A report from the Heartland Institute on Australia’s role in rising global temperatures.

* Carbon dioxide makes up no more than 4 percent of Earth’s greenhouse gases.
* Carbon dioxide emissions from human activity — factories, autos, power plants, etc. — account for no more than 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
* The entire population of Australia accounts for no more than 2 percent of the carbon dioxide contributed to Earth’s greenhouse envelope.
* The Australian government’s emissions trading scheme is intended to reduce Australia’s human carbon dioxide emissions by only 10 percent.
The ultimate impact of this legislation would be to reduce the total amount of Earth’s greenhouse gases by an imperceptible amount any rational personal will recognize as having no possible chance of affecting climate.
Passing a cap-and-tax scheme like this may assuage some Australian guilt for occupying the planet, but at a huge price in reduced economy activity, employment, and social stability.