would not be top of my agenda of "things to do when in government" but the Premier of this state believes it is important enough to jet off to Azerbaijan and lobby to do just that.
My own view is that these "climate conferences" are almost entirely a waste of money. They make some people feel good and warm, cosy and fuzzy. They allow others to feel a sort of righteous indignation at the way the rest of the world is treating them. Still others feel guilty about their "privileges".
The most recent independent report on the cost of "going green" suggests that it is going to cost a great deal more than the government wants us to believe. The report estimate runs to "half a trillion" dollars more than current estimate. You can at least double that before you get a real figure. This is for a country which issues a tiny amount of harmful emissions. It is also estimated it would take up about half the size of Tasmania - just for the solar portion. The cost is astronomic - and of course there is no nuclear energy in the formula because "that is too expensive" and "it takes too long to build". Really?
I really do care about the planet, about the way we treat it, about the next generations being able to live on it...but I am not sure that "going green" in the way the government is proposing is the answer. And, I will ask the question again, why aren't we planting more trees?
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