Reading my Weekend Australian this week has really highlighted for me the complexity and confusion generated by the current debate around the Carbon Tax. Of course being the home of climate change denial and front page for big business interests, The Australian has no incentive to simplify and clarify the debate. The more confused and anxious people feel, the more likely they are to either disengage or vote no. So, although my audience is a lot smaller than theirs, let me try to close the gap. Of course I don't know all that much about it, but perhaps that will help. There are basically three parts to the debate about the Carbon Tax. In The Australian these are thrown together in a blender so that they come out as a kind of thick soup. Let me try to seperate them out. Part 1 - The Evidence for Climate Change The debate is still going on, fuelled by the likes of The Australian, about whether the climate is actually warming and if it is, whether this is caused by human a
'Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp.' - Rachel Carson