Saw Flannery address The Canberra Press Club luncheon and during Q&A he was unwilling to admit to the assembled masses that we would need to make sacrifices personally.
There is good reason for this: If someone gave a realistic overview of just how much it would cost us in both dollars and lower living standards to reduce our CO2 emissions by the 40% they talk about, the populace would demand a much higher standard of proof before agreeing to go down that road. A standard that looks as if it is impossible to reach.
