See Shadow Minister, there you go again.
You make a couple of wild predictions, (the economy will suffer, the world will do nothing...) but you phrase them as facts, all the while of course without a shred of evidence to back up your claim.
And you criticise me for believing what science cautiouly states based on evidence, all the while qualifying the degree of certainty with which it is known.
Well, I will give you this. Your nothing if not inconsistent.
If you're going to attack science, and those who defend its work, do you not think you should perhaps apply the same standards to your own position?
Just sayin'.
Cheers,
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

Trash,

The economists etc all agree that it will damage the economy. What they are trying to say is that it won't be so bad. The only modelling that treasury has done, assumes that everyone else will have a price on carbon, and even then they refuse to release the model itself.

For many industries already operating on razor thin profit margins, this will be the end.

The GST was based on final costs on locally and imported goods, where as the carbon tax will apply almost exclusively to locally produced goods. Those from China and India where there is no carbon tax will squeeze out local producers.