Thursday, November 23, 2006

More than one side to the Nuclear Debate

Hi Ross,

I cannot understand why the Labor
Party has allowed itself to be
cornered by the current debate on
Nuclear energy. Everytime the party
engaged Howard on any issues, Howard
defines the area of debate. The party
never
ever look outside the square. Electricity generation
is only one aspect of human effects on
climate change. The other aspect is
demand. Right now Australian states
like Queensland can have dramatic
effect on climate change by
simply enforcing demand
by legislation. For example, if we
right now enact demand pricing on
electricity usage we can rapidly
and dramatically reduce our
Carbon admission. The party has to
stop Howard from constraining the
debate and look beyond the square.