Personal Carbon Price Countdown
It’s not long until Australia joins many other economies around the world taking economic measures to address greenhouse gas emissions. From July 1 the carbon price comes into affect. It means that Australia will price the pollution from the 500 biggest emitters in our country.
We’ve heard and read a lot of commentary and opinion from the naysayers and ‘Noalition’.
Every price increase is met with howls of how the ‘carbon tax caused it’, often in the face on contrary information. And in the majority of cases the increases in energy prices from state to state is actually a result of states’ responses to the federal government’s Clean Energy Future package. In places like Victoria the price increases are more from the costs of infrastructure upgrades being passed on by the privatised sector than a carbon price. It’s particularly concerning when four states of Australia are actively undermining the expansion of renewable energy, associated manufacturing and service industries and investment opportunities in order to make the Clean Energy Future package ineffective.
Instead of cowering in fear of the impending economic armageddon as suggested by Tony Abbott and the Coalition, I’ve decided to speak out in support of putting a price on pollution.
And I’ve decided to do a personal carbon price introduction countdown.
From June 25 to July 1, I’m doing a personal carbon price introduction countdown. Each day I’ll post a different reason for why I support the package negotiated by the Greens, independents and ALP.
I look forward to hearing your reasons for supporting the Clean Energy Future package.