Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who denies the human-caused climate emergency, initially thought this would be a good time for a vacation in Hawaii, but a public outcry made him cut his trip short. I guess the attitude of Anglo-Saxon ruling classes is that as long as they can fly off in private jets to some place less unpleasant, let the poor saps at the bottom take the heat waves, wildfires, and floods on the chin.So far, that sounds like standard Pajamas Media fare, sending up some environmentalist wacko.
This time, though, it's Juan Cole in Common Dreams, and the motive of the rulers is different. "The profits from hydrocarbons that feather their nests are more important than the welfare of the mere people, I suppose." Australia export coal to much of the old Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, including Red China. Never mind that being able to power the computers or travel to work or, I don't know, run an air conditioner in Perth might epitomize the welfare of the mere people.
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