NOW that the carbon tax is done and dusted by Clive Palmer and his pups, we can finally have reduced costs of a leg of lamb, cheaper energy cost and clothesline pegs from our friendly shops and butchers, and the pigs may fly.
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Our federal government was deeply divided over the carbon tax, including division among the Liberal members and former leaders of the Liberal party, Mr Hewson and former Prime Minister John Howard. Howard was the father of the modern Liberal philosophy, who also advocated for carbon trading scheme but never had the courage to introduce it to the nation.
The Liberals are also deeply divided over renewable energy; there are some who understand that the burning of coal, along with other hydrocarbons, will cause untold harm. The science is there for all to see; we can’t continue in this vain without our living space reaching the point where most of the national tax base is eaten up trying to make our cities liveable again. If you think it can’t happen here, visit Beijing and other major industrial centres in China.
It was reported that Joe Hockey, our national treasurer, was aghast over the wind turbines adjacent to Lake George outskirts of Canberra. Well Mr Hockey, in a few months from now 90 per cent of ACT power source will come from those ugly windmills. Aren’t you lucky that there are forward looking people around you that can see the untold benefits from alternative sources of energy?
Mr Hockey and Mr Abbott; it is high time that both of you started looking into a future with alternative energy sources that will provide all of our energy needs. That time will be here sooner rather than later. It is already happening around you, regardless of your outdated views or loyalties to hydrocarbon producing large companies. Please stop playing the song “Yesterday and how I long for the days of yesterday”.
Time to act is now, it takes courage to admit ones failures, but it’s not too late. All it takes is the courage and wisdom to know when you are wrong. Do either of you Ministers have the courage?
Mark Ikonen
Dalmeny