in 2000 and in 2050 will still be 95% of the 2000 level. Treasury, ABARE and US EIA data show the following Australian Domestic and Exported GHG pollution (in millions of tonnes of CO2-equivalent, Mt CO2-e) for Australia under the Carbon Price. Trevor Moir retired teacher (retired teacher) What a small drop in the ocean our carbon redudtion will bring. I live in China and we dig the coal by millions of tonnes and ship it to China for Coal fired power stations and factories. Our contribution is so close to zero it is laughable. Also the number of new vehicles coming on to the roads each day is staggering. I used to take a bus regularly north from Shenzhen and when com ing to the city of Donggwan, an industrial city, it was covered in what looked llike a thick pea soup fog, with pollution. PhD candidate in Christian Ethics (PhD candidate in Christian Ethics at University of Edinburgh) Our per capita emissions are about four times those of China. Why should we not look first to our own (very significant) contributions to a cumulative problem (while also seeking international agreement, of course)? Why is the nation state the basic unit of ethical responsibility and not the individual? about 1 year ago Marc Hendrickx Geologist (Geologist) Seems someone left the window open at The Con and some common sense blew in! Accepting AGW as a global problem puts the issue in Australia in the hands of the federal government.