The left-right climate trap

Out of Australia, a solid and succinct evaluation of the political difficulties of climate action:

People on the left instinctively believe in communal action, the role of government and the efficacy of international agencies such as the UN. They were always going to believe in climate change; it's the sort of problem that can best be solved using the tools they most enjoy using.

The right tended to be sceptical about climate change from the start and for exactly the same reasons. It's the sort of problem that requires global, communal action, with governments setting rules. It is a problem that requires tools they instinctively dislike using.

Climate politics Down Under sound conspicuously similar to climate politics in the States...

HT to Environmental Economics.