And if we don’t, our biggest problems won’t be jobs, but living in a country that has been rendered utterly unliveable. And unless we create new industries, built around sustainable and renewable energy, those jobs will go. Of course, we all know that the coal and gas industry are doomed anyway. Instead, the LNP ritually wedges Labor which is caught between its traditional regional, blue-collar constituency worried about jobs and its liberal, urban middle class, university educated constituency worried about the planet. They can’t see that the destruction of the possibility of rational energy policy in Australia is a consequence of special interests for whom reducing our greenhouse gas emissions threatens their profits or ideological obsessions. What’s even more depressing is that population can’t see it. The supposedly ‘conservative’ (what’s conservative about trashing our natural heritage, you may well ask) Liberal-National coalition is clearly the worst, but the Labor Party has had its own quota of angry uncles and carbon club lackeys. The villains here are many and are not confined to one party. It is maddening In fact, I became increasingly furious reading this account of vested interests, cynical media companies and ambitious politicians denying science, turning Australia into a climate change pariah and condemning our children and grandchildren to a highly uncertain future. These were fires that no scientist of any standing would deny were the result of intensifying global warming but which a government, owned by the ‘carbon club’, insisted was due to something else - arson or poor management or just the normal cycle. Wilkinson bookends her account with the almost biblical fires that engulfed the southeast coast of Australia in the summer of 2019/20. In ‘The Carbon Club’, former ABC Four Corners executive producer Marian Wilkinson has written the definitive account of the countless sabotaged policies, political coups, disinformation campaigns and discrediting of climate science that this fossil fuel rich country has become famous for. The result is a book that is both essential and disturbing reading.Īny Australian who has paid even cursory attention to this country’s poisonous politics over climate change these past two decades will know this story, but to see it all laid out in sequence, in every depressing detail, is shattering. One of Australia's most respected investigative journalists, Marian Wilkinson has tracked the rise and rise of Australia's carbon club in brilliant detail, with extraordinary access to key players on all sides. But at what cost to us and the next generation? The sustained success of the carbon club over two decades explains why Australian governments failed to deal with the challenge of climate change. The more the climate science was questioned, the more politicians lost the imperative to act. They shared a fear that dealing with climate change would undermine the nation's wealth, jobs and competitive advantage - and the power of the carbon club.Ĭentral to their strategy was an international campaign to undermine climate science and the urgency of the climate crisis. It's the story of how a loose confederation of influential climate-science sceptics, politicians and business leaders sought to control Australia's response to the climate crisis. The Carbon Club reveals the truth behind Australia's two decades of climate inaction. X? You can try out the latest Beta of Super Mario Bros.As the climate crisis threatens more extreme bushfire seasons, droughts and floods, many Australians are demanding their leaders answer the question: 'Why didn't you do something?' Create your own episode using a blend of SMB3 or SMW styled world maps, or design a Mario 64 style hub level and have the players collect stars to advance!ĭo you want to experience the future of Super Mario Bros.This fangame is most notable for its extensive level editor that allows you to create almost any kind of level that you can imagine.It has many power ups, such as the Ice Flower, Hammer Suit, Tanooki Suit, Kuribo’s shoe, the Billy Gun, and Yoshi, and now features even more elements from all games, such as Baby Yoshi, Starman and Clear Pipes!.X2 is the continuation of SMBX, the massive Mario fangame that blends elements from Super Mario 1, 2, 3 and World. An intense battle mode that will leave you coming back for more.Two player co-op action with an intelligent camera that splits and combines.Both classic and brand new power ups such as Yoshi and The Billy Gun.Easy to use, real-time level editor with thousands of objects to choose from.Over 60 cleverly designed levels in the two default episodes.Five playable characters including: Peach, Toad, and Link.The greatest fan-made tribute to Super Mario of all time!
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