By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
The Gore Effect has struck again. Al Baby recently visited Canberra accompanied by his usual blizzard to try to convince the tiny band of eccentrics that held the balance of power in the Senate to vote to keep the “carbon” tax that has been pointlessly crippling the Australian economy.
He failed. The Senate upheld the vote in the House to bring the doomed CO2 tax to a timely end. The Australian Labor Party, which had unwisely introduced the hated tax for the sake of clinging on to office for a few more months with the support of the now-decimated Greens, is belatedly trying to whip up support from a skeptical nation for a repeal of the repeal.
Bob Carter, whose measured, eloquent and authoritative lectures all over Australia putting the minuscule global warming of the 20th century into the calming perspective of geological time helped to see off the tax, sends me the following image that the ALP are desperately circulating to their fanatical but dismayed supporters.
The propaganda graphic was accompanied by the usual mawkishly syrupy message from the Labor loonies to useful idiots everywhere:
“Just hours ago, Tony Abbott made Australia the only country in the world to reverse action on climate change.
“Not satisfied with hurting Australians through his cruel Budget, he’s now hurting future generations.
“Labor fought hard to put a price on carbon, and Labor fought hard to move to an emissions trading scheme. Through our climate action policies, investments in renewable energy topped $18 billion and 24,000 jobs in the sector were created. Houses with rooftop solar increased to 2.1 million, and wind-generated energy tripled.
“The Abbott Government and the crossbench in the Senate have taken a wrecking ball to Labor’s action on climate change.
“Let’s show Tony Abbott that we won’t stand for this. We will not give up the fight to securing a clean energy future for our children.”
The Prime Minister’s supporters have not been slow to respond. In no time, they were circulating the following take on the message.
Meanwhile, the tourist postcard industry has not been slow to sense the opportunity for combining celebration of the demise of the tax with some hearty Australian humor. Enjoy!
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No sunspot regions on the visible disc today.
The excess of ozone in the southern magnetic pole.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/strat_a_f/gif_files/gfs_o3mr_10_sh_f00.gif
As a result, inhibits the polar vortex over Australia.
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/10hPa/orthographic=138.71,-51.79,365
Ozone at an altitude of 45 km.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/strat_a_f/gif_files/gfs_o3mr_01_sh_f00.gif
On cue, in Sydney today it is absolutely freezing. No daiquiris to celebrate, it will have to be the “Fukushima Meltdown” instead. Recipe- quality instant coffee, cocoa , honey and a bit of cinnamon in half a cup of milk. Bring to boil in microwave. Add a couple of marshmallows and reboil. Add maximum of 3 of the following compatible liqueurs-Frangelico, Galliano, Baileys, Kahlua, Mozart(rich chocolate) ,Tia Maria ,Amaretto. Top with cold milk that has been shaken severely in its bottle for extra froth.
Alas, the fireplace has bad cracks in the brickwork that have to be fixed before we have an open fireplace. This is because I chopped a big supply of firewood a while back that would normally last us 2 years(since Sydney does not get that cold) which is all bone dry now. Typical. Run out of milk, so will have to brave the cold to get some more to make the celebratory meltdowns.
Time to celebrate.
“What “climate change” problem would that be specifically?”
The one in which climate deniers who have invented a theory that doesn’t match reality, but are in denial of that fact, dominate the economies of over half the developed world.
About “reversing action on climate change”
Spain has stopped all subsidies for new renewable energy instalations (wind and sun) two years ago when the right-center Rajoy was elected, over previous left wing PM Zapatero.
They run out of money.
Lord Monckton,
I bet that your debates and speeches “down under” helped a lot with this result. I hope you plan to keep up that work because the war is far from over. Kudos to JoNova as well of course.
“Mark Stoval (@MarkStoval) says:
July 18, 2014 at 3:49 am”
There was no coverage here in Aus unless you were reading WUWT or Jo Nova etc. So almost nothing!
Australian Federal Govn’t, state Govn’t, local council, the MSM and all “authorities” (Maybe not the “fireies”) are in bed with CaGW, hook, line and sinker.
mr carter says refer to sks,rotflmfao
Monckton of Brenchley says:
July 17, 2014 at 4:00 pm
The propaganda site to which I was referring was “The Conversation”.
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Oh Dear Lord(M) 🙂
none but the approved and certain few get anything posted there.
It’s a waste of pixel time to even bother penning a Q or response.
but good onya for having a go!
🙂
I am one of the very pleased its been canned,
still dont trust Clive though
After 9/11, Tony Blair stood up and made an incredibly eloquent speech, one that galvanized the planet and made us all proud that someone, somewhere was feeling the pain of the US. It certainly wasn’t Canada’s PM at the time, who was likely hiding under his bed the whole time. Later I had many people point out to me the many ways that Tony Blair was completely opposite me politically, but it didn’t matter. He said the right words, at the right time, and earned my respect.
From above:
I don’t know much about Tony Abbot, and to be honest the politics of Australia and New Zealand appear nothing but convoluted, backward, and plain weird. But to me this position (which is a brave position in today’s world, unfortunately) earns my respect.
