Australia: PM's climate change proven to be hot air | NEWS.com.au

No single issue better illustrates the Rudd Government's gross incompetence than its blindly ideological approach to the question of climate change.

Fortunately, and perhaps accidentally, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's own hand-picked climate change guru, Professor Ross Garnaut, has now driven a truck through its principal argument.

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...Instead of laying down a soft layer of muffling flim-flam about global warming and carbon footprints, ministers could simply pose a more direct question to the electorate and companies, one with an obvious answer: do you want to save money? Like their corporate equivalents, people can often be persuaded to take action in the wider interest if it benefits their own self-interest. Likewise, particular companies can profit from the upfront spending – on, say, “smart” thermostats or long-life lightbulbs – needed to achieve these benefits. That’s why many will link up with charities later in the autumn to promote a new series of eco-initiatives under the banner of Together, the climate change organisation launched last year.