Rudd’s carbon catastrophe

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So I’m not surprised voters are now growing wary of such green plans to “save” the planet from a threat that may well not exist, and which in any case would be best solved by technology - like nuclear power - and not taxes.

Only last week, a Galaxy poll in Queensland found 71 per cent of voters were against an extra petrol tax to cut emissions, and that’s even with most journalists and politicians still refusing to tell them the full truth about the great global warming swindle.

Such scepticism will only grow, especially while the planet refuses to keep warming - a fact now so unmissable that even The Age may report it this side of Christmas.

Already the sweaty Government is thinking of ways to dodge the backlash to come, this week reportedly considering delaying any price rises until after the election (more fool you), or making them so low that you won’t feel the pain - but won’t cut your emissions, either.

What a farce. For once I’m hoping Rudd will be true to type and be all spin and no substance, giving us a green tax too low to work, but just high enough to make him seem he’s Doing Something.

A hypocrite is better than a wrecker, after all. Unless, of course, you really, really think another 40 cents at the pump will do for the planet what the last 40 cents couldn’t. But then you’d be crazy enough to believe in catastrophic global warming, too, wouldn’t you?