Compromise

One wonders what history will make of the Australian political compromises made on global warming.
Will it condemn Abbot’s Liberal party for getting rid of the only leader who took the issue seriously and replacing him with a political opportunist?
Or it will it laugh at Rudd’s Labor Party which haled it as the most important issue of the century and then downgraded it for three years when it saw there were no votes in it.
Either way, neither of these political strategies will do anything to actually encourage Australians to act responsibly.