I have a personal belief on the matter of global warming that some of the more regular readers will be aware of. Hence I will try not to go over old history here. My main area of interest at the moment is that know one from either side of the fence can tell us exactly what impact this Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will have on this country.

Listening to the media over the past few weeks the ETS is something they just do not want to go into detail about. They either do not understand what the implementation of the scheme will mean or they do not think it is worth talking about. I personally think they just don’t know what it will mean to all of us.

A couple of things I understand are

This scheme will not directly stop global warming.

Carbon usage of every man, woman and child in this country will not reduce as a result of this scheme.

A defined plan to reduce global warming is at implementation stage and the ETS is the precursor of this action is not an accurate statement.

They can tell us that there will be extra costs slugged for all.

If the ETS can’t really be defined or at least effectively explained then why the hell is it being voted for. It is a form of taxation without representation!