Letter to Copenhagen from the People of Australia the final draft

Dr Mr Rudd,
We, the undersigned Australians, are willing to help reduce the effects on our atmosphere from our fun-loving, carbon-emitting lifestyle. But before you go running off and telling the rest of the world that we’re all ready to swap topside for tofu, please be aware that we, as Australians, would like you to consider the following:
1) Try and make as little as possible from the Australian taxpayer.
Philip_B of Perth
2) Don’t powder-puff the issue, show real leadership and guts, for those who follow us in generations to come.
Barry H
3) Not sign any treaties that will allow other countries to impose fines or expect large payments from Australia for missing so called emission targets. We dont want you committing Australians for generations to come for something which other countries wont commit to and especially a scheme such as ETs which is still nothing but A PIE IN THE SKY. A treaty of this nature was never a part of your election platform and you have NO mandate to commit us to it.
MD of The Bush
4) Grow a backbone Mr Rudd and lead the world in exposing the scam that is man-made global warming. Ignore the constant fear-mongering based on the results of computer modelling and look at the raw data.
Roger
5) Any agreement HAS to include Europe, USA, China and India.
Kimbo of Perth WA
6) Please instead of a TAX on us, why doesn’t the govt invest in renewable energy. Why not make coal power illigal??? I will support you fully if you say that we will run off solar, nucular or wind power.
Kim of Sydney
7) Fund science and build new industries and create jobs, prosperity and a sustainable system to be inherited proudly by future generations
Blitz of Sydney
8) Make it a Carbon Tax instead of using credits to dilute the impact. The EPA in Australia is ready to go now. Tell the world to get their own EPA and do the same. Cheaper alternative!
michael of Potts Point
9) Don’t try to preen yourself at this feel good forum at our expense.
Jim of Perth
10) We need a PRS not an CPRS. PRS is a Population Reduction Scheme. The Planet is already overpopulated by a factor of 5 to 10. Earth cannot sustain a poulation of any more than 1 Billion so any talk of of limiting C02 is just nonsense - it will never solve the problem. Why do we need 6 Billion+ people and growing? Until the leaders of the World grow up and start discussing the real problem - overpopulation - we are just wasting our time.
P. Darvio of Sydney
11) The polluter pay system provides the only incentive for business and government alike to actively reduce pollution levels.
Matt of Brisbane
12) If you sign us up for the ETS payments we can’t afford, make sure somewhere in the fine print there is a clause for when we become third world we can crank up those old coal fired power stations and have other countries pay us. Smokin’
Concerned of Northbridge
13) Even putting aside our rampant consumerism, can we please put some REAL limits in place to slow and hopefully stop pollution?
Pauline of Brisbane
14) Want CO2 Emissions exempt. 
Scott of Sydney
15) In view of some of the startling material revealed in the Leak OR Hack of the CRU in England await the results of an OPEN AND HONEST Enquiry.
Jane
16) Please Mr Rudd watch this video before you leave for Copenhagen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zOXmJ4jd-8&feature=player_embedded
Bob Atkins.Horsham Victoria.
17) Please come back from Copenhagen with no deal on anything and at the same time provide the Australian People with your resignation.
Kalgoorlie Kid of Kalgoorlie
18) Every day and night in every Australian city there is either a brutal bashing or Murder of our citizens.  WHY is there no outcry we just except this day in day out and all we see is words and headlines in the news, we should not tolerate this at all.  This is a real issue not Global Warming. 
callen of 3207
19) Don’t sign anything on my behalf, you little four-eyed commie!
steve of moonee ponds
20) Please point out that going greener creates more jobs. People making wind turbines, recycling plastics etc. And that regardless of global warming, living a little greener makes our surroundings nicer and our resources last longer.
Trude
21) Bring in electric powered cars for the everyday public use. Road side or car park recharge stations. In fact deal with China for cheap affordable electric commuter cars. The big car companies can either compete or vanish. Get rid of our dependancy on oil companies.
Lee Mazengarb of Sydney
22) Show our grandchildren that humanity can work together so that all humans can have a best possible future.
Eddie of Melbourne
23) If we loss any-more species of flora or fauna we have lost the battle. I have faith in you Mr Rudd and know you and Penny Wong will give it your best.
judith of brooklyn park sa
24) Belief in human caused climate change is just that. There is NO proof. Rudd, you are going to sign Australia up to a world-wide cult if you sign Australia up to this. Why don’t you join Scientology? It’s a CULT too!
John
25) I herby declare that if MR Rudd or Malcom Turnbull hide a global tax on me in the form of a Carbon trade, I will vote for any viable independent (sorry greens (reds). Rudd you already sold us out along with the CSIRO, BOM and the ABC.
