I should not be amazed that this thread is still going....and have pondered many of the responses here to see if my position has changed (it hasn't)
New Scientist had this interesting stat:
a recent poll found that 97.4% of active climatologists agree that human activity is warming the planet.
OK, lets say *you* have cancer.
You visit many specialists, and 97 of them say: Mate, you're gonna die unless we operate.
Three say: You'll get better, just keep doing what you are doing, don't worry, you'll be fine.
Who would you believe? What would *you* do?
P.S. Rudd's ETS is a crock.....and has been expertly pointed out elsewhere...the coal industry pays Labor party coffers well