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Our real-life Mulder and Scully are scientists Sean Fitzgerald and Lish Fejer, two passionate believers in the unseen perils of climate change, dedicated to enlightening a sceptical and passive populace.

Each week they don their orange monogrammed shirts to cordon off the toxic home of an Australian family. They arrive with energy-auditing gadgetry, sobering statistics and lips and eyebrows curled in withering admonishment. They rate these people, shame them, then challenge them to do better.

"One of the things I loved was when you tell them the audit result," says Carbon Constable Fitzgerald, whose daytime cover is head of the science department at Geelong's Oberon High School. "Most of them were expecting to come off pretty well but they were all genuinely, absolutely floored. They can't believe it. It's a great moment."

Whoa! Do these folks remind you of the Iranian Mullah religious police or what?

As someone concerned but not irrational about energy consumption, after spending time with my carbon obssessed but science oriented friends, I took one of those carbon footprint tests they recommemded on the web. I used engineering methodology and tested the test by inputing 0 for my heat, electricity and gas useage. As you might expect (if you're cynical) I STILL scored poorly. Why? Because I picked up 'hidden' points for living in the USA. It's a cult, people.

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