I agree on the carbon tax thing, but I think that was being put forth last election by the Liberals and ended up with them getting their lowest number of seats EVER. There is no political will BY THE PEOPLE to make any moves on climate change other than say "we should do more research" and leave it at that.
Politicians would be incredibly stupid to force through a policy that is not endorsed by the electorate. And so long as the conservatives can make hay off this story (concluded there was no wrong doing) and can make headlines off the story two weeks ago where a scientists misworded a paragraph on his blog (scientist corrected his wording, but no retractions made by conservative blogs), there will be no political will by the people.
Given that there resistance to change, I think the best investment that governments can make at this time is in dykes and sandbags.
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