Swan brands Turnbull a "sceptic"

As noted in previous posts, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has suggested, given the current financial crisis, that introduction of an ETS should be delayed. It was therefore only a matter of time before someone at Rudd & Co got bored of trying to think up cogent arguments against this suggestion, and launched the personal attacks. First in the ring is Wayne Swan (who else?), drearily predictable as always in labelling Turnbull a "sceptic". Speaking on ABC TV:

Mr Swan accused Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull of turning into a climate change sceptic.

"He used to behave like he believed in doing something about climate change," he said.

"We are serious about it. We have a measured approach to dealing with it. But we are committed to dealing with it for the long-term economic and environmental health of the country."

Swan is as clueless as Rudd and Wong on climate change, and clearly doesn't understand that cutting our emissions to zero would make not an iota of difference to the environmental health of this country, while at the same time sending our economy back to the Dark Ages.

Read it here.