Is it an ETS model, idiot?

JB says:

06:04pm | 11/08/09

It’s the best position Turnbull can take. He’s a banker and he’s just hedged his bets between an ETS and something else like a carbon tax which is what the business communtiy wants- and bought himself and his party time to develop sound policy with time for public consultation (more than what the government has asked for). This isn’t about the coalition having a policy position but an in principle stance, and it is for the government to explain to the Australian people why their ETS as it stands is the policy answer.

iansand says:

08:03pm | 11/08/09

It is a pity that short term political advantage means that Labor will continue to apply the thumbscrews to Turnbull instead of actually trying to do something constructive.

Michael says:

10:04pm | 11/08/09

The Coalition don’t have policies to speak of because officially, none, none of the policies Howard took to the last election has been rescinded. Not even WorkChoices. So, they literally can’t talk policy. The electorate has already seen them off for all they have in their kitbag. Would you ‘buy’ a used policy from this lot?

Luke says:

10:34pm | 11/08/09

Once again we see the coalition useing time wasting tacktics. They have had since the election of the Rudd government in november 2007 to come up with viable policie postion on an ETS and yet have failed to do so. This lot couldn’t organise a root in a brothel to put it bluntly ATM… If they really think that the government’s policies are bad then offer an alternative that is acctually your own policie and not just a report that was put out by another group. But just like everything they have criticised the government on so far they really have no other alternative set of policie ideas. So in my view they need to put up or shut up and let the governmen get on with the job they were elected to do…

Craig Rowley says:

10:49pm | 11/08/09

Plan B, brought to you by the consultants to the National Generators’ Forum (representing 22 major power generators).

Mark M Aldridge Independent says:

12:07pm | 12/08/09

Putting your head in the sand will not change the weather…….lol

Andrew Bolts Column in the Advertiser hits the nail on the head, and about bloody time, I have written so many similar articles over the past 5 years and for a while wondered why they were falling on deaf ears, hard to hear the truth when your head is buried in the sand.

Base load power is with out doubt a necessity in a modern industrial country and the facts are simple, Sunshine and Sea breezes can not as of yet power our future. While supposed man made Global Warming holds the head lines, open and honest debate on important issues like Nuclear Power are swept under the rug, dare I say remain buried in the sand, even deeper than the true facts on the life producing gas Co2.

Over 2 years ago I had an article published on the latest advancements in nuclear power generation and spent fuel recycling, but it seemed the debate was not worthy of consideration. High temperature pebble bed reactors, Alvis and Simplex spent fuel recycling are just a few of the Ideals we as a Nation should be leading the world in.

Considering the huge amounts of uranium we have, and the great minds that adorn our shores, am I the only one that lives in hope that we would consider looking forward to the next millennium rather than the next election.

Has it become a case of “we can’t have all been wrong” rather than the facts dictating commonsense?

Rather than export our resources as slurry, should we not be handling the processing as well, considering the fact that we are one of the richest country’s in regards to the wealth being dug out of the ground at record pace?

The by products of the nuclear industry alone hold great wealth, not withstanding its ability to create fossil fuel replacements like hydrogen fuel etc.

Rather than the foresight needed to secure our economy for years to come, by embracing modern technology, we seen intent on destroying the economy for political gain and rhetoric.

There is no doubt that the smoke and fumes that are emitted from our vehicles exhaust are of concern, but it would seem that the population seem to believe this is all Co2, rather than the nasty pollution that it is, and have we all forgotten that Co2 is in fact the life force of our precious trees and plant life that use it to produce the air we all breath.

Until we have open and honest debate on these issues, the hysteria will continue, at the expense of our long-term future and that of our economy, and the sand will be replaced by knee-deep bullshit.

Open your eyes Australia, search the net, read and become informed, the world is round, politicians are not climate experts, sunshine and sea breezes will not power our future, you are simply being betrayed, by those with a conflict of interest.

If you doubt my word sit quietly and think just who will benefit from a emission trading scheme and at who’s expense.

Mark M Aldridge
Independent Candidate for the Legislative Council

Joe says:

01:54pm | 12/08/09

This global warming scare campaign is nonsense. The world is cooling. Rudd is just getting the media using his ETS as a wedge issue against the Libs. He isn’t doing ANYTHING to make the world colder. Just playing politics.

Also Mr Aldridge which Legislative Council is that you are running for? Which state?

Cate says:

06:19am | 15/08/09

Lots of words Mark, but we also have a lot of sunshine, wind, and tidal energy available. Problem is that it comes free = oops no huge profit margins!

You can stick your nuclear ideas right up your uranium vacuum.

Graeme Cook says:

01:12am | 18/08/09

Mark M Aldridge is right. We should go nuclear. Australia exports about 40% of the worlds uranium, but we hardly use it ourselves.

The Watchdog says:

02:45pm | 17/12/09

Mark M Aldridge is a former South Australian One Nation candidate, who now bills himself as an Independent. His well intentioned, but poorly informed, ‘articles’ are generally an amusing self-caricature of the loony far right. He also always credits himself with his middle initial, and occasionally places “and Thinker” after “Independent Candidate for the Legislative Council”.

Mark M Aldridge Independent says:

11:23pm | 30/12/09

The Watch Dog, Hi Michael, I see you enjoy my information, the truth is their are many well researched Ideas to introduce green power initiatives, and latest advancements in Nuclear power is but one of them, as for far right..hmmm depends on the subject and individuals education and point of view, I hope to remain open minded to change, in other words, if any can sway me with informed debate, I hope to always remain open to such Ideas, unlike Party pollys like your self, who have to toe the line, I can always remain an Independent thinker.