Petrol hole in Gillard's carbon tax | Herald Sun

JULIA Gillard's latest desperate ploy on petrol shows the government staggering incoherently and aimlessly from one day to the next.

To call it hypocritical would be the mother of all understatements. It's made an even bigger -- political and policy -- mess of the carbon (dioxide) tax disaster.
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Prime minister, what makes the carbon (dioxide) emissions from the use of petrol less harmful than those from coal? What, don't they stink too?

Extreme Weather and Climate Change: What's the Link? - Eileen Claussen

Just as a high-cholesterol diet is a well-known risk factor for heart disease, science has demonstrated that global warming is a risk factor for extreme weather.

Eileen Claussen - Energy & Environment Experts

Claussen was director of atmospheric programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The life in every breath - Boston.com

Carbon dioxide is what’s left after every breath we take, the end product of our need to draw in and consume oxygen.

Our survival depends on its production. And the amount of carbon dioxide we exhale can be an important measure of our health, especially in moments of crisis - such as the minutes following a heart attack, when quick and correct treatment is needed.