Carbon price
July 19th 2010 01:10
Abbott has vowed to never introduce a carbon price. We should be clear what this means. A price on carbon is essential to enable a new low-carbon economy to emerge and has been the overall desire of business because it keeps them at the core of dealing with global warming. So Abbott is saying he will basically not address the global warming issue at all.
And of course this is because he really doesn't believe there is a problem. It would be convenient to believe he is doing this out of cynical political pragmatism, but there is a much simpler answer. Abbott is a not very intelligent man driven by inner needs to assert himself and his out-dated worldview. A more dangerous leader is hard to imagine.
Gillard is at least smart, even if she has mostly put her intelligence to work in her own interests. Maybe she will rise to the challenge once she is leader on her own merits (ie after an election), but so far the evidence is against her.
The Oztralian electorate does not deserve better political leaders (witness the way it was swayed by the blatant campaign against the mining tax), but it does desperately need them.
And of course this is because he really doesn't believe there is a problem. It would be convenient to believe he is doing this out of cynical political pragmatism, but there is a much simpler answer. Abbott is a not very intelligent man driven by inner needs to assert himself and his out-dated worldview. A more dangerous leader is hard to imagine.
The Oztralian electorate does not deserve better political leaders (witness the way it was swayed by the blatant campaign against the mining tax), but it does desperately need them.
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