In the future, people WILL look back on these pushbacks against the “climate establishment” as brave, principled, the RIGHT THING TO DO, although maybe a little late to stop most of the damage. History will not be kind to those who, deluded by charlatans and convinced of an imminent climate disaster, literally gave away our future and our children’s futures. And worse: they gave the future away to transparently stupid people like al-Gore and his followers.
Curious George says:
July 17, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Moderator – please snip Vicomt Monckon’s comment. He represents old times and ideas of politically incorrect opinions. Those times are gone. Progressives – full steam ahead!
[Jim, let me be clear on your request: no, and hell no, especially when you yourself hide behind a fake name (you are neither curious, nor George) while espousing that your own political viewpoint is superior. Feel free to be as upset as you wish – Anthony Watts]
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I could have sworn CG’s comment was satire.
Fan-freakin-tastic.
John Carter says:
July 17, 2014 at 3:50 pm
If you had a point, you managed to obscure it with writing that would embarrass a Sociologist.
Frosty, the upper house amendments can always be “forgotten” in the future.
This feels as good as winning the Ashes. Or the Rugby World Cup. Or…
But I think you catch my drift. This feels good.
“mosomoso says:
July 18, 2014 at 5:53 am”
No! Compare to those…games? Or footballything…I mean what? It’s like being “alternative”…
Well done Australia.
John
“God tends not to take political sides, but when it comes to the carbon tax, She does seem to be trying to tell us something via celestial signs.” Amazing ! Now God is a ‘SHE’. The problem with that comment that anyone that has any idea what ‘God’ is about would already know that he is neither a he or a she but only God. That comment would only be promoted by either a cretonic feminist or someone who has absolutely no idea what the scriptures teach. Either way, it is a truly offensive piece of propaganda that demonstrates the unworthiness of the person even making mention of it.
Mr Carter expresses concern that the somewhat increased methane concentration, coupled with the significantly increased CO2 concentration, will somehow upset the presumed equilibrium of the climate in a dangerous way. Well, the IPCC in 1990 estimated that by 2014 the total forcing from all anthropogenic sources since 1750 would be 4 Watts per square meter. However, by 2011 there had been only 2.3 Watts per square meter of manmade forcing. And global warming is occurring at half the rate the IPCC had predicted in 1990. None of the IPCC’s projections, on the basis of which doom had been predicted, are coming true. Relax: this has turned out to be a non-problem, though it will take some time for the profiteers of doom to realize it.
Many thanks to Willis Eschenbach, Mark Stoval and the King Of Cool for their kind words. Of course the usual suspects will bid their time until, in the course of events, the Left regain control in Canberra. But by then, with luck, it will have become impossible for the usual suspects in the media to conceal the fact that global warming is not occurring at anything like the predicted rate. Gradually, even on the habitually-unthinking Left, there will be a change in priorities to bring the focus closer to the real world. This is a great victory, but, as Churchill used to say, it is not the end, nor even the beginning of the end, but at least it is the end of the beginning.
Monckton of Brenchley says:
July 18, 2014 at 6:08 am
Relax: this has turned out to be a non-problem, though it will take some time for the profiteers of doom to realize it.
Uh, they will realize it as soon as there is no profit to be taken.
Shame, Australia, shame on you. You missed the opportunity to save something like 0.000463933% of the world’s CO2 output.
D. B. Cooper says:
since the BC Carbon Tax is offset by drops in income tax rates, it means someone else pays taxes I used to pay,
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your analysis is incomplete. the tax increases the cost of production in BC, discouraging exports and encouraging imports. this cuts employment which erodes the tax base, meaning that government has less funds for road building, schools and hospitals. The end result is toll bridges, school closures and long wait times for medical treatment. Which are likely to affect you or your family.
the net effect of the carbon tax is to export jobs to countries such as china, that are buying BC coal as fast as we can ship it to them. they sell back to us finished goods, arriving by the container load in Vancouver. And the CO2 from BC coal and lost BC jobs? It is carried back to BC for free by the wind. So for a net loss of jobs, we see no difference in CO2, maybe even an increase because China uses coal for electricity, while BC uses mostly hydro power.
@ferdberple
Yes, the holistic view is a better perspective on policy fail and related appearance management styles
The next step is to watch and see how much energy and voter respect is lost as Greens and Labor focus efforts in restarting the tax. That will really sap them while also showing off their inability to lead the country.
taxation for social purposes such as CO2 reduction rarely works as intended. the tax paying public eventually wakes up to this reality, and given an alternative will vote with their wallets.
taxes exist to raise revenue for the state. as such they are a necessary evil, but an evil just the same. the notion that you can somehow use this mechanism to do good is like asking the devil to save the world. what may look good on paper will eventually turn out bad.
taxes should never be used as a mechanism to “do good”. they are a necessary evil, but an evil just the same. otherwise, we could end poverty by taxing the poor and raise people’s IQ by taxing stupid. you cannot use an evil mechanism to do good, without unexpected consequences.