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Gillard and the Gen Y vote : Comments

By Ramya Krishnan, published 20/7/2010

Now more than ever Julia Gillard cannot afford to be seen as sitting on her hands on the critical issue of climate change.

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So ozandy, besides grovelling to the author and rambling on your pet subject .. any thoughts on the article?
Posted by Amicus, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 12:36:45 PM
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Amicus, it looks like Ozandy started his post then got so carried away by hysterical hatred of skeptics, he forgot what he was doing and just had a rant.

Hilarious .. thanks, that makes my day.

I am easily amused though.
Posted by rpg, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 12:57:11 PM
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concern about climate change and other bulldust is a bit like acne....

for most of us we grow out of it in our late teens, early twenties.

Of course, some suffer the scars of acne for the rest of their days but the vast majority have real issues to deal with

Like raising families, funding mortgages and staying gainfully employed

If we were to fixate on Climate change we would probably find our employer was forced out of business because of stupid regulations and taxation demands.

No job makes ensuring we can afford to pay the mortgage of have children an impossibility

and all the time someone in China or India would be feeling very smug as they get on, doing the job you used to do and exporting the stuff your employer used to produce back here for you to look at in the shops, unable to afford them at any price.

Climate Change - expect it to be accompanied by employment and economic changes.

Everything has its price and Climate Change even though it has not been proved, is already extorting a heavy fee.
Posted by Stern, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 1:39:26 PM
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from my experience it is usually the youth that leave lights and heaters on. They also want to travel and stay at luxury resorts. Many that swallow the man made gw myth also work or study in comfortable offices where they insist on air conditioning and heating. To think that somehow Gen Y is exempt from this consumerism is an absolute joke. Most who bang on about man made gw are total hypocrites. It will be the elderly who can't afford heating and cooling that will suffer with higher prices for the 'me' generation who exude such self righteousness. People should support the nuke industry or shut up about gw. It is hypocritical and sickening. Just look at the restraint shown by their high priests (absolutely none). The general public will wake up to late as usual as again we get ripped off by those stupid enough to think they can play god. Lets have another CopenHagen and more corrupted data from the scientist. It is doing nothing to address those in need and everything to feed egos.
Posted by runner, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 2:27:01 PM
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Ozandy:>>Most of theses guys believe Global warming is a hoax, conspiracy, or just sheer arrogant incompetence. They are wrong,<<

Climate change is no hoax, it has never been static and as the little ice ages demonstrate, not particularly sequential. But climate is not affected by mankind’s polluting activities. Have a look at this link for some straight talking perspective on who controls the youth environmental movement Curmudgeon mentioned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEggt0ldQUI
Posted by sonofgloin, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 3:44:47 PM
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Ramya, I think you are right; we need a Prime Minister who faces this issue head on, with the full seriousness it deserves. There are people voting in this election who were born after the fundamentals of AGW were well established science, enough so to have established an IPCC (but not enough to slow growth of,let alone cut emissions). Despite a largely manufactured campaign promoting doubt and denial, the scientific basis is more sound than ever now. For a Prime Minister to promote further delay - or offer up greenwash like Carbon Capture and Storage 'in two to three decades' - ought not be tolerated by voters of any age group.
I can only continue to believe that over time the numbers of people who take this seriously will grow and hopefully not all through generational change. To understand the problem is to know that failure to tackle it isn't an option. I hope the Australian Youth Climate Coalition keeps growing and we hear more from you. Thanks Ramya.
Posted by Ken Fabos, Tuesday, 20 July 2010 4:12:14 PM
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