Lunacy in carbon tax detail

THE single craziest aspect of Julia-in-Wonderland's carbon (dioxide) tax lunacy is that it actually aims to have us paying perhaps $4 billion a year to foreigners just for the right to keep our lights on.

We wouldn't actually get anything tangible for the $4 billion - that's around $170 for every Australian, $680 a year for a family of four. Just the `right' to keep producing electricity from our coal-fired power stations.

That's right, we'd be shipping $4 billion off overseas each year in return for nothing more than a book entry.

Tony Abbott claims rebel Labor MPs will kill off carbon pollution scheme

REBEL Labor MPs will help kill off the Government's carbon pollution scheme when it gets to Parliament later in the year, Tony Abbott claims.

“There are a lot of Labor members who are very unhappy - members in mining seats, steelmaking seats, motor manufacturing seats,'' the Opposition Leader said today.

“I think one of the reasons why the Prime Minister didn't want to announce this in a sitting week is because she didn't want to face the Caucus.”

ASX loses $7 billion in one day after consumer concern over carbon tax | Latest Business & Australian Stock market News | Perth Now

The market value of 25 of the biggest carbon emitters tumbled more than $7 billion yesterday as shareholders bailed out, according to an analysis by BusinessDaily.

Researchers set up fake global warming websites to study response | Watts Up With That?

Ah yes, the tired old you are irrelevant because are funded by big (coal, gas, oil, wood, propane, butane, electric, peat, Exxon-Mobil take your pick) gets turned into a peer reviewed paper. What will they think of next?