Carbon - Lets just delay and deny

So with the single exception of Malcolm, the *blue* team started off by denying that there is a carbon problem and that sustained their opposition for a while.

But then it became painfully obvious even to the most one-eyed that there is a major carbon problem and that those in denial are increasingly seen as neanderthals - so they had to change tack.

And so their new approach is to deny that an "Emissions Trading Scheme" based on *Cap and Trade* is the best way to deal with the problem.

This ignores the fact that all existing schemes operate under Cap and Trade and there are compelling reasons why it has been selected.

There are a few schemes in place - the European Union has been operating since 2005 and New Zealand since 2008 while a number of individual States of the United States have schemes going back as far as 2003.

Lots of detail can be found here.

My sense of it is that the *blues* are really about delay - and when they get rolled on Cap and Trade then they will find something else to nit pick about - all designed to delay the introduction of any scheme or take any action.

Because that is really what this is all about - delay and deny as long as possible while their mates in the big polluting businesses continue to get a free ride.

Malcolm is the only one who wants do do something about it and now they want to get rid of him - numbnuts or smart-arses?