"if I have to cough up or do without, I’d like to see some bloody results."

THE MIDNIGHT SUN » Blog Archive » Brace yourself for the real price of climate change

I’d much rather a government be flipping around and remaining undecided on the issue of screwing the public over than one that has its mind firmly set on screwing us over in the name of junk science and ideology. Amidst all this are these morons putting down any milestones or measurements, you know, those things that you’re supposed to use to see if some half-baked policy of yours is actually working? I know about the targets of cutting emissions by X, I’m talking about the goal. Cutting emissions, feeling fuzzy, dancing around in Bali and reducing your carbon assprint is not the goal.

The goal is supposed to be stopping climate change, or stop the globe from warming isn’t it. Is the sea level around Australia going to drop, is it going to get colder, will we get more rain, will the hurricanes go away? Will it start snowing up near the equator, will the drought end, no more winter or summer, what and when! They aren’t screwing us over for the sake of it are they. And if these milestones or whatever aren’t going to be met, then what, will we scrap the trading scheme or will we just have to keep coughing up?