Slavery. Look, there you go again. Elephant in the room and you're happy to paint it out of sight instead of acknowledge it.
Of course ending the fossil fuel energy monster is a good thing. But there are three things about it.
First, we are still digging up coal and sending it overseas. Gillard was actually subsidising the coal miners. She was proud that it was a growth industry.
Second, if the oceans are going to rise, our contribution will be a cupful. The way some of the lunatic fringe talk, Abbott is personally responsible for the whole disaster.
If this stuff is going to happen, it's going to happen. It may be that the horse has bolted and closing the door will have no effect in our lifetimes. The smart money would be on dealing with the effect, not the cause, because our contribution is so small. We're at the mercy of that elephant. When it stamps its foot, we tremble, but when we raise a fuss, our tiny yap is drowned out. Remember Copenhagen?
