Thursday, July 28, 2011

BREAKING Australian Carbon Tax Legislation Released « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax
It’s supposed to be a simple tax on every ton of pollution. But nothing is simple when you try to tax a basic element of life. In a true free market you only need a buyer, a seller and a product. The Australian government is running this market from beginning to end: There are 340 pages of unfree rules.

The complexity is a chance to hand out favours to “our friends our fans and our marginal seats”.

How many ways can they crony up the country?
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In 340 pages there’s zero instances of the terms “global warming”, and “temperature”.
350 Messengers | 350.org
Rajendra Pachauri

"As chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I cannot take a position because we do not make recommendations," said Rajendra Pachauri when asked if he supported calls to keep atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below 350 parts per million (ppm).

"But as a human being I am fully supportive of that goal. What is happening, and what is likely to happen, convinces me that the world must be really ambitious and very determined at moving toward a 350 target."
350 Science | 350.org
There are three numbers you need to really understand global warming, 275, 388, and 350.
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Drought is becoming much more common, making food harder to grow in many places. Sea levels have begun to rise, and scientists warn that they could go up as much as several meters this century.
Gore Effect Strikes France | Real Science
Hundreds of United Nations global warming scientists just met in France via Earth-destroying air travel, at a time of unseasonably cool temperatures across France, to once again justify their funding.

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