Australians are about to be duped into accepting a new tax dressed up as an Emissions Trading Scheme. If you accept the new mantra from the clever-dicks in the Rudd Government you will be welcomed into the new church of enviro-evangelism. You will be able to sleep soundly in the belief that the sky will forever be blue, the clouds soft and cuddly, the grass lush and green, the air pure and the water pristine.
If you dare question the extreme green enviro-evangelists you will be branded a heretic. A sceptic. An ignoramus. A wilful polluter.
Enviro-evangelism is the new pseudo-religion of the non-productive chattering class. It provides them with a ‘belief’ to fill the void of otherwise meaningless lives.
The new mantra for the jargonauts in Rudd’s clever-dick department (remember ‘working families’) is ‘green-jobs’ – an oxy-moron if ever there was one! Whoever heard of a Green that ever had a productive job? Senator Bob Brown, Lee Rhiannon MLC and fellow travellers come on down.
The rush for Australia to lead the world in creating a clean, green planet free of carbon emissions is not driven by scientific research. After all we only produce around one per cent of the offending carbon emissions. The rush is being driven by crass political professionals who know how to scare the bejesus out of the gullible majority and then provide them with a warm and cuddly solution. Why wouldn’t you vote for them? Especially when they threw in a $900 bonus to stimulate your voting intentions.
The key players in this environment are the United States, Europe and the emerging industrial giants, China and India. They will meet in Copenhagen to discuss new climate change protocols post Kyoto in December this year. More than 8,000 delegates from 170 countries will attend to address the issue.
Kevin Rudd’s rush to introduce legislation before the outcomes of this conference can only be seen as an exercise in ‘look at moi’ when he mixes with the big dogs on the international stage.
Kevin’s obsession with being noticed is going to cost us dearly. Food and electricity prices are set to soar. Meat will be replaced by mung beans as standard Australian fare. Australian working families will shiver in winter in swelter in summer because the cost of electricity will be prohibitive.
If we are dinkum about a clean fuel alternative we could always take advantage of our abundant reserves of uranium and replace our coal fired power stations with nuclear generators. Unfortunately that would be mortal sin in the new church of enviro-evangelism.
