John Howard: "There's no chance in the world of the Americans embracing an emissions trading system."

Howard predicts lonely path on ETS

Former prime minister John Howard says there's been a global shift away from carbon emissions trading and Australia could be going down a lonely path.
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Mr Howard said despite going to the 2007 election supporting a trading scheme he now believed there had been a global shift away from that type of action.
"In 2007 people were almost dancing in the streets in favour of these measures," he told ABC TV today.
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"Some of the views have shifted on the science, people aren't as certain anymore as they were four years ago," he said.
"There's no chance in the world of the Americans embracing an emissions trading system."
He said the Chinese, Indians and Canadians also were not keen on the idea.
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He also predicted the Greens had reached their peak.
"They are starting to alarm people ... they are increasingly seen as real extremists," he said.
"Australians don't like extremists."