"We don't have thousands packed in protest in one of our busiest streets. Nor do we have unemployment at a devastating 9%. We don't have widespread unease and violence, nor do we have an immanent fresh water crisis with no long term solution."

And one reason why we are in this enviable position is because we haven't thrown vast amounts of taxpayers' funds away on ridiculous 'green' schemes like California, Spain and the UK.

Yet.

But if you seriously think that 'climate change' is ever going to produce more refugees than, say, poverty, persecution and oppression, then I'd say it's YOUR mentality that's at fault, not Australia's.

Nice try Sophie, but "small island mentality, compassionless politics and aversion to change" have nothing to do with it. Perfectly rational engineers who have global outlooks, who welcome and indeed create change and who are as compassionate as the next person don't think that renewables can do the job. But of course playing the woman and not the ball is all part of left wing politics.

Germany is currently building 25 new coal-fired power stations. As the Europeans, who sponsored the Kyoto Protocol in the first place return to fossil fuels, we can all sit back and watch the IPCC declare more and more uncertainty about its climate predictions. That process has already started. The only question is how the IPCC will admit they were wrong without actually saying,"we were wrong".

Trevetts articles are arrogant - she knows everything; scientifically ignorant - mention wind and sun and all power issues are solved; exhibit a total theist attitude re climate change; exhibit a fanciful notion that Australia cutting CO2 emissions will solve anything at all; and are couched in language which is nasty and contemptuous.
But above all she is a bore.

What has co2 got to do with emission control. Co2 is invisible, Carbon is seen and measurable particles. This is what has got to go, namely fossil fuels.

Reading this article gives more than sufficient evidence as to NOT lower the voting age.