title to read the rest
THe short article below on global warming is worth the read.
His point about Labor flailing around pretending to do something, having no adverse consequences is wrong.
There are private enterprise coal fired power plants that are right now, not investing in essential maintenance to keep the stations delivering coal for the next 15-20 years, because Rudd et al prefers to twiddle his fingers and not clarify whether the plants will be allowed to operate that long. Meanwhile, there's no backup power plan.
A monumental failing
The 10-year old international project to stop global warming has descended into a complete shambles; we can now only hope that it’s not true, and that the skeptics are right.
But no matter who is right, we can be sure of one thing – there is little hope that an agreement to replace the failed 1997 Kyoto Protocols can be forged in Copenhagen in December. That’s despite the fact that the two Kyoto holdouts – America and Australia – are now on board, at least in principle................................ click title to read the rest