Small man, small change
If everybody is in I’m prepared to lead Australia in…
Yet another classically meaningless statement from our beloved PM, in regards to a global carbon trading scheme. Howard will today announce a further $3.20 funding for low carbon technology, in addition to the $2.70 he handed out last time he caught a bus instead of his private jet (circa 1956). On the one hand, he talks about the need to develop cleaner energy sources, including, as he likes to call it, the big N. On the other hand, he is saying that Kyoto was a shithouse agreement, and we should be looking at creating a new agreement which includes the big up-and-comers, aka China and India. Although, he’s not actually interested in doing anything pro-active about getting support for the agreement, he’ll jsut sign it if everyone else does. Everyone else presumably includes Uncle Sam, the only other OECD nation to have not signed Kyoto.
I think it’s about time little J forked out for a pygopagendotomy – the surgical addition of a second arse – so that he can conduct two sets of interviews at a time. This will unfortunately make acrobatics, viz. backflips, more difficult to perform.
So the Kyoto protocol was flawed. We all know that. Well, anyone who has actually thought about the consequences of us signing it knows that (ie, not any pollies pandering to popular opinion aka the ALP). We sign the protocol, all our major emissions producers bugger off to Asia where they can pump out as much crap as they like, our economy weakens, and the environment is worse off in the long run.
That said, why spend 15 years harping on about how the protocol is no good? Why not take the lead for a change and come up with a workable solution to China and India’s growing economies? Oh wait – it’s because little J doesn’t give a shit.
I love the wording he uses too: “lead Australia in”. As if we’re leading the way. When clearly we are only going to be there if everyone else is already there, in other words we will be the last nation to sign up. But when we do signup, little J will be fearlessly leading the way.
Excuse me while I go and bang my head on a wall. CO2 for all!
November 1, 2006 9:25 am 
By Joel
, November 1, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
First movers win. Last movers pay the price.
John Winston has always been a last mover in everything he’s done.
In a word, the very one said of Wilson was probably misheard, since it’s either “Winston” or “Walker” (aka Bush) – useless.
By foster the imposter
, November 2, 2006 @ 7:21 am
that duckhead….