Carbon price - I'm not convinced!

Carbon price evidence high as Everest: PM

"She has a mountain to move to convince Australian voters to support her carbon price package but Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the evidence backing her position is as "high as Mount Everest"."

I just don't get it.

Try as I might, I cannot find a single way that a carbon price will help me or the environment.

It seems to be nothing more than a political point scoring exercise between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.

How can Julia know more than everyone else in Australia - and how come Tony cannot see what the prophet Julia sees.

As for the rest of you ... can you show me the error of my ways?