There was a debate about this issue and its called the last election. Both major parties put forward an ETS scheme as policy to reduce carbon emissions. A price of carbon is a good method of reducing carbon emissions. Whilst the governments legistlation had its flaws it was a start.
The issue would have been bipartisan had those contrarians that are prisoners of the skeptic PR machine not got their way. Please be very aware that the skeptic machine is well organised and well funded by the likes of Exxon-Mobil and they have f-wits like Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones dribbling at the mouth to create doubt about the validity of the scientific consensus. The last time I looked Andrew Bolt, Alan Jones arent scientists and the crap they are spouting is just unbelievable.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/11/06/2735953.htm
The Opposition talk of sound bite politics but all I have heard this week from them is the same repeated mantras.
"Big New Tax On Everything"
"Money Go Round"
The ETS was designed to compesate householders hit with higher fuel costs. The Liberals are going round saying anything and doing anything to sound like they have some kind of alternative policy BUT there is no way you can significantly change behaviour without some pain - i.e. COST. Turnbull has said it the moderate Liberals know it.
Why are they now trotting out this new line that we shouldnt do anything unless the yanks do something. If every country in the world thinks like that then no one will do anything and we can just collectively put our heads in the sand and say its all too hard.
The poor old GG got the arse 1996-2007.
