Rather than engage in debate about the actual causes of climate change, alarmists around the world resort to the ad hominem attack, as Greg Combet has done, branding the Opposition as “climate change sceptics”, as if that’s some term of abuse:

“But of course climate change sceptics are the sorts of people we see in the Liberal Party and certainly in the National Party,” he told ABC television.

“They are the ones who are advancing scepticism about the fact that we have climate change to deal with.

“That is where the fundamental problem lies in the Australian parliament, in the coalition and in the Liberal and National Parties specifically.”

To Greg and Rudd and Wong, the debate’s over, science is settled – nothing to see here. The only thing left for them is name-calling. That’s the level of debate we have about a piece of legislation that will cost our economy billions…

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This guy, a researcher at Warwick University, UK, has found a way to reduce drag on aircraft wings, and then plays the “climate change” joker:

“The truth is we’re not exactly sure why this technology reduces drag but with the pressure of climate change we can’t afford to wait around to find out.”

Another worthy winner of the ACM ICOTD Gong [cue applause, and Al Gore-type Nobel prize acceptance speech… on second thoughts, maybe not – Ed].

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Question: does Malcolm Turnbull really think (a) that CO2 causes global warming [er, surely “climate change”? – Ed], and (b) that an ETS in Australia will actually make a difference to global climate, or he is just scared of being labelled a “denier” and is therefore going along with it to be popular? Whatever the reason, it is climate madness from the Opposition.

LIBERAL leader Malcolm Turnbull says he has “no doubt” that Australia will get an emissions trading scheme.

And he has fired a shot across the bows of his Coalition colleagues the Nationals and climate change sceptics in his own party, warning voters will expect Australia “to follow suit as part of an effective global agreement” if the US develops an ETS of its own.
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The Liberal leader yesterday strongly signalled his support, saying: “I’ve got no doubt we have an emissions trading scheme in Australia.”

Unlike Rudd (who unfortunately comes across as not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and therefore hardly surprising that he, like Obama, has been taken in by the spin and political posturing of the IPCC), Turnbull should be able to spot the falsehoods being peddled as facts, and instead of following meekly behind Rudd and Wong, should be asking the government very difficult questions about why they are going headfirst into bankrupting the economy for absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

The Nationals are the only party with any sanity left in the Australian climate debate.

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