Aussie polluters beware!

Australia on Tuesday passed legislation that would impose a tax on the nation's 500 largest polluters, a deeply unpopular measure that the government has defended as necessary to control climate change. Prime Minister Julia Gillard had promised not to push for a carbon tax during elections last year, but has since said it is Australia's best option. Australia is one of the world's worst greenhouse gas emitters per capita becuase of its heavy reliance on abundant reserves of coal to generate electricity, and because their first woman Prime Minister actually has some sense for once, Australia's largest polluters will pay 23 Australian dollars for every metric tonne of carbon gases they produce starting July of next year. Australia is full of the descendants of various bellends who were kicked out of England for good reason, poor sports whose signature move is bowling underarm, and polluters, but at least they're now fixing up the pollution problem.