Michael, Adelaide
26) Dear Mr Rudd,Why is it that we have to pay more tax and distribute this to the rest of the world when as a nation of 20 million, our current output per square kilometer is one of the lowest in the world. Is it not more more sensible to promote the opportunities of current technoligies, solar, wind, geothermal,water tanks etc. and reduce the tax on these items so the vast majority can implement these within their housholds, or is it that by creating a carbon trading scheme there is political and finacial motivation. Would it not be better to become world leaders in alternative technoligies which are more sustaniable than to allow corporations to dictate the terms and conditions of the situation. We as Australians should not be subject to fundamental developements which allow self interested corporations and governments to dictate and dominate policy within this country. We should be utilising all means possible to achieve pollution reduction not increase taxes and costs so others can benifit in the short term.There are better ways!!
MM, Melbourne
27) How about pushing for a Carbon Emmissions Reduction Scheme based on the individual, rather than companies. I suggest a scheme where a ‘carbon price’ is placed on items such as electricity, fuel, paper, and groceries, based on their carbon emmissions. Issue individuals with an amount of carbon credits (say 10,000), which they can spend how they like on these items, just like currency. They can sell off their unused credits to make a monetary profit on an ebay style exchange either online or at Australia Post, encouraging a reduction in carbon emmissions. If they exceed their limit, they must buy extra credits, costing them money. The government could then reduce the amount of credits issued to individuals by 3-5% per year, therefore increasing demand for a scarce resource and making it more expensive to exceed carbon allocations, and also more incentives to reduce as the price for selling rises.This would allow the free market to work, while giving individuals extra incentives to reduce their emmissions. It may cost a little more, but I’ll bet it will be 10 times as effective, and a lot more popular with the public. Give it some thought Kevin.
Brodie, Hobart
28) Don’t you dare sign any agreement on my behalf before discussing it with everyone in the country. People can barely afford to live now, and you want to suck up to other world leaders so they think your a good guy. Please somebody stop him!
Deborah, Gold Coast
29) Mr. Rudd, don’t sign away our rights, freedoms and futures. Don’t burden we average Australians with even more taxes. If we sign up at Copenhagen, then we will not be the forerunners or the morally righteous leading the world on to a brighter future. We will be laughing stock of the world. Who in their right minds signs up to something that is truly half-baked? We have no clear indication of what our commitment will mean but worse… we will have no mechanism to protest or negotiate once the true consequences are known. We will effectively become the slave state of a World Government. There is no turning back. There is no ‘out’ clause. We will have signed away rights given us by our constitution without having a referendum. How can this be? America has it’s Benedict Arnold. At whom will future Australians direct similar venom?Much better to fully understand the commitment and be able to live with the outcomes than achieve some paltry degree of prestige for being the first lemming. Copenhagen signals the first definitive progression towards one world government. Climate control may be the issue (it may not, but lets not debate that) but the real outcome is much more to do with global control and power than it is to do with global warming.You do not have a mandate for this. You are a passing figure in today’s politics and you have no right to condemn all future generations of Australians to the unknown and uncontrollable demands that Copenhagen represents.
Flabbergasted, Sydney
30) Rudd your a fool ! dont sign us upto something until USA, China and India agree to go ahead otherwise its a useless and a very expensive exercise for NOTHING!
Brad, Caringbah
31) KRudd please when in Copenhagen be mindful to point out that Australia recognises that Climate Change is real, however mans influence in that process is the stuff of fancy and fiction. Point out that some over zealous scientists are just scaring the world to get some action and attention. p.s. Inform everyone that Australia will be closed for business after the introduction of an ETS - unless the other world leaders know of a better way that does not destroy whole economies.
Dean McQuillan, Findon
32) Our way of life and food production is dependent on energy supply and water. Coal and oil resources are limited and due to run out within the century. Alternative energy resources are required which can either be renewable or perhaps the most energy dense substance on the planet – Thorium. Our future energy supply coincidently also tackles the issue of carbon. However when it comes down to the fundamentals, the primary cause of the destruction of the environment is due to too many people. Population growth continues to outstrip worldwide food production and available water resources. In addition population expansion also results in the extinction of other species for which we share this planet.
Corydora, Wollstonecraft
33) Has anyone mentioned the Australian Constitution yet? The Australian Constitution is law and it states that any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power warrants disqualification from office.Is
Dr Who, Sydney
34) Stop listening to the economists! Now that you can see what a mess of things the economists have made, why don’t you try listening to the SCIENTISTS, the only ones who really know what they’re talking about with respect to climate change.
