global warming cooling $$$$$

Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Environmentalism, News, Technology

i recently recived the Australian Governments booklet on being "climate clever" yes the same Australian Government that has denied climate change since the begining and only recently changed its tack could it be the up coming election? they are trying to win the environmental vote? i took a look at the "climate clever"website http://cc.greenhouse.gov.au/index.html it does have a lot of ideas on being more conscientious some cost nothing some you may as well rebuild your house but the bit that got my attention was the emissions calculator where you can work out your carbon foot print and then buy credits and become carbon neutral so i worked it out, WA housholds need to buy $275 worth of credits so i worked it out for Australia averaging the states comes to $265 each houshold 7.5 million households (2001 statistics from the Australian Beureau of statistics) works out to be a $1,987,500,000 donation to "Government approved offset credits" whatever they are now i am neither global warming nor global cooling i feel there are some environmental issues that are being bypassed by all the talk of climate change, such as land clearing, deforestation, disappearing wildlife so you can call me cynical about the Governments motives, but this sounds awfully like a money making exercise with no guarantees where the money is going if you want to do something for this earth, you can do it, just dont live to excess, be sensible, minimalist, get ivolved in local environmental projects, plant a native garden for the wildlife, be imaginative, it isnt hard. and it will save you money instead of costing you and you will feel good inside damn Goverments can always find a way to make a $ from things sigh i hate being cynical but they make it so easy 🙁

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