Our mate Angus Taylor says you can’t trust Labor because they made a commitment in 2019 to reduce GHG emissions by 45% by 2030, and they have now decided that commitment was wrong, and have changed it to 43%.

It seems to me they have just made a minor adjustment, allowing for 3 years of inaction since 2019.

But is Taylor right to say they have admitted they were wrong in 2019?

If so, where can I read this confession?

Also my local mate Julian Leeser has sent me a nice letter saying current emissions are down on 2005 by more than 20%?

Can that be justified with any reliable numbers?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Our mate Angus Taylor says you can’t trust Labor because they made a commitment in 2019 to reduce GHG emissions by 45% by 2030, and they have now decided that commitment was wrong, and have changed it to 43%.

It seems to me they have just made a minor adjustment, allowing for 3 years of inaction since 2019.

But is Taylor right to say they have admitted they were wrong in 2019?

If so, where can I read this confession?

same place you can read that Sydney Clovers spend millions of dollars a second on work subsidised travel

The Rev Dodgson said:

Also my local mate Julian Leeser has sent me a nice letter saying current emissions are down on 2005 by more than 20%?

Can that be justified with any reliable numbers?

yes

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Also my local mate Julian Leeser has sent me a nice letter saying current emissions are down on 2005 by more than 20%?

Can that be justified with any reliable numbers?

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Also my local mate Julian Leeser has sent me a nice letter saying current emissions are down on 2005 by more than 20%?

Can that be justified with any reliable numbers?

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

¿coal you mean?

The Rev Dodgson said:

But is Taylor right to say they have admitted they were wrong in 2019?

No Taylor will say anything regardless of the truth.

Witty Rejoinder said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

But is Taylor right to say they have admitted they were wrong in 2019?

No Taylor will say anything regardless of the truth.

No. Taylor will say anything regardless of to avoid the truth.

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Also my local mate Julian Leeser has sent me a nice letter saying current emissions are down on 2005 by more than 20%?

Can that be justified with any reliable numbers?

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-11-30/greenhouse-gas-emissions-up-again-quarterly-update/10570590

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/sep/05/australias-carbon-emissions-have-barely-fallen-and-a-massive-task-lies-ahead

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

OK, I’ll check my numbers; made it just under 20%.

The vast majority of which was under Labor and Turnbull, but still.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

OK, I’ll check my numbers; made it just under 20%.

The vast majority of which was under Labor and Turnbull, but still.

I mean also there’s been a big drop in emissions in the most recent figures because of the shut down.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

OK, I’ll check my numbers; made it just under 20%.

The vast majority of which was under Labor and Turnbull, but still.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-03/satellites-are-challenging-australias-coal-mining-industry/100663676

dv said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/sep/05/australias-carbon-emissions-have-barely-fallen-and-a-massive-task-lies-ahead

What about all the methane we aren’t declaring?

ChrispenEvan said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

OK, I’ll check my numbers; made it just under 20%.

The vast majority of which was under Labor and Turnbull, but still.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-03/satellites-are-challenging-australias-coal-mining-industry/100663676

Yeah. That.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

dv said:

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/sep/05/australias-carbon-emissions-have-barely-fallen-and-a-massive-task-lies-ahead

What about all the methane we aren’t declaring?

I mean the land use thing is ridiculous anyway. Countries that have made huge real strides towards decarbonising their economies have to watch Australia pat itself on the back for not doing quite as much land clearing as we used to do.

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

yes

Please provide this valuable resource dear sir.

Actually that appears to be ballpark correct, if we include Australia’s land-use concession.

fixed

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/commentisfree/2021/sep/05/australias-carbon-emissions-have-barely-fallen-and-a-massive-task-lies-ahead

What about all the methane we aren’t declaring?

I mean the land use thing is ridiculous anyway. Countries that have made huge real strides towards decarbonising their economies have to watch Australia pat itself on the back for not doing quite as much land clearing as we used to do.

They are lying about the land clearing. I don’t think anyone has been checking the satellite images or they are covering up the data.