Q&A is now switching to a different issue altogether .... sustainability rather than alarmist global warming. This is where he gets his 1 + 1 + propaganda tricks = 3 i.e. delusion or is it really a degenerate return to a pre-Copernican belief in belief control system based on an ignorance of the natural world, superstitions, myths, folklores, fables, and any number of confused historical and geological events.

One question then, Q&A .... Have you been told from on high, your CO2 quota? If not then why not?

R . I . P .

I have read with great interest above posts .. clearly I am tiptoeing into a minefield with two opposing parties. I can't help but think you are all so focused on the minutae - measurements, hotspots etc., that you are missing the bigger, and somewhat more obvious, picture. The issue is not so much what we are putting back into the environment, but rather what we are taking out. We cannot continue to denude and rape our earth and not expect at least a murmur of protest. Obviously, I am not a scientist nor am I a tree hugging greenie. But I don't think you have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out. A chef knows that it is the juices of the meat that is the foundation for a great gravy. A teacher recognises the implications of early education on developing aptitude. A builder .. well, hopefully you get the point. No, Mr Rudd, it is not Australia's mandate to develop a "clean coal" program .. rather it is OUR mandate, every individual, to work towards developing and embracing a clean, efficient energy alternative that neither depletes nor poisons our environment.