Wall Street Journal Astonished By KRudd's Bizarre Rant
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10 Nov 2009
The Wall Street Journal is astonished by Rudd's bizarre rant last Friday
against me and three other alleged sceptics:
"Mr. Rudd went on to attack, by name, "the vocal group of conservatives who
do not accept the scientific consensus"; opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull,
who has questioned the wisdom of taxing the most productive sectors of
Australia's economy during the downturn; and "world government conspiracy
theorists" who worry about devolving tax-and-spend powers to unaccountable
UN bureaucrats. "
"Well, who's left?"
"Inconveniently for Mr. Rudd, who based his election in 2007 on his
environmental bona fides, the public. Electorates all over the world are
starting to question the climate-change received wisdom. A recent poll by
the Lowy Institute-where Mr. Rudd gave his speech Friday-showed
climate-change had fallen to the seventh "most important" foreign-policy
goal for the public-down from first two years ago. There is receding support
in the U.S. and Europe too, which is why next month's Copenhagen confab is
expected to be such a dud. "
"Like the US, Australia is ignoring this common sense and pushing ahead to
impose an expensive cap-and-trade regime on its economy..."
Warmest Regards
Bon z0
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps
US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists
worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
from natural variation."
Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville