Mr Opinion,
That's why the onion muncher is now irrelevant !

individual,

Tony Abbott is now a non-entity because he failed to acknowledge the fact that Australia's environmental crisis is being caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

I think the likes of ScuMo, Barnaby Joyce, etc., are also destined for oblivion because of their failure to also acknowledge this fact. They were able to fool some of the people some of the time but cannot fool all of the people all of the time. The tide of opinion has turned against them as the people begin to come to terms with the reality of climate change.

PS did you see that article I posted elsewhere where a Chinese company has been give the rights to mine ground water in drought-ridden southern Queensland, which they will use to bottle and most likely sell to their own people in China. As one Chinese woman on Sydney's north shore was overheard saying 'Aren't the Australians dumb.' Lady, you sure are right about that!

Mr Opinionated,
Let me know when you have some proof that human action is the cause of climate change.

The recent minor incident at white Island should have made every thinking person more aware of just how little influence humans have on mother nature. Nature controls all the important stuff, like earthquakes , volcanos, continental drift, tides, snowfall and rain and there is nothing humans can do to alter that, which includes climate.

You must think humans are very special if you think nature allows us to influence the worlds climate. We are not that important.

HenryL,

I am an environmental sociologist and my research focuses on finding out what scholars and scientists are saying, primarily specialising in the planet's water but I also look at the big picture stuff as part of my research.

The scientific community has looked into all of the physical things that could be causing the planet to warm up over the past 240 years. They have looked at each probable cause in detail and gone through a process of elimination. They have been able to eliminate every possible cause except one, which is the burning of fossil fuels.

That is, they have found that only one of the possible causes could have caused the rise in mean global temperature over the past 240 years. This is the burning of fossil fuels; all other possible causes could not be substantiated and have been eliminated.

PS How does everyone like it knowing that a Chinese company is mining ground water in a drought-ridden part of Qld and bottling it for sale to Chinese back in their homeland while Australia's farmers go without and their farms become dustbowls.

As the Chinese would tell you: 'Suckers! We've got your politicians in our pockets and you can't do a thing about it. Suckers!'

So where is all that water in the drought-striken country ?