tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post5220847321840128864..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: The price of carbonbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-5509787970639178962013-07-15T06:54:27.532+01:002013-07-15T06:54:27.532+01:00The Conversation: A critique of emissions trading ...The Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.com/emissions-trading-schemes-are-fraught-territory-is-rudd-ready-16062" rel="nofollow">A critique of emissions trading schemes</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-55323125944800096382013-06-10T15:53:53.796+01:002013-06-10T15:53:53.796+01:00The Conversation: The carbon tax: markets won’t de...The Conversation: <a href="http://theconversation.com/the-carbon-tax-markets-wont-deliver-necessary-emission-cuts-7878" rel="nofollow">The carbon tax: markets won’t deliver necessary emission cuts</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-38351820367639987992012-11-09T13:32:17.427+00:002012-11-09T13:32:17.427+00:00The Conversation: Politically astute but profoundl...The Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/carbon-tax-plan-is-politically-astute-but-profoundly-inadequate-1975" rel="nofollow">Politically astute but profoundly inadequate</a>.<br /><br />"The paradox is that in Australia there is bipartisan support for protecting the Great Barrier Reef at the same time as there is bipartisan support for allowing carbon pollution to exceed byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-64681411058598257042012-11-01T15:04:09.639+00:002012-11-01T15:04:09.639+00:00The Chaser satirise fear mongering about the carbo...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TrmiPN2PpnU" rel="nofollow">The Chaser satirise fear mongering</a> about the carbon price.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75399032296381372002012-06-30T02:38:14.955+01:002012-06-30T02:38:14.955+01:00The Conversation: When the price isn't right. ...The Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/when-the-price-isnt-right-accc-sets-sights-on-price-gougers-in-wake-of-carbon-tax-7913" rel="nofollow">When the price isn't right</a>. The ACCC and misleading claims about price rises associated with the carbon price.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-29114643582858643072012-04-20T17:42:29.529+01:002012-04-20T17:42:29.529+01:00Inside Story: A clean energy future for whom? One ...Inside Story: <a href="http://inside.org.au/a-clean-energy-future-for-whom/" rel="nofollow">A clean energy future for whom?</a> One of the most intelligent analyses of the current legislation, getting into the details of which elements originated with the ALP and which with the Greens, as well as a useful discussion of the place of international offsets after 2020.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-69204583049702230862012-01-18T12:36:53.136+00:002012-01-18T12:36:53.136+00:00ABC Drum: Worse off under a carbon price? Some fas...ABC Drum: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3773412.html?WT.mc_id=newsmail" rel="nofollow">Worse off under a carbon price?</a> Some fascinating stats about electricity use in Oz compared to other items in the household budget.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11143341410587447232011-11-21T17:38:56.996+00:002011-11-21T17:38:56.996+00:00SMH: CSIRO says carbon tax hit will be small (smal...SMH: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/carbon-tax-hit-small-csiro-20111112-1ncvq.html" rel="nofollow">CSIRO says carbon tax hit will be small</a> (smaller even than the Treasury modelling estimated).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-58449742965924257612011-11-18T00:54:52.061+00:002011-11-18T00:54:52.061+00:00The Conversation: A comment on Australia's act...The Conversation: <a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/australia-should-delay-a-carbon-tax-until-the-rest-of-the-world-acts-3120#comment_12941" rel="nofollow">A comment on Australia's actual targets based on Treasury's modelling</a>. I haven't had a chance to check the references for this comment, but it is damning if correct.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-89939877619826862822011-08-19T15:43:09.821+01:002011-08-19T15:43:09.821+01:00ARRCC: A response to the proposed carbon price fro...ARRCC: <a href="http://www.arrcc.org.au/carbon-tax" rel="nofollow">A response to the proposed carbon price</a> from the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-48372572432249836882011-08-01T16:25:09.445+01:002011-08-01T16:25:09.445+01:00The Crabb piece is brilliant.The Crabb piece is brilliant.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-12810588041963643742011-08-01T16:24:41.111+01:002011-08-01T16:24:41.111+01:00For the official position of the Australian opposi...For the official position of the Australian opposition (based on direct unrepudiated quotes from Abbott), simply remove the phrase "based on crap science" (also a direct quote, but since repudiated - at least on some days...).<br /><br />I don't think it will do to equate Abbott's position with Cameron's. Cameron is closer to Turnbull; I think he gets it (maybe not quite as byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11246709512472049182011-07-31T04:21:15.457+01:002011-07-31T04:21:15.457+01:00Re your last commentL
