"Brace yourselves for the onslaught of the ideologues.
Between the rapturous claims from the green movement that Julia Gillard's carbon tax will save Mother Earth and the ranting from highly paid shock jocks and their political masters pronouncing the nation's impending doom, it is worth taking a deep breath and looking at a few hard facts.
As the debate over pricing carbon moves to the extremes, the shrill cries from either side long ago drowned out the truth.
Advertisement: Story continues below
Cleaning up is a costly business.
As a nation, we pride ourselves on our hygiene. We willingly fork out vast amounts to ensure not only that our cities and towns have world-class effluent removal systems, but also that the resulting waste is not merely tipped into the sea, but extensively treated.
We pay our councils enormous annual levies to remove garbage, household wastes, recyclables and green material. No one bats an eye"...............READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment