Climate Change - is this the inconvenient Truth

Why do we keep hearing all the indignation about climate change?

Is it real or is it just a beat up to justify the position a number of scientists took with regard to Global warming, well the answer is very simple.......YES.

When they discovered the fear tactics they had been trying to force feed us on Global Warming were being scuttled by Global Cooling, they decided they best call it Climate Change.....this was a typical beat up by scientists who needed to save face due to their stand in agreeing with Global warming.

So this leaves a question does Climate Change exist?, well in 1984 they claimed it existed and...100 years prior it was said to exist.... and they were in fact right on both ocassions.

You see Climate Change has existed from the formation of our planet, and will continue through to when our planet finally implodes on the back of the noxious gases that are let off by The Greens and the Union/Labor party, for it is far more resilient than we are. It adjusts to changes in rotation of the earth and shifts in gravitational pull, it also adjusts after significant Solar flares meteor collisions with earth and our own attempts to destabilise the earths composition. And Nature adjusts along with climate change to

ensure a balance is kept, throughout the earth.

NBN - Not blasted Needed

A 36 page summary meant 2 supposed independent Senators agree to support the NBN.
A $8 billion dollar reduction in the roll out cost is explained as a result of Telstra agreeing to NBN using their existing infrastructure, how generous of them?? Telstra is a business and aren't about to throw away an opportunity to make money, so what has this cost us, no-one has bothered to ask?

A 36 page summary was released out of a 50 page summary, 14 pages were deemed to be Commerce in confidence, well as it is our money this should not exist. We need to know what the Government is hiding in those 14 pages?

Now they are saying we will have savings through bundling on the NBN? We have had this for years and it does not cost us 37 billion + dollars. They have also talked about other services that will use the NBN, but these use our existing services already?

We still will be required to have the Network attached to our homes and the cost of this may still be too high for many, especially when we have Broadband with speeds that are fast.

In what alternate reality do they see this as justifiable? They are rushing the roll out so we will be stuck with it and are certainly stuck with the bill that NBN Co, are relishing as they will have a Network rolled out at taxpayers expense and then they will be making money from us again through ongoing usage.

The Course of Proposed Action

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Action: Solar Conversion of households

Solution: Government loans recoverable through personal tax and / or upon sale of house.

Action Closure of CBD to daytime traffic

Solution Closure of CBD between 07.00am – 7.00pm, improved public
transportation & allowing electric vehicles. Parking sites for
electric vehicles with recharge facility.

Action Conversion of Schools to Solar energy

Solution: Costs met from infrastructure and building funds, will allow schools to generate
income for the school during holidays through on selling to electric grids.

Action: Allowing electric scooters to be used in suburbs without registration or licence
requirements

Solution Govt to legalise electric scooters for road use without registration or licence
requirements

Action: Giving our Farmers a way out of financial trouble

Solution: Guiding entities interested in Solar or Wind Farming to lease arrangements with
farmers currently requiring Govt assistance.


Then we have street lighting, telephone boxes, sports oval lighting Government buildings all of which can be converted to alternative energy.

So what are the drawbacks, the initial cost of course is a drawback, this is where the Government needs to show the way and provide a scheme to help all.

The one thing they must not do is limit it to socio-economic groups, for a bold plan to reduce emissions to work, we need to forget about means testing the assistance to install conversions.

However, instead make the repayment terms match the financial circumstances of the people involved. This will ensure we all convert and this is a must to ensure a national action plan that will show the world that Australia is able to address the hard issues with true economic leadership as well as the easy.

I am unable to provide specific costing for these Actions and Solutions , however, I believe I have shown how to make a appropriate impact on emission reductions without making the public pay higher taxes as would be the case as a result of a ETS which does not in fact address the problem at the core and therefore is an inadequate proposal for it’s purpose in Australia.

It should be noted that I am not suggesting a mass giveaway by the Government, but instead a series of Government loans with simple recovery solutions. This will allow near to immediate reductions of Emissions, generate employment in the alternate energy companies, reduce household costs effectively in a shorter time period, force current fossil fueled Electricity suppliers to action changes in their production almost immediately.

It would be easy to service as the Government would be able to recover it’s debt through personal taxation or at the time of sale of the property involved. It would however be obligated to provide special funding grants to hospitals, schools etc to assist with their conversion. Due to the capacity of schools to generate income during holiday periods, this could be offset against their funding providing savings back to the Government..

As can be seen a majority of the funding the Government will supply is recoverable through the taxes of the individuals who actually have benefited. This makes it unusual as it is fair on the taxpayers who have not benefited from these loans, or have already repaid their loans. It is not unfair to those that have taken the initiative and already converted their homes without Government assistance, as these people will not be required to pay higher taxes to assist those that have not already converted.

Even the School conversions will provide long term Government savings to the funding they will require, due to the generation of income during school holidays.

Therefore apart from the initial short term capital required by the Government to fund these measures, generally the overall impact will be minimal over the long term due to the repayable nature of these loans.

Kevin

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Act Now

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I will start this off with a positive and congratulate the Sydney City Council on the trialing the following measure.

“Motorcycle and scooter riders will be able to park for free in Sydney's CBD and the inner suburbs under a Sydney City Council trial program.Motorcyclists will still be expected to park in designated areas and comply with any time restrictions. The 12-month trial also includes new anchor points and locking rails for motorcycles in untimed parking areas.The council is also trialing on-street charging points for electric scooters.”

A true step forward in dealing with carbon emissions in a proactive manner.

However, this alone is not enough, we need to go ahead with a congestion tax, or the best solution is to close the city for all traffic bar public transportation between the hours of 7.00am and 7.00pm.

