A price on carbon seems to be inevitable, and good sense.

Some talking points from the Australian Conservation Foundation's Denise Boyd:

"Multi-party support for strong action to cut pollution is welcome, and essential if we are to remain competitive in the new global economy...

You can try to invest in clean energy directly, but according to eminent economists like Lord Nicholas Stern, it won’t work without a price on pollution..

Despite the scare campaigns, a price on pollution remains the CHEAPEST way to achieve the goals of cutting pollution and shifting to a clean economy...

Responsible economic management means addressing urgent environmental problems in an economically sensible way, and that means putting a price tag on pollution.

Today (1 September 2010) Lord Nicholas Stern warned Australian journalists that countries that “produce things in a dirty way are likely to face trade barriers 10 or 15 years from now.

He also said Australia is “extraordinarily lucky” to be rich in skills and clean energy resources, and could do “very well indeed…in this new industrial revolution”."