What a relief that climate change doesn't really exist

As we've sweltered through this terrible summer – and lately, as bushfires have raged – what a comfort it's been to know that climate change doesn't exist and isn't happening.

The Sir Ivan bushfire started east of Duneedoo in the
 NSW Central tablelands on a day that NSW fire
 authorities classified as catastrophic.CREDIT:

Or, if it does exist, it's not caused by anything humans have done, so there's nothing we can do about it.

Or, if it is caused by humans burning fossil fuels for the past 200 years, let's say we've got a policy to deal with it, go to international conferences and make pledges to act, then come home and not do much about it.

That way, we'll have all bases covered: something to calm the consciences of those still silly enough to believe climate change is real, but not enough to annoy the party's many climate change deniers, nor our generous donors in the coal industry.

Read the comment by Ross Gittins from The Canberra Times - “What a relief that climate change doesn't really exist.”