Climate Change
The 5 pillars of the Gillard Government’s climate change doctrine are:
- Climate change is occurring.
- Climate change is primarily caused by increases in carbon dioxide as a result of human activity.
- Carbon dioxide is a pollutant.
- If humans don't change their behaviour and reduce their carbon dioxide emissions there will be catastrophe.
- The government must legislate in order to get people to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.
Family First's position is:
- Climate change has been occuring since time immemorial
- Many hundreds of eminent scientists have strongly criticised both the 'climate change doctrine' and the predictions made by the International Panel on Climate Change. Claims that 'there is a scientific consensus' and 'the science is settled' are not true.
- Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, it is plant food. The more crops can get of it the better they grow.
- Carbon dioxide has had no discernible influence on the world's climate in the past and there is no reason to believe it should in the future.
- The use of the phrase 'putting a price on carbon' is misleading and inane and highlights either the ignorance or deception of those who use it.
- China and India have made it abundantly clear they will not scale down their huge program of electrification based on coal-fired power stations. The carbon dioxide emissions from these two countries alone will soon exceed the rest of the world put together.
- As the UK experience has shown, the economic impact following the introduction of the European Emissions Trading Scheme cannot be accurately predicted by so-called 'economic modelling' (eg the Stern Report did not predict the doubling of electricity prices or the abandonment of investment in new power stations). The impact of such a scheme in Australia will be felt most by Australia's families and pensioners.
In summary, Family First opposes the introduction of any emissions trading scheme or so-called 'carbon tax' and believes it would be grossly irresponsible to proceed with such a policy that will involve major changes to the Australian economy without first having a proper, independent enquiry eg a Royal Commission, which was prepared to listen to the many distinguished scientists who disagree with the current 'climate change doctine'.
Articles of Interest
Climate change 'heretics' rebuff carbon dangers
[Published in The Australian]
If you hit the pay wall, simply put these words:
Climate change 'heretics' rebuff carbon dangers
into a Google search and follow the link to the full story.
A Dozen Global Warming Slogans
[Bob Carter, reproduced with permission. First published in Quadrant Online.]
Why No Dangerous Rise in Temperatures Threatens
[Des Moore, reproduced with permission.]
Why we should be afraid---very afraid---of Julia Gillard's fantasies
[Terry McCrann, reproduced with permission.]
Testimony to US Congress
[Prof John Christy, reproduced with permission.]
What is CO2?
[Gregg D Thompson]
Combet's 10 Big Errors
[Bob Carter, David Evans, Stewart Franks & Bill Kininmonth]
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