The only deniers are the ones that are denying nuclear as a viable source of clean energy.

I think it just goes to show that the ETS is a tax grab and not something that will help the environment.

There is a view about AGW put forward by the IPCC and that is the only view allowed. All those who do not fall into line will be ridiculed, called “deniers” etc. with most of the moronic media unable (or unwilling) to convey to the public all the facts.

If a major corporation behaved in the same way they would be labeled as fascists and the COP15 meeting would be described as a non-democratic secretive plot to seize power.

I wonder if the COP15 attendees even saw the irony in talking about reducing CO2 emissions while they were busy creating them?

Finally as you know, I have be calling on Australian’s to embrace nuclear power for some time. Hopefully we might see an open debate issue on this as well sometime in the next decade!

From memory that clip was about 2 or 3 days before the end of the Copenhagen climate debacle. If you notice that at that point in time all of the journalists were so full of praise for the climate conference and could not speak highly enough of it. It was such a grand event for all 40,000+ attendants and they continued to use terms such as “sceptics” and “deniers”.

Skip ahead a few days and notice how fast they were all back pedalling when it became apparent just how much of a mess the conference really was. There was no agreement on anything. The stunt fell flat on its face. Journalists and leaders could not wash their hands of it fast enough. Kevin Rudd did not even bother trying to explain what happened to the Australian people. Instead he rolled out Penny Wong and her quote “We will do no more, but no less then what the rest of the world is doing.”

How does that statement reconcile with the pre conference rhetoric? Before the conference, pushing through the ETS was imperative. Now, the Government has said we will do no more and no less then the rest of the world… Kevin Rudd can not now try and push this through the Senate a 3rd time. There is no justification. Not for the environment and not for the economy or business or because the rest of the world is united.

Senator Fielding has been vindicated in his opposition to the CPRS Bill and is right that the only way for clean/renewable energy to become mainstream in Australia is through R&D. Technology and innovation are what are going to give us clean and sustainable energy. Not a tax or a stock exchange. This technology must include nuclear. If anybody is truly serious about wanting a clean source of power – nuclear has to be at least be considered.

What a total mess!