The problem is that the str...Re your last commentL<br /><br />The problem is that the straw man position you just mentioned is not actually the official policy of any political party in Australia. It is frequently mentioned or insinuated by commentators, but they would have no problems aiming the same critiques at David Cameron either.<br /><br />The problem I allude to is, that while it is not the official position of the Mister Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825856773085135599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59933830140803664582011-07-30T21:08:21.990+01:002011-07-30T21:08:21.990+01:00SMH: David Cameron backs carbon price. This is ver...SMH: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/dear-julia-you-have-it-right-on-your-carbon-tax-20110730-1i5cc.html" rel="nofollow">David Cameron backs carbon price</a>. This is very interesting. It gets a bit harder to claim that the great big tax on everything based on absolute crap science that has put the Greens in charge of government policy will result in economic armageddon byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75693757026573417292011-07-22T16:34:49.227+01:002011-07-22T16:34:49.227+01:00PS Re WordPress - yes, I've basically reached ...PS Re WordPress - yes, I've basically reached the point where I probably to go ahead, but have never set aside the time it would take to do so. Then there are the associated hassles for readers and subscribers replacing bookmarks/RSS feeds and so on. And then there's the issue of whether internal links will still work (I've heard conflict reports on this), which is a deal breaker for byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-56970832237915494772011-07-22T16:32:13.080+01:002011-07-22T16:32:13.080+01:00Yes, I admire Turnbull and can only hope that he k...Yes, I admire Turnbull and can only hope that he keeps on creating space for the (entirely unradical) thought that conservatives might want to conserve something like the conditions under which human society has persisted, that liberals might want to avoid a situation in which we'll be lumped with <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/05/AR2010110503155.html?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-17346779724825030542011-07-22T09:53:40.921+01:002011-07-22T09:53:40.921+01:00Also, you should definitely switch to Wordpress. I...Also, you should definitely switch to Wordpress. It's a much better, more powerful, more flexible and more customisable system. You can also easily import all your content, including comments, from Blogger when you switch.Mister Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825856773085135599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-5550027291632215832011-07-22T09:50:35.384+01:002011-07-22T09:50:35.384+01:00At least the Liberals have Malcolm Turnbull, who i...At least the Liberals have Malcolm Turnbull, who is *the* most effective communicator about climate change in the Parliament. Last night he had these things to say:<br /><br />"So in the storm of this debate about carbon tax and direct action and what the right approach to climate change should be, do not fall into the trap of abandoning the science. Do not fall into the trap of thinking Mister Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825856773085135599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-24348593128438930122011-07-21T00:34:34.394+01:002011-07-21T00:34:34.394+01:00Paul Gilding: Coal crash coming?
I wonder whether...Paul Gilding: <a href="http://paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chronicles/cc20101118coalcrash.html" rel="nofollow">Coal crash coming?</a><br /><br />I wonder whether he isn't too optimistic about the ability of governments to take the time lag of emissions (and of switching infrastructure) seriously.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75309007807142066452011-07-19T17:43:57.279+01:002011-07-19T17:43:57.279+01:00CCR: Carbon price is not about your hip pocket.CCR: <a href="http://climatecodered.blogspot.com/2011/07/carbon-tax-pitch-misses-mark-its.html" rel="nofollow">Carbon price is not about your hip pocket</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-92134488653200565812011-07-19T16:42:18.649+01:002011-07-19T16:42:18.649+01:00SMH: "Unlike Labor's carbon price, Mr Abb...<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/windsor-loyal-to-doomed-gillard-20110719-1hneq.html#ixzz1SZAjTQdz" rel="nofollow">SMH</a>: "Unlike Labor's carbon price, Mr Abbott's direct action policy would pay polluters from the budget to cut emissions, costing at least $10 billion by 2020. Despite the policy differences, Labor and the Coalition share the goal of reducing emissions by 5 byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-26705987209390580812011-07-18T13:31:48.279+01:002011-07-18T13:31:48.279+01:00@Mark Ed - I cannot verify the accuracy of these w...@Mark Ed - <i>I cannot verify the accuracy of these wiki figures but Oz comes in at no.16 in the world and emits 1.32% of global CO2</i><br />Those figures are basically accurate, though they are not per capita. It is true that in aggregate terms, China and the US are the major players, covering about 40% of total current emissions between them. But mitigation efforts are required pretty much byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68320827475320800012011-07-16T01:33:25.171+01:002011-07-16T01:33:25.171+01:00DeSmogBlog: Australia's main contribution to c...DeSmogBlog: <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/king-coal-australia-plans-price-carbon" rel="nofollow">Australia's main contribution to climate change is not included in the plan</a>: coal exports.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-39969449663748264342011-07-15T22:25:28.083+01:002011-07-15T22:25:28.083+01:00Awesome rant (H/t bill). Here is a taste:
"T...<a href="http://heathenscripture.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/you-shut-your-goddamn-carbon-taxin-mouth/" rel="nofollow">Awesome rant</a> (H/t <a href="http://hot-topic.co.nz/carbon-pricing-comes-to-australia/#comment-26824" rel="nofollow">bill</a>). Here is a taste:<br /><br />"This taps into a very prominent feature of our political landscape: the constant line from Tony Abbott that Australian byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-52657556382994404712011-07-15T20:05:51.965+01:002011-07-15T20:05:51.965+01:00Ross Gittins: Is Gillard's plan too flawed to ...Ross Gittins: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/business/gillards-imperfect-carbon-plan-is-just-that-little-bit-better-20110715-1hhpt.html" rel="nofollow">Is Gillard's plan too flawed to be worth bothering with?</a>byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com