Australia just had its warmest August on record, page-145

Agree, as Bjorn Lomborg says, research new cheaper ways of energy production, people will move to that form of energy rather than being forced.

Not only don't people use performance windows but they have no idea about orientation.

Roof colour, dark grey roofs are fashionable, I have read claims that the indoor temperature under a dark roof is 6C hotter than under a white roof.

I am in a fairly cold area, most of the new houses around me have their single glazed glassed living areas on the southern side and their alfresco dining areas on the south as well.