The Activity Gap

It is funny how much effect the Stern Report has had on the debate about Climate Change in Australia over the last week - its gone crazy mate. Coupled with the drought, it seems all those climate change skeptics are now becoming quite isolated. Though what I would say about the recent hysteria - while I think that global warming is real and is due in part to an anthropogenic effect (ie we done it) - I don't know how much we can really do to change it. Our lifestyles are so intertwined with the burning of carbon based fuels that it will take massive changes in attitude to be able to turn our emitting around. All the talk of climate change from pundits and politicians is just that - talk. What we are facing now is what some are calling "the activity gap". People believe that they ought to do something about climate change but only very few end up buying green power, ditching the car for a bike, stop flying internationally (the hardest thing for me to give up actually), buying food and drink that is sourced from close to home (within a hundred clicks) to name a few things they will have to do to turn climate change around. And it will cost more to be green. I'm currently writing a guide on buying green power in Australia - I might share it with you soon - its a complicated area.