i am all for carbon tax, it is inevitable and a lot of other countries(mostly european countries) already have a carbon scheme inplace.
also, if you listen to the ray hadley and such, do not believe him. he isnt an expert in the feild, his show is purely opinionated. he claims we don't need a carbon tax because we only emit 1.5% of the worlds carbon, however that 1.5% is still 30 times the amount of carbon emitted for emission to be sustainable. he also rasies points about china being the worst emission, emitting 30% of the worlds carbon annually, however, in comparison australia uses 31GW of electrity every year and there is no going forward for australia to turn green with the kyoto protocal turned down, the emissons trading scheme turned down and now the carbon tax under scrutiny, when china last year alone generated 28GW of carbon neutral and renewable energy throght geothermal, biofuels, wind and hydro turbines and with a further 78GW to be renweable energy to be available by the end of 2011.
futhermore, a carbon is a price on carbon, right? this means people will be more conscience about how much power they are useing and where their power is coming from, this will lead to a reduction in carbon emissions because people will not be happy if their bills goes up so they will turn their lights of or use more efficent or sustainable methods.
moreover, the top 10% of income earners in australia with a salary over $150,000 pay 31% of tax, with this point and the fact that the revenue rasied from this will be going back into the community through health, construction such as road and also into the pockets of australians. i can honestly see why the carbon tax will be bad!
i was only young when the GST was introduced but am i the only one here having deja vu? i only see people panicing because they have to pay more money for something they cannot see. With that tony abbott is saying it is the end of the world, that julia gillard is (quote) "dumb" and going to send australians broke and that he is against it and he won't implement a carbon tax. haha and the irony being that in an interveiw in 2008 before he was elected leader of the liberal party he said that australia is heading towards a carbon tax and it will benefit not only the environment but australians also.
It is just something new and australians do not like change, we will get use to it eventually.