Rudd's climate clichés

30 November, 2009 by

climate_clicheKevin Rudd has delusions of grandeur (or should we say, delusions of adequacy) thanks to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, and thinks that he can dispense wisdom from on high towards the bottom dwellers back home in Australia. Unfortunately, all he can dispense is vacuous platitudes and climate clichés that are just, like, so last year:

“When it comes to the future of climate change in Australia, further delay on climate change equals denial on climate change,” Rudd said when questioned about the Liberal Party revolt.

“I understand Mr Turnbull, the leader of the opposition, has said something similar in the last 24 hours. [But he’s a fruit loop like you, Kevin – Ed]

“Our view is very simple. [In fact, I am very simple too – Ed]

“The time for delay on climate change action has well and truly passed.

“In Australia we have more than 10 years of delay on climate change action and after 10 years of delay on climate change action, continued delay is nothing less than climate change denial.”

Like a child, he believes everything the IPCC says, and won’t listen to anything else. And the only reason he wants the ETS through parliament is for his own selfish vanity.

I think we all know who the real deniers are.

Read it here.

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Rudd's cliché-ridden comments on CHOGM

30 November, 2009 by

Still trusts the IPCC, bless…

Still trusts the IPCC, bless…

Like a cracked record, Kevin Rudd churns out the same tired old clichés about climate change, despite the fact that we are now in a post-CRU world. Poor Kevin still believes every word the IPCC says, despite the fact that his, and indeed the entire globe’s, policy on climate change is, in all probability, based on fudged data.

But they’re not going to let the chance of global government and global socialism slip by just because the science is fraudulent. And Kevin Rudd isn’t going to let the chance of a cushy job at the UN in about 2015 slip by either. So he’s still pressing ahead at full speed:

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who helped draft the document, said yesterday the consensus at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago was a “significant step forward” to a Copenhagen deal.

“That single voice is saying to the world that we, as the Commonwealth, representing one-third of the world’s population, believe the time for action on climate change has come,” Mr Rudd said.

“The clock is ticking with Copenhagen. We’ve achieved one further step, a significant step forward, with this communique and we believe that the political goodwill and resolve exists to secure a comprehensive agreement.”

The declaration does not set emission targets but calls for “an internationally legally binding agreement” at Copenhagen. It recognises “the need for an early peaking year for global emissions”. (source)

And after all the excitement at India coming on board following Obama’s magic touch a while ago, one of their number candidly reveals their true intention, which is virtually “business as usual”:

INDIA’S chief climate change negotiator has flatly rejected taking on emission reduction targets a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the country would commit to cuts conditionally.

India, one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, has yet to offer figures on reining in its carbon output, with just over a week to go until UN climate talks start in Copenhagen.

Singh said yesterday that India is “willing to sign on to an ambitious global target for emissions reductions or limiting temperature increase” provided developed countries share in the burden of funding mitigation.

But in an interview broadcast today, chief negotiator Shyam Saran told the NDTV news channel that India is under no pressure to join the United States and China – the world’s top two carbon sources – in announcing firm numbers ahead of the summit.

“There cannot be any emission cuts,” said Saran, adding that the developed world does not expect countries like India to adopt emission reduction targets but instead to accept “deviation from business as usual”. (source)

So there’s as little chance of a global deal at Copenhagen as ever.

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Rudd "plays down double dissolution"

28 November, 2009 by

One brain cell…

One brain cell…

Which, given Kevin Rudd’s usual form in these things (think “no special deal for Sri Lankans”), means he will probably call a double dissolution on January the first.

“I’ve been elected by the Australian people to implement our mandate including the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. We intend to get on with the business of doing that,” he said.

“I’ve said consistently going back a long long time that my belief is the Australian people expect us to fill a full term. My view on that has not changed.”

Read it here.

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Climate Madness: Turnbull stays, ETS inches closer

25 November, 2009 by

The effect of the ETS on climate

The effect of the ETS on climate

So here we are, Australian Climate Madness prevails, as Malcolm Turnbull survives the leadership challenge, and the ETS inches ever closer to becoming law.

