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You're right to some extent about infantile science, but it goes both ways here too.
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For me there is far far more infantile anti climate change science out there.
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Neither actually seem to have a handle on the climate change issues.
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Sorry, can't agree there, the government is completely in-line with relevant world wide and national bodies on this issue, the role of goverment is to listen to these sources, they provide the colating service to consolidate the research on which they can act, not polititians, news comentators or completely bias radio jocks or web sites like the one that started this thread.
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The trouble is that the words climate change have been used to mean human inflences here. The climate has changed and been changing since the atmosphere formed around the planet. Human influence makes it a tricky proposition as no one can say 100% or with any degree of certainty that humans are definitely causing the climate to change.
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Again you are out a little of touch here Paul, sorry, I am very happy that the consensus is unequivocal - we'll have to agree to dissagree on this
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However, they do know that raising a tax will influence their life style and income.
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This is the issue for sure - and mostly human nature really
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Might as well go ahead with it, because they are on a sinking ship anyway.
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Have to agree with that....
It will be!
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and put that money directly into putting solar panels or a really large solar generator out in central Australia somewhere.
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This will happen to a small degree straight away but eventually (hopefully) with a greater impact by natural selection once a trading scheme developes.
Mike