Politicians are all presenting ideas piecemeal which will not work, what they need is to present a package that works. Of course this requires an upgrade of out public transportation in Sydney instead of throwing money into systems that are failures, but as long as we don’t have a productivity link to these politicians they get as much as failures as they would if they succeeded.

That will also allow for more bicycle couriers in the city, electric vehicle transportation(taxis or PublicRapidTransport) in the city, the use of pushbikes, electric scooters, even roller blades for getting around the city by those who are employed there or there for shopping.
This will cause a huge reduction in emissions in the city, and have the additional benefit of improving the fitness of many working there.

If city building owners were encouraged to introduce alternate measures such as solar panels etc, they could produce a large percentage of their electricity requirements this way and by intelligent use of area around surface railway lines solar farming could be instigated in conjunction with converting trains to generate their power through installing solar panels.

This is a simple solution, although one with initial significant upfront costs, before savings would be seen. If this measure was aimed at saving money alone, then change may never occur. Of course though, this is only one part of the equation, the saving in the production of fossil fueled electricity will be significant, and still we have not needed a Emissions Trading Scheme which is based on a European model.

In order to encourage these measures the Federal Government will need to come to the party and develop a scheme to assist with the conversion to solar power and provide a loan which can be recovered in a way that will make it an attractive prospect to actually make the conversion with these terms. This is not looking after the rich, this is being proactive in developing ways to lower emissions.

Since I started this campaign, I have seen a number of politicians that have been mooting parts of my proposal, which although encouraging, is frustrating that they do not see the big picture.

Now is not the time to approach this little by little though, it will achieve very little and lose all momentum, we need an all encompassing plan to reduce emissions and provide cost savings to Australians.

To assist people getting into massive debt the Government implemented the First Home Owners Scheme. What we need now is a similar measure aimed at helping households convert to Alternative Energy, the difference here is the Government can either recover the monies through an agreed to figure through personal tax over ‘x’ years or recover the debt from the sale of the home, whichever occurs first.

Another area I was pleased to hear being looked at was the conversion of schools to solar, this seemed to need at least one school converting through their own funding, then the Government seemed to be attracted to the idea. The best part of this idea is during school holidays the schools can actually produce income through on selling of the energy produced by them back to the grid.

Then we have street lighting, telephone boxes, sports oval lighting Government buildings all of which can be converted to alternative energy, and as icing on the cake, many farmers that cannot make a go of their farms due to drought etc, could become Solar or wind farms selling on to the grids or just leasing the land to grid providers to install their own wind or solar farms, a win - win for these farmers, who will not need to sell their farms or require government help.

So what are the drawbacks, the initial cost of course is a drawback, this is where the Government needs to show the way and provide a scheme to help all. The one thing they must not do is limit it to socio-economic groups, instead make the repayment terms match the financial circumstances of people. This will ensure we all convert and this is a must to ensure a national action plan that will show the world Australia is able to address the hard issues as well as the easy.

So why isn’t it being considered well firstly ‘a politician is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.’ Therefore they get scared when the clouds start building, they may need to tighten their belts in order to fund these conversions.

Secondly, they are so tunnel visioned and focused at introducing an Emission Trading Scheme, that they cannot see that there is a not only a better way, but a way that contributes to all levels of Australia society.

What we must do is get the message out that there is a solution to a number of current issues, ie. Climate change, emission levels, hard financial times, high taxation.And we expect politicians to do what is right for Australians, rather than their own aspirations or what other world leaders are doing.

The Failure to Act

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We had a coalition Government that although were proficient at handling the economy, failed to act on improving emission levels in our country. We now have a Labor Government who are good at rhetoric, but unwilling to do anything constructive to improve these emissions.
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In these uncertain financial times it is even more important for a Government to act on behalf of the Nation, and help householders to reduce there expenses. And yet a man with an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, a man who was a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village and would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, go on to marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and one day be the Governor of California, had the vision to take appropriate steps to address this issue rather than spend eons talking about it.
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This is the bold politics we should expect from Australian politicians, instead they want to follow the European solutions, which are not needed or appropriate for conditions in Australia and the ETS is a joke. It is based on building Government coffers while forcing electricity prices to increase so that alternatives are a attractive solution. The trouble is it is increasing costs to households, which Australian households will pay more money to make the cost of transferring to alternatives more attractive. This is a strange strategy and delaying conversion possibilities for at lease 10-15yrs.
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If a Government looked at this rationally, by seriously assisting households to convert to alternatives now, by embracing new technology now, and by pushing the closure of city centre’s to general traffic between 0700 & 1900, and improving public transport measures we would have the structures in place by 2030 to have significant lowering of emissions, possibly already achieving our targets, while assisting households in their daily household budgets, saving overheads for business and making schools capable of generating funding through the on selling to the grids of excess energy generated during school holiday periods.
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I would envisage a sizeable commitment by the Government initially, to assist in conversion for households, however, this could be recovered through person tax over a period of time, or recovered on sale of the house, which ever comes first.
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This would be a case of a Government acting proactively to improve both the climate and saving households in ongoing expenditure. The technology is available now, we need not wait until 2030, nor do we need a ETS to tackle the problems.
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I do not believe we have caused the current cycle of weather we are in, but I do believe we need to clean up our planet, and embrace technology that has the ability to create electricity using the sunlight we are blessed with for free. So regardless of what you believe the solutions are the same and of benefit to all Australians. I have no financial interest in this matter and my only concern is for Australian households.
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I have been pushing my views since July and no political party appears to be interested in what I have to say. I have had the pleasure of hearing some individuals using parts of my ideas as their own, but no-one is willing to take the horse by the reins, and present the full package. It is workable as is, but I can accept others ideas as valid also. I will present this to you without the belief anyone will actually read it let alone acknowledge it. But I will keep knocking on doors until someone listens and acts on behalf of the Australian public
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