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The public narrative on a carbon price : Comments
By Joel Dignam, published 10/5/2011Not everything is black or white, not even the carbon debate.
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The carbon tax proposal remains the last gasp.. if it does go ahead it will make no difference whatever to carbon emissions world-wide - I think we can all agree on that - but in any case its the last ditch.
The tornados you mentioned in NZ and the US are in fact due to cooler temperatures. Its because we're in a la nina (global temperatures have plunged in the last few months, from the el nino highs of early last year). Check out the meterological sites if you don't believe me.
Both bushfires and hailstorms due to global warming? Scientists have been arguing over whether there is any long term trend in major storms for years now and, although global climate did warm a few tenths of a degree between 75 and 2000 about so you would expect something happen, they have yet to reach any definitive conclusion. And, no, earthquakes and tsunamis cannot be attributed to global warming.