"Tony Abbott has consistently denied the science of climate change, and his obsession to dismantle the carbon price rests on this personal obsession driven by willful ignorance.
"In three years time the carbon tax will be gone." But will the real problem of global warming be over?"

The writer shows her ignorance. There is no doubting that she is an unquestioning believer in AGW.

On the other hand, Tony Abbott is a realist. He knows that climate change is a natural process that has been going on since Earth's beginning.

There is no empirical scientific evidence that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are a significant driver of climate change. Consequently, there is no scientific nor economic justification for spending billions of dollars on supposedly controlling climate change.

It is perfectly logical to dismantle the carbon price, whether it be the carbon tax or an ETS, especially as it is designed to substantially raise the price of energy but does not result in any measurable impact on climate change.

Given that coal-fired electric power generation is substantially more economical and reliable than the inefficient, costly renewables, wind turbine power and solar power, it would be perfectly logical to dismantle the renewable energy target as well. In this respect, Coalition policy is no better than Labor's. They are both illogical, as they retain the RET whereby they effectively subsidise the promotion of renewables by imposing cost penalties on the coal-fired generators.

neanderthal conservatives have their heads in the sand
Francis,
I wonder if you would say that if you had to support yourself by depending on your competence. My guess is you wouldn't have the strength to lift a hand to the keyboard.

We have an Abbott and a Bishop but will Cardinal Pell enjoy Abbott's ear?

Will Abbott again become a Ministerial Trojan Horse for conservative Catholic policy influences.

No Abbott won't ban abortions but will Medicare support for abortions again come with woman getting a compulsory talking to from religious people supported by Abbott government policy?

Or will Abbott become something more positive - a leader who consults and respects the views of his Ministers and his moderate, overwhelmingly secular mandate?

Individual: nasty! nasty! Perhaps an indication that you feel threatened.

Aristocrat - never mind that the essay Everybody-All-At-Once and the book Not Two Is Peace was written by the most profoundly religious, or more accurately Spiritual Being that has ever appeared on this planet. Read this introduction to His auto-biography for instance:
http://www.kneeoflistening.com/i1-spiritual-genius.html

And his criticism of conventional so-called religion.
http://www.dabase.org/up-1-1.htm
http://www.adidam.org/teaching/aletheon/truth-religion
Plus this profoundly disturbing assessment of what Western "culture" (in particular) in both its secular & so called religious forms is really all about:
http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/Aletheon/ontranscendingtheinsubordinatemind.html
The Signs of the Times
http://www.beezone.com/news.html

Daffy, I've read these critiques before, many times. They're as old as Plato, at least; and have driven philosophical and religious idealism for at least 2 millennia. These should be read with caution and skepticism. They create false hope, and more drastically, political movements that justifies revolutions and death.