| I am amazed how the Howard Government continues | | | | generation, baby boomer era, are of the opinion that it |
| it's stoic stance on the refusal to participate or comply | | | | won't be our problem to worry about, because we |
| with the Kyoto Protocol. Using economic driven | | | | won't be here anyway. I'm appalled by this attitude, as |
| reasons for this, is fast becoming a paper thin mask, | | | | well. What of our children and humanity's future in |
| for what the real purpose of this is, and that is to retain | | | | general?What price will they pay for our greed and |
| political power, with promises of economic reforms for | | | | apathy? Where will our food come from if our major |
| Climate Control, which have come too late and too | | | | River Systems are not managed immediately to |
| little. | | | | address the rising salt tables and drying up of our most |
| As an Australian citizen I am embarrassed by the | | | | productive produce regions? |
| slamming Australia received in the International arena | | | | Not to mention either, the rising sea levels, which seem |
| at the recent UN meetings in Europe. Australia needs | | | | to be increasing faster than previously forecast. The |
| to make a much tougher and more immediate target | | | | Ice caps are melting at a pretty phenomenal rate. |
| to bring the reduction of our Greenhouse Gas | | | | What will happen to our beloved coastline and in |
| Emissions down to an acceptable level. Rudd and | | | | particular, our beloved Gold Coast? Surely there must |
| Garret however, have taken a tough stance against | | | | be sufficient economic cause there to drive the political |
| this Governments inaction and seem to be making it | | | | engines into action with regard to the possible loss of |
| their main political drive, coming up to the Federal | | | | so much Tourist based revenue? |
| Elections. Whilst we all realize that these changes | | | | I attended the first ever Greenhouse Conference held |
| cannot occur overnight and will in fact, take a great | | | | in Sydney in 1988. That was almost twenty years ago |
| deal of forward economic planning, I am of the opinion | | | | now. The scary thing is that some of the scientific |
| that most Australian citizens are so concerned about | | | | predictions forecast back then, to start occurring by |
| the effects of Climate Change, that most people I | | | | 2050, are starting to happen now! It's exponential and a |
| have spoken to about this topic,are not concerned | | | | run away train, but panic will not solve the issues, only |
| about the personal cost to themselves. If it means that | | | | action. Australian Politicians need to form a united front |
| we all give another dollar or two in taxes for this | | | | on the entire issue, pull together and stop using it as a |
| specific purpose, then so be it! After all, we are all | | | | political point scoring agenda. |
| acutely aware of the effects Climate Change is | | | | We are on the brink of a mass extinction event. Do |
| having in our country and it seems it is getting worse | | | | we really want to be one of the species counted |
| every year. | | | | among them? |
| How long are we going to wait? Many of our | | | | |