Wish you all the best Tony . Many of us, including some on the other side ( this article is from our local paper today ) are very pleased with your members standing up to this world saving policy provided by a new trading bloc called the UN .
As for those who think we are all far too religious to be taken seriously - Tell me in the sound aussie question "Takes one to know one, eh?"
Who then are the card carrying " Heavenly minded but no earthly use "characters currently in power ?
Trust you too, though, will remember where some of this nonsense has come from - thinking the best models of governance are business models - have to tell you they are not .
Even if you don't believe me, ask yourselves the question "
Why does the statement
"The moral challenge of the ......., " carry more weight politically than "The market challenge of the......? "
Too many reactionaries are themselves in denial about the role of idealism and worldview in human motivation. More HERE
By the way, this latest bit of panic driven sub scientific madness is nothing new .
If you don't believe me BOOKMARK into comments on http://ecosus.blogspot.com over the next few weeks( not linked yet) where I will list in more detail some of the other fanatical nonsense and panic misdirections promoted by polys and wannabes in areas such as salinity, water conservation, bushfire and biodiversity management.- renewable energy over the last decade.
Do environment well and we will be the first to back you !Some sure know how to "talk about it " Others of us "Know how to do it"
Hopefully the above site will help you, and thinking Australians answer the question on everybody's lips - how trustworthy is the advice the Emperors are seeking and if its NOT effective , why is SO!!!
Lets just hope the ABC can move on from some of their favoured old mentors (gurus in the silly old class of mere description) of the past!
Modern science practice needs to move on before there is no one qualified to practice this challenging profession ; and also so that all this careless talk of innovative technology export is more than just talk!
