I think the cost of climate change will be subdued by the employment it will create. More and more car makers are putting out electric cars, which is good to see. A new breed of battery is in motion, and with far less weight. We need the carbon tax to push inavation along.
Hopefully get off oil altogether for consumers. This will leave oil for the manufacture of specific plastics.

Thanks Rich2. Yeah, the energy does get sucked out by the antics of some. I don't know if it's worth it, there's more important things in life, imo.

Not it seems for Leo, his life's mission. Google him - "Leo Lane" + "climate" and wallah - you can see he chants his rabid mantra all over the place. Roaming the blogosphere in Quixotic zeal as an apostle to the Bob Carters and Ian Plimers of the world - home spun messiahs to anyone associated with the Lavoisier Group (another interesting Google term to search).

Like you, I give more credence to scientific organisations and research institutions. For some inexplicable reason, I can't help but feel vested interests and big mining are out to screw - the Earth literally and us metaphorically :(

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Leo darling,
Overturned, set aside, sent back to the drawing boards ... whatever.

At the end of the day it didn't matter that the Supreme Court said justice wasn't served by the findings of the President of the Tribunal ... the mining industry and State government wanted that Coal mine extended regardless of the Supreme Court, and it was.

The case was not reheard, despite the successful appeal.