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We need to look more closely at the science behind climate

By Dennis Jensen - posted Thursday, 18 November 2010


Attempts by governments to legislate costly regulations on industry and individual citizens to encourage CO2 reduction will slow development while having no appreciable impact on the future trajectory of global climate change.

Such policies will markedly diminish future prosperity and so reduce the ability of societies to adapt to inevitable climate change, thereby increasing, not decreasing human suffering.

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A Royal Commission into the science of climate change will allow an honest public debate, free of emotion, based on the evidence.

History demonstrates the science is not "settled" and never will be. Only a Royal Commission into the science of climate change will provide the most climate effective and cost effective solutions in this debate.

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This article was first published on Quadrant Online on November 16, 2010



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Dr Dennis Jensen is the Liberal federal member for Tangney in Western Australia. A former air traffic controller, CSIRO and later Defence research scientist, and defence analyst, he was widely recognised as one of the rising stars on John Howard’s backbench. He’s played an important part in Australia’s air capability debate.

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