Beyond Zero Emisions
Sometimes I feel we get stuck due to a failure of imagination. We know we need to change, but don’t know how. The climate crisis creates this feeling in a lot of people I know, because the problem seems just too big and the changes too hard.
The idea of an Australian economy run entirely by clean renewable energy is one that I’m sure most of us would love to see become reality. However, we are told that because the wind doesn’t blow all the time and the sun doesn’t shine all the time it isn’t possible. Or maybe it is a nice idea but unaffordable and potentially damaging to the Australian economy.
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