When a Select Committee on Climate Policy, was
established in 2009 to report on “the choice of emissions trading as the
central policy to reduce Australia ’s carbon pollution”, it received approximately 8,000 submissions,
clearly an enormous number. In this context, the “overwhelming”
consensus amongst scientists (and the public) in support of the IPCC was
matched only by the “overwhelming” opposition amongst “industry” towards a
“carbon market” (without a comparable market in other nations). The basis for this opposition was that a
“carbon market” it would put Australian industry at a competitive disadvantage
in a global marketplace.
The majority of the 8,000 submissions said: "TARGETS":
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