Bazz,

I have in the past criticised Gillard.

Why, just this morning I had a poke at Shorten and his invisibility cloak.

Anyhoooo....there's so much material to work with at the moment, yer can't blame me for indulging myself.

: )

Parrot,

If there is so much material to work with, why do you have to make up some?

You claim I am spinning, yet you take an article that talks about something giving reasons, and take the situation and impose your own reasons. You should work with Labor, they specialize in dishonest spinning and getting caught out.

I'd like to ask Poirot a couple of simple questions. It would be nice to receive a simple and direct answer but that might be asking a lot.

If the agreed amount of atmospheric CO2 contributed by humans equates to 12.5% of all atmospheric CO2, the rest (87.5%) coming from naturally occuring sources, and Australia only contributes 1.5% of the 12.5% 0.000875 of the total, do you honestly believe any changes in Australia will make one iota of difference to the climate?

Another question is: can you please explain how taking money out of my pocket via a carbon tax and at the same time awarding low income earners the equivalent amount will reverse the climate trends?