Nuclear advocate says Aust not serious about global warming

The Federal Government's prohibitive nuclear power policy shows Australia isn't serious about reducing global warming, an industry advocate says.

Australia 'relying on neighbours to meet climate change targets'

In fact, critics say, much of the cuts will be met by buying permits from developing nations.

In effect, one observer told Radio Australia's Linda Mottram, this may mean paying farmers in countries that cut down too many trees, not to cut down those trees.

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Really? I'm not buying it. Global climate change is normal and not man-induced. IMHO

Climate change makes us boiled frogs, says Prince Charles | The Courier-Mail

“The trouble is it's the old boiled frog syndrome," he said. "You can’t tell if you are in the water that it is gradually heating up. You just get used to the heat and you don’t notice until suddenly it reaches boiling point and it’s too late to do anything about it.”

Boiled frog syndrome refers to the idea that if you put a frog into boiling water it will jump out, but if you put it in cold water and slowly raise the temperature, it will be boiled alive. It isn’t true – when the water gets hot the frog will jump out, but it does make a nice metaphor.