Why is the Federal Government so inert on policies that can be easily implemented and that will certainly have an enormous impact on emissions immediately?

Despite all the glossy rhetoric of our Prime Minister and Penny Wong, nothing, excluding lip service, has been done so far, to attack the looming menace of Global Warming.

There are many powerful economic interests wanting to maintain the status quo: Car Manufactures, Oil Companies, the Carbon industry.

All of them want to implement a carbon trading system in which those with enough cash will be able to continue polluting and the rest of us will have to curtail consumption.

The pusillanimous does not make history Mr Rudd. We could already be imposing bans on the usage of private cars on peak hours. This measure not only would reduce carbon emissions dramatically but also it would clear the way for a more effective public transport.

The Federal Government could impose a ban from seven to ten in the mornings on private cars and at the same time expand public transport services, which would have almost empty roads to deliver passengers. Is it so hard to implement. It is certainly not.