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Global Warming is it Just a Big Con?

Re: Kevin Rudd's global warming swindle

10:53 AM, 29/4/2007 .. Posted by Jules

I don't actually mind Kevin Rudd although I think you are spot on with saying that he is trying to ride the populist view on climate change to gain votes.

Unfortunately he misses the point of delivering a total picture of his views on climate change, the economy and our energy future. A lot of people totally misunderstand nuclear power which he opposes, people should do a little more research and not stupidly believe or make assumptions, and that's an easy thing to market yourself as being against to gain popularity. Just use the whole uneducated fear thing.

As energy reserves deplete and our energy requirements increase and looking forward 50 years nuclear energy is essential to Australia. Labor is full of hypocrisy on the issue of nuclear anyway, for them it's ok to mine it (uranium), ok to ship it to other countries and ok to set up the Northern Territory as a dumping ground for nuclear waste (notice Bob Hawke got totally silenced on that one!), but we cant use it as an energy source???

That global warming swindle video is very eye opening and enforces that fact that we should not swallow every fear and disaster story that we are fed!


Edited by rexona on 13/10/2007 at 9:33 PM

re: climate change

9:46 AM, 30/4/2007 .. Posted by Drew

Ive wondered about this whole climate change and all the spin that goes with it, great video. Considering the amount that we contribute to the greenhouse gases I think that Australia's potential energy and water crisis is a far greater concern. In the process of solving that will come more efficient energy production anyway and hopefully less dependency on foreign resources.

Kevin Rudd and his climate change spin

9:51 PM, 30/4/2007 .. Posted by Geoff Hyme - QLD

I think most sensible people are awake to the Kevin Rudd climate change spin. Using a yet to be completely scientifically proven set of theories and then using the fear of loss and destruction to market himself as the next leader is sign that he has no integrity.

Edited by rexona on 1/5/2007 at 9:02 PM

thanks

11:16 AM, 2/5/2007 .. Posted by Alternative Fuels

Thanks for the feedback people, it's interesting to gauge some of the views out there.

Jules and Geoff, Rex edited your posts just to fix up some spelling and thanks for posting your thoughts.

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10:19 PM, 20/5/2007 .. Posted by Paddy

Thanks for the links. I am leaning towards "overblown con" myself.

Climate change

7:33 PM, 18/7/2007 .. Posted by Ray

My thoughts on climate change is similar to the big con, yet i intend to go along with the positive side of global warming to reduce the toxins heavy metals that are spewed out from industry on the environment and people.
So global warming is absolutely genuine.
Ray

Kevin Rudd - Peter Garrett - Al Gore: Hypocrites Unite

7:23 PM, 25/9/2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

Whilst I feel that 'global warming swindle' video may itself be a package of spin you do have an extremely valid point about Al Gore taking us all for a ride.

For those that don't remember he was the Vice President of the United States that made the big speech at the original Kyoto meeting only to return home to the US and toss in the trash can - so why is he now beating the drum? My guess is he just found an easy mule to ride to get fame and fortune - oh yeah he's taking this one to the bank.

On his tour of Australia in his private jet he's selling tickets to have lunch with for $25,000 that all the labor crew (federal and state) happily shelled out and went along to. And what did that get them, I nice little public vote of support for Labor's policy by the looks.

But hang on, what policy? Have you seen it? It hasn't been written yet or released to public anyway! So if the Australian public can't see the policy how does Al Gore know what it's about? And how could he possibly support it?

Australia seems to be the last country swallowing Al Gores garp, the Brits are little smarter. The BBC recently dropped a day long special featuring big Al after viewers said that they wanted intelligent programmes about climate change instead of lectures from hypocritical pop stars and celebrities. Via TimesOnline.co.uk

As reported in the LA Times - "[An Inconvenient Truth] Co-producer Lesley Chilcott used an online calculator to estimate that shooting the film used 41.4 tons of carbon dioxide and paid a middleman, a company called Native Energy, $12 a ton, or $496.80, to broker a deal to cut greenhouse gases elsewhere...

It was a ridiculously good deal with one problem: So far, it has not led to any additional emissions reductions."

So, whilst Peter Garret who once upon a time previously stood for something - now resolving to be nothing more than a sock puppet and Kevin Rudd, well that's easy to see, and now Al Gore - hypocrites unite - flying around the country in jets spewing out c02, spewing out spin and not a solution in sight!