Eva, Brisbane
35) Renewable energy generators will never generate enough energy to replicate themselves. Renewable energy is a con.The ETS will affect the poorest the hardest as it will increase the price of everything. A quota system which, would be much fairer and more effective, has never been discussed.
Harry C, Adelaide
36) URANIUM is the short term answer, the rest is jaw plappin bulls..t!
Michael Chorney
37) Take a solar powered hair dryer
TC, Vietnam
38) Dear Mr Rudd,Could you please bring back a photo of the Price and Princess and some cheeses if it’s not too much trouble.Thanking you,Rugar
Rutgar, Sydney
39) Mr Rudd, Could you please listen to reason. Listen to the people that voted you in and exercise a little patience. Without going into the climate change debate, just think about the interests and voices of the country BEFORE signing us up to another tax. The world has been around for millions of years, and will probably be around for millions more. Why rush a decision that is going to be a more fundamental change to the Australian economy than the GST was. I think Australia, the world, and the climate can wait a few months while this issue is properly debated and agreed upon not only by the government but by the people of Australia
Mathew, Sydney
40) Mr Rudd, Its time to really focus on climate change.What do I mean by focus on this? Well thats simple, actually look at the issue and discuss with people other than your advisors. MAKE THE PROCESS TRANSPARENT AND IN THE OPEN. You know as well as I that your advisors are only interested in keeping their jobs, its about time you show us that you are in fact the leader you puffed yourself up to be and not just another politician looking for fame and glory.
RasputinDelProfundo, Clayfield
41) Simple, I want them to solve, or at least make a dent in Climate Change without it effecting residential and small business electricity, food and natural has prices please Mr Rudd. Furthermore, I don’t want Australia to do it until China and India have also done it.
Andrew Jones, Country NSW
42) Go and enjoy Mr Rudd, but don’t think that the Australian public don’t know what is going on.If you continue to increase the average tax payers output and don’t increase their input, not only will you have an increase in the homeless to contend with you will have what America has.. The middle and lower class struggling to keep their heads above water. I believe in this whole SAVE THE WORLD crap but my main focus is to raise my 2 children, work, eat , pay my mortgage, all bills while trying to keep my head above water. Please don’t sink the hard working Australians by trying to save the planet. It wont work
Jade, Springwood
43) Mr Rudd, you may look and act like the milky bar kid, but they are not your milky bars to give away...... Kevin07, Recession09. Don’t give away the farm in Copenhagen.
Etharchy
44) Drop the whole thing, get your UN job some other way.
GF, NSW
45) Dear Mr. Rudd, Before you go to Copenhagen, please obtain an estimate from the States as to the cost to Australia that feral animals have caused/are causing to our native Australian fauna/flora say for the years to 2015, 2020 & 2050. Then go to Copenhagen & tell the conference that you are going to spend this amount of money on dramitically reducing the feral animal problem in this country. You will find that by drastically reducing the numbers of feral animals such as buffalo, camels, pigs etc the reduction in “gases” generated by these, will more than compensate in monetary terms for other gases that you intend to reduce at a ridiculous cost to the Australian public.
Animal Rush, Coowonga
46) This is far too important to rush through the senate in time for Copenhagen. Lets have a double referendum, Climate Change and Border protection.
Faye, Melbourne
47) Be bold, be brave, be far sighted. Create green jobs! We want Australia to be a better and greener place for our kids. Even if there is no climate change, doesn’t it make sense to create renewable energy resources instead of our current fossil fuel dependency? And while you’re at it, let’s talk about how the planet is supposed to support its burgeoning population!
Lemonaid, Perth
48) Stop using the word consensus when it comes to science. Science is not about consensus it is about fact. Either climate change models are correct or they are not. If one fact comes to light that cannot be explained by the current models then they are incorrect, not by consensus are they correct.Prove Climate change with good science not shoddy computer models then everybody will have no choice but to believe.
Dovetree, Qld
49) Kevin, Spit the bone out you are on the wrong course as usual , the major impact to Australia is Water not so much Pollution , it would be grand to have an ETS in graduation and I am all for that, however focus on the real issue of Water now..
First Geoff of Sydney
50) Remove stamp duty and registration fees for electric cars. Make electric car purchases by business 50% tax deductable in first year. Government additional rebate for trade in cars more than 10 years old. Solar panels on houses to have full depreciation over 5 years and new house construction to have mandatory solar panels. All this to be paid for with increase in petrol tax and registration of petrol cars/trucks.
Please take this list of suggestions from your people and present them to the most important person at COP15 as a matter of national urgency.

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