Julia’s tax: rejected by Terry McCrann, and now big polluters say no

The Big Emitters Council of Australia declares war on Julia Gillard’s carbon dioxide tax in this letter to the Prime Minister:

First, our members believe in framing our carbon pricing policy Australia should act last, not in tandem with international action. We believe that a responsible policy would ensure that Australia avoids any proportional committment to action and the advantages of our high emissions per capita energy industry are not diminished because of environmental concerns.

Australia's policy should recognise that although we are one of the largest per capita emitters in the world a better way to frame this debate is that since we account for only 1.5% of global greenhouse emissions we should play no role in the international communities efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

Terry has a more nuanced analysis:

This is a government and a Prime Minister in utter self-destruction mode. They are careering to disaster. 

It is pointlessly destructive. CO2 is plant food. This is a tax on our breathing. How much are you going to stop breathing at $20 dollars per tonne?  Why exactly is this government and this PM embarked on an attack on the nation’s prosperity? 

Why do humans need a planet with conditions that humans are able to live on? 

What will the temperature be in the year 4018 ?

The question the warmists still won't answer - exactly how much will Gillard's carbon tax have change the global  temperature by 4018?

And how much will it cost over the next 2007 years?

Terry runs a level head over the numbers;

Even if we assume the fraudulently low Treasury figures of $5 billion cost per year and if we don't include any of the fraudulent socialist income side of the balance sheet, then taxing our breathing with the plant food tax over the next 2017 years, compounded at 5%, will cost $1,785 Trillion. That is a over $81 million for every Australian. 

If a newspaper columnist can work that out, why aren't the Australian people being told these numbers? I've said it before - this Government is the most incompetent in my memory.