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Does the Rudd Government actually want to bring in its colossal tax on emissions - and jobs?

Economic modelling on an emissions trading scheme (ETS), commissioned by the NSW government and conducted by the same firm used by the federal opposition, has found a four per cent drop in GDP and a likely eight per cent fall in real wages.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like... Halloween? - Minnesotans For Global Warming

[photo caption: Snow-covered] Minnesotans For Global Warming Headquarters on October 12, 2009, next to unharvested soybean field.

How hysterics gave away the global warming debate

Hysterical pronouncements of upcoming doom because of global warming have apparently reached the point of diminishing returns. Joe Romm is as good an example as any of the doom-mongers, although he certainly isn't alone. Global warming is losing all force as a political issue because the Joe Romms have cried wolf once too often.

Evidence that global warming is losing political momentum comes from a variety of sources...

[James Surowiecki seems to buy into the global warming hoax]: The business lobby and the Chamber of Commerce : The New Yorker

But the hard line on global warming may also reflect dynamics that typically shape group behavior. In any large group, a few people do most of the work—usually those who are most ideologically committed or who have a direct stake in a particular outcome.