So as we enter into this new chapter in Australian stupidity, let’s remind ourselves of all the wonderful things the ETS will do:

  • nothing for climate
  • nothing for global temperatures
  • nothing for local temperatures
  • nothing for the Arctic
  • nothing for polar bears
  • nothing for the drought
  • nothing for the Great Barrier Reef
  • nothing for Kakadu
  • nothing for Tuvalu and all the other sinking islands
  • nothing for the ringtail possum and other cuddly creatures
  • nothing for bushfires and heatwaves
  • in fact, nothing for anything even remotely related to the climate

On the other hand:

  • everything to damage Australia’s economy
  • everything to damage Australia’s competitiveness
  • everything to increase the cost of living for ordinary Australians
  • everything to make the poorest in society worse off
  • everything to damage emissions intensive industries
  • everything to ensure that our industries move offshore
  • everything to create more unemployment
  • everything to raise electricity, gas and food prices
  • everything to ensure there isn’t a double dissolution
  • everything to make Kevin Rudd look big at Copenhagen
  • everything to assist a pointless global “deal”
  • everything to advance the cause of global government and global wealth distribution
  • everything to advance Kevin Rudd’s selfish aim to be UN Secretary General in 2015

Have I missed anything there? Leave a comment if I have.

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Breaking: Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong – press conference

24 November, 2009 by

Listen here (didn’t catch the start – apologies).

Kevin Rudd, Penny Wong Press Conference

Key points of deal:

  • increased assistance to coal industry
  • voluntary action of Australian households will be counted
  • additional support for electricity industry
  • exclude agriculture and include offsets
  • additional help for electricity prices

More to come…

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Climate madness soon to be enacted?

23 November, 2009 by

Are the Senate about to throw us off?

Are the Senate about to throw us off?

The next 48 hours will determine whether Australia goes over the cliff edge of climate madness, and passes an ETS based on flawed science and the political posturing of the IPCC, and which will do nothing for the climate either locally or globally, but which will do untold damage to our economy, industry and competitiveness, or whether, at the last minute, it steps back from the brink, and comes to its senses, and quietly walks away from the precipice.

If this report in the Herald Sun is to be believed, we’re over the cliff, folks:

AUSTRALIA is on the verge of signing a groundbreaking plan to cut greenhouse gases, with the Government offering last-minute concessions to win Coalition support for its emissions trading scheme.

The Coalition party room must still give the green light to the Bill, to include new compensation for polluters and green bonuses for households.

But sources said the deal was likely to be accepted, despite significant dissent.

The scheme will raise the price of many goods and services but the impact on households will depend on the final detail of the scheme.

A deal would be a win for both Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull. [And a savage blow to the Australian people – Ed]

The PM would get an agreement he could take to the Copenhagen climate change summit, putting Australia in an elite global club of climate change reformers. [Who the hell is this journalist? Makes it sound like something to be proud of – Ed]

The Opposition Leader would have his position in the party strengthened and avoid a double dissolution.

Even strident opponents of the scheme last night said they believed MPs would fall into line behind Mr Turnbull. [God no – this cannot happen – Ed]

“If he pushes hard in favour of it, people – even though they may not actually agree that we should be doing anything – will go along with it because they don’t want to roll the leader,” a senior Liberal said.

Please let this be wrong.

Climate madness in undiluted form.

Read it here.

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Wong and Rudd's "heat wave" deception

23 November, 2009 by

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Krudd and Wrong

From the Weather Isn’t Climate Department: As if we need more proof that Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong are on a religious crusade on climate change rather than anything based on science, they blurt out unfounded links between the heatwave in New South Wales and “global warming”:

Sydney’s average maximum temperature was a little more than 40C yesterday, making it the city’s hottest November day in 27 years [which means it was hotter 27 years ago, before this global warming hoax even got going – Ed], while crews in Melbourne were still mopping up last night after a devastating storm lashed the Victorian capital.

“We’ve seen increased numbers of storms, we’ve seen much less rain, particularly in southeastern Australia we’ve seen hotter and drier temperatures and conditions,” Senator Wong said yesterday.

“All of these are consistent with the trends that climate scientists are talking to us about and just underlined to us why Australia is so vulnerable to climate change.”

Kevin Rudd linked the weekend’s weather extremes to the ETS debate.

“Everyone in Australia thinking about this, this weekend, would work it out that we are among the hottest and driest continents on Earth,” the Prime Minister said.

“We will feel the effects of climate change fastest and hardest, and therefore we must act this week, and the government will be doing everything possible to make sure that that can occur.”

That’s the great thing about the “global warming” – if you are shallow enough, as Rudd and Wong most certainly are, you can blame anything on it. In reality, there is no evidence whatsoever that anything quoted above has anything to do with climate change. We’ve had worse droughts, worse heatwaves, worse rain storms. But hey, who cares about the truth anyway? It’s all about getting our ETS through at any cost.

Read it here.

