Have the Australians gone Mad?

Unfortunately we have no option but to live in the same planetary sized box as the Australians and there is no way we can leave the sinking ship if the Australians have decided to let their part of the bilges fill to overflowing with excess carbon emissions. 

Perhaps I am being a little unfair on Australian and there are many others I could  also blame for failing to take the future seriously. Even I don't take things as seriously as I should because sometimes I take the car when I could walk - and become healthier by working off the result of over-eating. However I have had a particular interest in the effects of climate change in Australia since 1990 (See Global Warming - To Australia in a Box) and have been watching the temperature rise (see It ain't Half Hot, Mum).

So I am distressed to hear the latest news - that the Australian Government has decided to abolish the carbon tax (see Back to 'Ground Zero' with Carbon Tax Repeal). Perhaps the politicians have noticed that the road through the Blue Mountains is currently blocked by snow and ice and cannot distinguish between "weather" and "climate". Or may be the problem is that Australia has so much desert that there is plenty of sand for the ostrich-like politicians to bury their heads in. ... I could go on and on and on about this subject ...

Our approach to the climate is rash
As rain forests are burnt in a flash
Our future ambition
Less carbon emission
Is forgotten when we want more cash