Dear Editor,

"If... the Coalition loses the election, no single issue will have caused its downfall" (Editorial, November 23). Sorry, wrong again.

To see the root cause, think more like Julius Sumner Miller; the dominant issue is/was the humble joule – cost, portability and means of generation. On climate change, it's all about coal. On the cost of living, it all comes back to petrol prices. Iraq? Even Brendan Nelson admits it's about oil. The "economic tsunami" is Costello's euphemism for peak oil. The only major issue not directly traceable to energy is WorkChoices, and even there it's doubtful that "Australian working families" would be quite so concerned if the cost of living and interest rates weren't creeping upwards.

Which is why renewable energy is the universal cure, and a government that refused to touch renewable energy was inherently evil, and had to go.

Regards,
Carl Sparre
Eastwood

p.s. Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted with the Labor endorsement, but as any decent scrabble player knows, the secret to winning is to find a good word, then look for a better one. One letter to go (in the global warming series). The tally is over one thousand.
Thanks,
Carl