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"What can we do?"

22 November, 2009 by

Difficult questions ahead

Difficult questions ahead

Gary M comments in a previous thread:

What do we do about Turnbull and Rudd next week? The Liberals will sign up with Wong and Co. and Copenhagen will go ahead. I cannot believe that there are so few of us that our voices will make no difference. How do we make this ground-swell attract more momentum…what can we do??

It’s a very good question. What can we do? Malcolm Turnbull is a climate change believer and will try to negotiate an ETS through the Senate. The government are completely in thrall to whatever the IPCC says, and refuse to even consider the science may not be as 100% settled as they keep telling us it is. Unfortunately, so are a number of the Liberal senators.

Our only hope is those in the Senate like Nick Minchin and Tony Abbott, who are smart enough see through the spin and bluster of Rudd, Wong, the IPCC and all the dodgy scientists on the alarmist funding bandwagon. If they can persuade enough of the remaining Liberal senators to vote against the ETS, we are in with a chance. Alternatively, with time for debate reduced to two days, running out of time becomes a real option.

Write, email or call your Liberal senators (we know the Nats will vote it down) – contact list here (PDF). Direct them to materials (see here for example) that they should read and consider before voting on the ETS. If any of you actually know your senators personally, so much the better. Personal contact is far more effective than unsolicited correspondence.

Unfortunately, until the stranglehold of the alarmists is broken once and for all, no one will ever get the full story from the mainstream media. Hence the importance of the blogosphere in the climate debate.

Send links to this blog and other sceptic blogs (see the Blogroll) to your friends and colleagues – the more readers we and the other blogs can reach, the more chance of creating a groundswell of public opinion.

Above all, remain positive!! The truth will out – in the end.

If anyone has more suggestions, leave a comment!

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Hilarious: Rudd enlists Galileo's help

19 November, 2009 by


I know ten facts about climate change now, and they're still all wrong.

I know ten facts about climate change now, and they're still all wrong.

Except he gets it completely back to front! Kevin Rudd is, you know, quite frankly, stunned at the response of the Opposition to his wondrous ETS and just can’t believe that anyone could possibly have a bad word to say for it:

“I’m constantly stunned. It’s as if we’re back into the trial of Galileo or something and they’re simply arguing somehow that the science is fiction and that they alone in their own prejudiced universe occupy fact.

“I mean, we are back almost in a medieval court.”

What a classic own goal! If Rudd had any idea of the history of science (or in fact about anything at all), he would have realised that it was Galileo who was in the position of today’s climate sceptics, bravely proposing a scandalous sun-centred model of the solar system in the face of the religious dogma of the Catholic church (or in the present analogy, the High Church of Global Warming), which stood firmly by the biblical, faith-based, earth-centred model. And for this (ultimately correct) interpretation of the workings of the solar system, Galileo was sentenced by the Pope to house arrest for the remainder of his life. The Catholic church took until 1992, three hundred and fifty years after his death, to admit it was wrong, and a statue of him now stands in the Vatican. How’s that for rehabilitation?

So in order to attack the climate sceptics in the Opposition, Kevin Rudd enlists the help of probably the most famous scientific sceptic in history, who was eventually shown to have been right all along. I always knew our PM was no brain surgeon, but honestly…

Read it here.

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Labor ministers get desperate

19 November, 2009 by

Playground bully. Needs standing up to.

Playground bully. Needs standing up to.

So desperate are the Rudd government to sneak the ETS into legislation before anybody realises what a crock it is, that senior ministers are starting to sound like playground bullies:

KEVIN Rudd has demanded Malcolm Turnbull guarantee his divided partyroom will vote on an emissions trading scheme by the end of next week.

Accusing Senate leader Nick Minchin of “incubating a rural militia from the backwoods of Montana”, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner warned Mr Turnbull he was being held hostage by the “wackier” end of the Liberal Party.

…

Seizing on opposition spokesman Ian Macfarlane’s concession today that the Rudd government had a “mandate” to introduce the scheme [Why on earth did Macfarlane do that? How stupid can you get – Ed], Mr Rudd said the Liberal leader must now guarantee his troops would vote before Parliament rises for the year.

“Stand up today and confirm there will be a vote on the CPRS,” Mr Rudd demanded.

If it were me, I would have two words to say to Mr Rudd, and the second one being “off”.

Read it here.

PS. And of course, Rudd cannot resist the opportunity of using the current heatwave as somehow “evidence” for “global warming”, his dull intellect not yet having comprehended that weather isn’t climate.

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