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February 2nd 2007 04:41
I haven't written in a very long time. The State Election occupied an enormous ammount of my time and I have been taking a break for a fair bit of time. I will look to build this blog up again in preparation for the Federal Election, probably expected to be held around October this year.

The big issue this week is Global Warming. An Inconvenient Truth was released on DVD in Australia this week and a UN study is expected to be released showing that we are on the road to an enormous disaster.

Australia's answer to this crisis is to introduce nuclear power. It is important to realise though that nuclear power cannot be operational in Australia for another twenty years, by which time we will have serious problems. The Howard Government still refuse to sign the Kyoto Agreement, committing to reductions in our greenhouse gas emissions. The government claims Kyoto is not working and we need a new agreement. I agree with this, and Australia can play a leading role in this agreement, but we need to sign Kyoto for us to be able to have any involvement in future agreements.


Meanwhile the Labor party claim that if elected they will ratify Kyoto. I am sceptical of this though. In the US, several states have gone against George Bush and ratified Kyoto themselves. Every Australian state is lead by a Labor State Government and so far NO LABOR GOVERNMENT HAS RATIFIED KYOTO. Why is this?

This issue has been concerning me a lot lately. I am beginning to realise that the 2007 Federal Election will be so important for Australia and if the major parties continue to dominate Australian politics, we will see a lot of talk but no action. The following election won't be until 2010, when it could possibly be too late. So the next nine months could be vital to everyone in Australia.


I have been getting a little depressed because I'm coming to the realisation that I could be alive to see the end. But what can you do? You just need to keep working away, make people see what's going on... don't let ANYBODY tell you that global warming is a myth! (I've been guilty of that because I've wanted to avoid fights, but not anymore...) Because the consequences are just too awful.
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