Comments on: CPRS Gets Worse As Polluters Trample Democracy http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934 Greenpeace Australia Pacific Energy blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Katie Carroll http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7339 Katie Carroll Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:50:50 +0000 http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7339 How ridiculous to say that our 1% doesn't make a difference, and wait for others to lead the way. If we all acted like foot-dragging sheep, we'd surely get no where. I'd much prefer to go down in history as a innovative leader, who took a risk for what we believed in. And like any leader in business, technology etc, I'm sure we'd profit from doing so. How ridiculous to say that our 1% doesn’t make a difference, and wait for others to lead the way. If we all acted like foot-dragging sheep, we’d surely get no where. I’d much prefer to go down in history as a innovative leader, who took a risk for what we believed in. And like any leader in business, technology etc, I’m sure we’d profit from doing so.

]]> By: Mark Skinner http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7332 Mark Skinner Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:02:18 +0000 http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7332 Thanks to the climate change deny-ers, and those who will put their own financial interests first, (such as the coal , mining and smelting industries); we do not have a snowball's chance in Hades of avoiding runaway climate change in future years. As a matter of fact, I am beginning to think that the most sensible action is, as the naysayers believe, to do nothing. Because nothing that WE DO will make any appreciable difference, working to the schedule that is currently being promoted. If everyone was on board and we acted NOW, we might have had a chance, but it is obvious that we are still going to be burning fossil fuel to generate power, thirty years from today. Thanks, power company. And if anyone thinks that the weather events that have been occurring around the globe, are just an aberration; they will be educated by cyclones, tsunamis, flood, drought and even earthquakes....all brought about by our never-ending quest for "progress". Thanks to the climate change deny-ers, and those who will put their own financial interests first, (such as the coal , mining and smelting industries); we do not have a snowball’s chance in Hades of avoiding runaway climate change in future years. As a matter of fact, I am beginning to think that the most sensible action is, as the naysayers believe, to do nothing. Because nothing that WE DO will make any appreciable difference, working to the schedule that is currently being promoted.
If everyone was on board and we acted NOW, we might have had a chance, but it is obvious that we are still going to be burning fossil fuel to generate power, thirty years from today. Thanks, power company.
And if anyone thinks that the weather events that have been occurring around the globe, are just an aberration; they will be educated by cyclones, tsunamis, flood, drought and even earthquakes….all brought about by our never-ending quest for “progress”.

]]> By: G. Parnell http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7331 G. Parnell Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:47:26 +0000 http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7331 Why is it so important for politicians(those people we trust to do the right thing) to constantly win points over each otherand not get to the important things such as action re helping the environment? Why is it so important for politicians(those people we trust to do the right thing) to
constantly win points over each otherand not get to the important things such as action
re helping the environment?

]]> By: Steve Woodman http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7325 Steve Woodman Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:44:59 +0000 http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=934#comment-7325 I find the hysterical demands that Australia to drastically cut its emissions to be incomprehensible. Surely it is clear that however much we reduce the 1% of our share of global CO2 emissions ... we only reduce it by a fraction of 1% ... the climate will not notice our sacrifice, our decreasing standard of living or the higher taxes and cost of living. Whatever the doomsayers expect is going to happen to the Barrier Reef in 100 years ... those things will still happen, if the link between CO2 and global warming is shown to be true, whether we cut emissions by 100%, or 50% or 20%. If the world adopts a regime of emission cuts, well, sure, we'll need to comply. However, at the present moment there is absolutely no need for us to lead the way. This hand wringing, hair pulling and shrieking that something must be done is out of place with the reality of our minor contribution to the problem. I find the hysterical demands that Australia to drastically cut its emissions to be incomprehensible. Surely it is clear that however much we reduce the 1% of our share of global CO2 emissions … we only reduce it by a fraction of 1% … the climate will not notice our sacrifice, our decreasing standard of living or the higher taxes and cost of living. Whatever the doomsayers expect is going to happen to the Barrier Reef in 100 years … those things will still happen, if the link between CO2 and global warming is shown to be true, whether we cut emissions by 100%, or 50% or 20%.

If the world adopts a regime of emission cuts, well, sure, we’ll need to comply. However, at the present moment there is absolutely no need for us to lead the way. This hand wringing, hair pulling and shrieking that something must be done is out of place with the reality of our minor contribution to the problem.

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