Credit where credit's due

Australia's Prime Minister John Howard opposes Kyoto, supports Bush's Iraq War, and made the truly odious assertion that terrorists would prefer that we elect Barack Obama or some other Democrat as President, but:

Australia has announced plans to ban incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs.

The environment minister said the move could cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 4 million tonnes by 2012.

"It's a little thing but it's a massive change," Malcolm Turnbull said.