Well done Sophie,
Don't let the lurkers and right wingers on OLO get you down, they deflect facts and reality like they're swatting flys.
I would bet a fair number of them still think that smoking is good for you and CFC had nothing to do with the Hole in the Ozone.

kenny ,next you'll be saying skepics also deny the holocaust .. if you have nothing to say except insults .. your arguments must be pretty shallow

lurker indeed, since that and other insults were your entire contribution .. does it reflect your presence on blogs? I guess in most circles you would be called a troll, but I won't be that unkind.

I'm a non smoker, and the hole in the ozone layer .. oh jeez go do some research on that one, please .. it's still there! so reducing CFCs did what? Like a carbon tax .. make you feel better, without doing anything, but that's the left wing view, don't worry about substance .. it's the look that's important ..

go do some reading for goodness sake

don't be so wrong all the time ..ok (rhetorical, no reply required)

Quite right rpg.. Kenny if you have no better arguements than references to long gone issues in which we have never been involved, then you have indeed clean run out of effective arguments..

Good work, Kenny.

Always encourage people as confused and as damaging to the community, as yourself, like Sophie.

Slime and malign those that you envy most, the sensible people with clear minds.

Show your support for a tax on carbon dioxide, a clear odourless beneficial gas, never shown to be harmful except in the deranged minds which dream up lies about it.

The IPCC, and its cohorts, like Al (35 lies in 90 minutes) Gore, are the culprits, in case there is any doubt in the identification of the carbon demonisers.

Carbon is the base of all life on Earth. Carbon dioxide is the invaluable trace element in the atmosphere, without which the crops which sustain us would not grow. With increased carbon dioxide the growth is stronger and the plants need less water.

Carbon dioxide is not pollution and we should be rewarding those who increase its emission, not threatening them with an iniquitous tax, to enrich the anti Western Civilization parasite, the United Nations.

While I don't like the idea of paying more for electricity, I think that if the broader scientific community believes that climate change is happening and that it is manmade, then we must do something about it.

We need to do whatever we can to reduce carbon pollution. That means becoming more energy efficient, less wasteful and convert to renuable energy sources and move away from carbon energy sources.

We are already experiencing mass extinctions, loss of biodiversity, the sea water is becoming more acidic, we are experiencing greater extremes in weather.

We only have one planet, and I would like my chidren and grandchildren to live in a world where there is enough water, food and resources for them to live comfortably. If we refuse to make changes, we may end up in endless wars over arable land and resources - and that is the best case scenario.

Sophie, I’ve worked for disadvantaged kids too and guess what? They can’t afford energy now, let alone future rises. Nor can their parents. Please stop punishing the poor.

By the way, and according to your worldview, a bigger anti-carbon tax rally would mean that we’d win. So will you change your mind if that happens or are you an ideologue? More protests are planned.

The more representative polls are not on your side either. Just like NSW Labor, Julia’s pro-censorship global warming faith is gone. Enjoy it while you can.