No it's just proof that we have an exceptionally strong la Nina in place. Of similar strength to that which occurred in 1974 - hence a lot of the comparisons of this event to then.Just waiting for all those comments declaring it's again proof of climate change!
Slowly but surely, the willingness to cut CO2 is diminishing. As this happens, the cost to any country that does go ahead with such a plan increases in terms of lost industry, trade etc. If the US, Canada and Japan are not on side then that effectively makes any Australian policy prohibitively expensive. Even worse if China is not also bound by the same rules, including the same rates of tax per tonne of CO2 emitted.http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Top..._should_dump_carbon_pricing_plans_557484.html
Govt should dump carbon pricing plans
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The government must admit its carbon pricing plans are unworkable, the opposition says.
The federal government must admit its carbon pricing plans are unworkable following a decision by Japan to shelve its emissions trading scheme, the opposition says.
Japan on Tuesday postponed the creation of its scheme by a year until April 2014 in the face of strong resistance from the nation's business lobby.
Opposition climate spokesman Greg Hunt said Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plans to impose a price on carbon are looking 'increasingly isolated on the world stage'.
'Japan's decision is a stunning rebuke to Labor's plans to impose a massive hike in power prices on Australian families and businesses,' Mr Hunt said in a statement on Wednesday.
'Surely now Julia Gillard must admit that her plans are in tatters.'
Japan's decision comes after the United States and Canada dumped the same electricity tax Ms Gillard wants to enforce in Australia, Mr Hunt said.................
Watched the whole video start to finish. I fail to see how you think this video was in any way poignant, it was simply the same rhetoric I always here from climate change people. His 'straight talking an common sense' included placing a ban on new coal stations. He failed to address the following, important issues, which weigh against his position:Tim Flannery gives a very good overall view and commentary of what's going on in the climate change world...what really happened at COP15 (Copenhagen) and the way forward...the deniers wont like his straight talking and common sense.
This video is a great insight into the issues and although Tim is clearly a believer, he's also too smart to totally dismiss or ignore...at the end of the presentation he even tips a bucket on the Greens, and rightly so.
http://fora.tv/2010/05/12/Tim_Flannery_Now_or_Never#fullprogram
His 'straight talking an common sense' included placing a ban on new coal stations.
Tim Flannery gives a very good overall view and commentary of what's going on in the climate change world...what really happened at COP15 (Copenhagen) and the way forward...the deniers wont like his straight talking and common sense.
This video is a great insight into the issues and although Tim is clearly a believer, he's also too smart to totally dismiss or ignore...at the end of the presentation he even tips a bucket on the Greens, and rightly so.
http://fora.tv/2010/05/12/Tim_Flannery_Now_or_Never#fullprogram
Tim Flannery gives a very good overall view and commentary of what's going on in the climate change world...what really happened at COP15 (Copenhagen) and the way forward...the deniers wont like his straight talking and common sense.
This video is a great insight into the issues and although Tim is clearly a believer, he's also too smart to totally dismiss or ignore...at the end of the presentation he even tips a bucket on the Greens, and rightly so.
http://fora.tv/2010/05/12/Tim_Flannery_Now_or_Never#fullprogram
Is this Tim "let's fill the atmosphere with NO2" Flannery?
Credibilty MIA
According to wiki...Tim Flannery is/has/was
- Australian of the Year in 2007
- Palaeontologist
- Mammalogist
- Professor at Macquarie University
- Professor at the University of Adelaide
- Contributed to over 90 scientific papers
- Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council
- Director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide
- Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum
- Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University
- The National Geographic Society’s representative in Australasia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Flannery
Yep this guy is a complete nobody and without a scintilla of scientific credibility.
I see you have mentioned this a few times when Flannery is mentioned and I have had a google to try and find any reference to Flannery and NO2 but didn't have any luck. Do you have a link to his proposed plan. I am curious as to what he was on about.Is this Tim "let's fill the atmosphere with NO2" Flannery?
Credibilty MIA
According to wiki...Tim Flannery is/has/was
- Australian of the Year in 2007
- Palaeontologist
- Mammalogist
- Professor at Macquarie University
- Professor at the University of Adelaide
- Contributed to over 90 scientific papers
- Chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council
- Director of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide
- Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum
- Visiting Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University
- The National Geographic Society’s representative in Australasia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Flannery
Yep this guy is a complete nobody and without a scintilla of scientific credibility.
For the record, I played beach volleyball against him once, and he was no good at that neither, and that was before all the beaches disappeared with the rising of the oceans.
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Watched the whole video start to finish. I fail to see how you think this video was in any way poignant, it was simply the same rhetoric I always here from climate change people. His 'straight talking an common sense' included placing a ban on new coal stations. He failed to address the following, important issues, which weigh against his position:
Australia's minuscule contribution to CO2 output in relation to the world
The effects of taxing carbon on energy outputs, and thus, GDP and quality of life.
He also did not mention 'nuclear', despite how pivotal and important it is to the debate.
His position, if applied to Australia, would exchange a massive downturn in quality of life, for nothing more than a nice bit of moral posturing.
Theoretically not impossible.So we can reduce green house gases and built new coal fired power stations....interesting, tell me more.
So we can reduce green house gases and built new coal fired power stations....interesting, tell me more.
Theoretically not impossible.
Replace petrol engines with electric cars, using coal to generate the electricity.
Replace existing coal-fired power stations with new ultra supercritical (more efficient) coal-fired plants. Note that this process is proven both technically and, in the context where a new plant is being built anyway, economically.
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