This whole carbon tax thing has got me in a bit of a fluster. I was reading the Curious Snail this morning (a requirement of my job) and it turns out that Annette Grace from Broadbeach Waters thinks that the Labor Party is ‘bending backwards to accommodate the Greens’ and that it will ‘come back to bite them’.

How does this thinking actually manifest itself? Could it be that the Labor Party actually heard the voices of the 1 million plus Australians who voted Greens and realised they should perhaps consider representing them? That would be the political argument.

Or – lo and behold – could it actually be that the Labor Government is listening to the science that says we need to act now to avert climate change? Could it be that they’ve seen the evidence that shows that the carbon tax is an example of real action that can be taken to start reducing our carbon footprint? Could it be that they actually just want to help save the bloody planet?

Taking action on climate change should be less about politics and more about the planet. I’m sick to death of hearing that Labor is doing this to make The Greens happy and that Abbott’s expecting the people to revolt. Revolt against the planet? Huh?

If there’s a time to lead the earth out of this crisis – the biodiversity crisis, the ocean acidification crisis, the climate crisis – it’s now.

I love this tax. This tax makes polluters pay, not me. If I was a big polluter or a CEO of a big polluter or on the board of a big polluter, this is a tax I would want to pay as it would better help me sleep at night. If polluters increase their costs to the consumer, that’s a price I’m willing to pay. If they don’t, I’m more likely to purchase their products because it means they’re thinking more about the future of the planet and less about their own back pockets or the pockets of their shareholders.Â

I love this tax. Unlike the tax I lost last year because I didn’t drive enough kilometres in my company car.

I love you carbon tax. You give the planet a reason to be beautiful.