Here’s what I don’t get about the carbon tax. Yes, it’s proposed to be good for the environment, yes it’s a step forward, so to speak. However, the carbon tax doesn’t act as the overall deterrent that it’s supposed too. The way I see it, if you’re going to introduce a piece of legislation that is going to piss off the public, do it properly. Really piss people off, because that’s what the carbon tax was SUPPOSED to do.
What is the point of changing the balance
of the economy, if you’re not going to really hurt our hip pockets that much.
I’m not saying this is entirely the fault of the Labour party. Essentially,
they are acting under the pressure of the stupendously stupid public and
opposition in conjunction with the pressure of the Greens/ Independents. And
they have done a fantastic job of finding a perfectly insignificant middle
ground. Brava to them for being entirely political.
But it’s time that politics is taken out of
the laboratories of the planet. Just like religion doesn’t belong in a science
classroom and guacamole doesn’t belong in a sundae, politics doesn’t belong in
a peer reviewed scientific theory, which has the power to affect the very
course of humanity.
That’s my schtick for the evening. What do
you reckon? I reckon I wanna hear what you reckon.
I agree that it seems misleading to tell the public that we can address this issue without having to do much. Since telling the public that they need to use less energy is apparently political suicide, the Government has instead told the public that all the responsibility lies with the power companies. It's sad how we don't talk about "the greatest moral challenge of our times" any more.
ReplyDeleteIt's just such a big issue. I've read that methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and that reducing methane emissions will have a faster impact because it doesn't stay in the atmosphere for as long as CO2 does. So I stopped eating the cows who produce a lot of the methane, as a boycott of the industry that keeps breeding them. But then, what about all the people who make a living from raising and killing livestock? What are they going to do if everyone stops buying their cows? In the long run I'm sure we're capable of changing these traditions, but it's very difficult to work out how to do it as fairly as possible.
I had a long response to this, but my comp deleted it :(
ReplyDeleteI agree on most parts. It is a crying shame that we no longer address climate change as the greatest moral challenge of our times, which it most certainly is.
The reality is that we need to start thinking about creating sustainable jobs. We mustn't fear change as a sociey, but embrace it. No one complained when we moved out of the stone age to the bronze or at least nothing is documented to that accord. It's about looking to the future.