Even though it is understandable that he was doing what he could to win, Howard should have stood by his convictions and never entertained setting up an ETS. The scam is becoming more and more evident and only those with money to make from it or those with less brain cells than a doormat continue to beat the global warming (man-made climate change) drum. Before the 2007 federal election then prime minister Howard pledged a re-elected conservative government would introduce an emissions trading scheme (ETS). But he now says that was because by late 2006 his government hit a perfect storm with on-going drought, severe water restrictions, bushfires and the release of the Stern Review and Al Gores film An Inconvenient Truth. To put it bluntly, doing something about global warming gathered strong political momentum in Australia, Mr Howard said in his written lecture. Regardless, Labor won the 2007 poll. Mr Howard says that was partly because the party had even more fashionable views on climate change. But six years on, Australias second-longest serving prime minister insists the high tide of public support for over-zealous action on global warming has passed.. - See more at: theaustralian.au/national-affairs/policy/global-warming-exaggerated-former-pm-john-howard-says/story-e6frg6xf-1226753872134#sthash.guQvtVxm.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:34:32 +0000
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