Just a small point, but the power generators are not the real polluters. The real polluters are the consumers. If there were no consumers, there would be no need for power generators. The wrong people are being taxed.

David

There are no "carbon polluters" here. Supplying our all important greenery with an colorless, odorless, harmless plant food should be rewarded.

I agree with Peter Lang and Hasbeen.This is a beatup to justify a tax based on a lie.

Peak oil could also be a lie since they keep discovering new sources but not too much in a given period to force prices low.

In the 1960s we had 15 years of oil reserves left. Now we have 50 years left. Go figure!

The carbon tax has ALWAYS been about 'doing something' about 'global warming' or was it 'climate change' or was that 'weather malfunction'? Or is it now 'sustainability? The tax has NEVER been sold as a mechanism to address 'peak oil'. I read this article as an attempt by Tom to shift the goal post's again. The whole thing is a contemptible farce. I think I will go with Senior Victorian on this one.

Guys, I'm a bit confused; again I hear you say. Has Julia imposed the carbon emmisions tax because we are going to double our coal exports in the next 20 years or in spite of this? Iv'e got a terrible head cold at the moment but even so, I seem to have caught a wiff of hypocrisy in the air.
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