The Family First Senator is trying to persuade people that massively increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other gasses is not that bad after all. He bases this on the fact that climate hasn’t increased all that much in the past 15 years (not 50, or 100) and therefore is not actually doing any damage to the planet.
What a jerk! but assuming Steve is right and carbon dioxide is not that bad, it does not address the fact that fossil fuels are not infinite sources of power and we are around half way through our reserves of these fuels. If we had Steve’s way we would just keep burning coal and oil as fast as possible. What happens when that runs out Steve? What do we burn then?
This is especially odd because Steve likes to dress up like a beer bottle to promote a litter refund campaign. I applaud Steve for that initiative but I find it strange that he has an issue with a bit of rubbish on the street, yet has no concern for the future of the planet.
Just as green thinking was finally making some headway and people are making conscious decisions to reduce their environmental impact this guy comes along and wrecks the party. Nice one Steve