Emissions Trading Scheme – Is It All A Smoke Screen?

It’s currently the talk of the town. It seems our PM, Mr Rudd, has been on the news every second night speaking about their plans for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the projected kick-off in 2010.

His counterpart, the right honourable leader of the opposition, Mr Nelson (and now, Mr Turnbull), has been counter punching, seeking for more detail to be established and suggesting that 2010 is too soon.

Too soon, too late, too little, too much, what is the deal with these discussions?

There are signs across the globe of the effects of rising temperatures and our elected politicians are doing what they can to be responsible stewards of our country. As always though, their actions will be aimed at where it will have the most impact – at our hip pocket!

Other parts of the globe have already been trading carbon credits for some time and it has been at some expense and when it does come to Australia there is little doubt that it will cost our industry.

The good news is that we have some time to prepare

By being proactive today we can work towards reducing our carbon footprints. By reading the many articles in this newsletter you will find out about many offerings available right now that can reduce your power usage through more effective cooling and through more efficient processing.

Reducing power usage means cost saving now, and reducing your carbon emissions means saving against ETS in the future. It’s a win-win situation!

We don’t know the full impact that global warming will have on our environment. However, we do know that by doing the right thing today we will be leaving future generations with a cleaner, greener and brighter future.