The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[DJC]

I don't have a problem with that, as long as you call out when the CSIRO report is misrepresented by either side of the debate.

But do not assume the conclusions of the CSIRO report are devoid of politics, they are funded by the government and the CSIRO reports tend to make conclusions based on the government of the day!

A lot of other stuff influences the outcomes of various reports, like where the superfunds of the various people or industries involved choose to invest.

Secondly, it's very wrong to assume we will all get the same deal, the growing disquiet about the poor performance of energy providers in regional areas should be a warning for all of us, it's the regional areas that are the canary, when stuff gets tough, the suburbs will feel the bite as well.

It's completely disingenuous when critics fail to call out the bogus details on both sides of the debate, they need to do better and if they do I'll have nothing to post about. But at the moment I see each segment attacking low carbon alternatives, they a forcing a unilateral approach that is doomed to fail.

As I said, I'll just stick with the CSIRO report because I know that it is accurate, independent and absolutely devoid of political influence.  The only problem is that it is clearly not influencing political party policy.