Carbon Trading
I recently rang my electricity company to discuss GreenPower. I knew I wanted 100% GreenPower but I didn’t want it now. I wanted it in January 2010. Right now, I want to do my bit to keep the government’s 2009 GreenPower baseline as low as possible – so my efforts towards emissions reductions really count.
‘Give me the dirtiest coal electricity you have,’ I said to the operator.
I explained that under the government’s proposed emissions trading scheme, me paying extra for GreenPower wouldn’t actually reduce Australia’s carbon emissions – beyond what would happen if I didn’t take any action at all.
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Everybody wants to save the world in some way. But more often than not the politics of salvation get in the way of achieving this.
That appears to be the curse that has befallen the Federal Government’s attempt to introduce an emissions trading scheme.
While the Government and Opposition engage in a power play over the details of an ETS and their own face-saving attempts, they have left the electorate fumbling to grasp what it will mean for the average punter.
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GM says:
When are we going to stop expecting our politicians to have the solution to every problem we may face as a society? Politicians are professional egocentric procrastinators and will only move on an idea if it is guaranteed to keep them in favour. We as a society need to expect… Read more »
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AllanL says:
Having watched Shai Agassi from Better Place on APac the other day I would suggest that people get ready for a explosion in the production of base load electricity. Better Place is proposing a network of electricity recharging stations for electric cars and trucks through out Australia and the world… Read more »
In his first appearance on The Punch, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd blogs on climate change. This piece also appears on his new blog at www.pm.gov.au.
I decided to kick off my blogging career with a focus on climate change. The latest scientific research on climate change confirms our worst fears. Climate change is happening faster than we previously thought, creating a more serious threat to our economy, our environment and to future generations.
I recently returned from a meeting of leaders of the world’s major developed and developing countries in Italy, where our discussions focused on our global efforts to tackle climate change.
This meeting - the Major Economies Forum on Climate and Energy – made some important progress. In particular, it recognised the clear message from climate science that the increase in global average temperature must not exceed 2°C.
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chris says:
Hmmm Bluey, you sound frighteningly like Kev talking down to me and “bungin’ on” a bit of blokieness eh?? You refer me to ABC to check facts… on global warming..? Surely you jest Blue! Read more »
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James says:
I suppose temperature in New Zealand can be used to infer global average temperatures? I’m sorry but you’re arguement it too stupid to waste more words on. Read more »
Climate change is real. Yes that’s right, contrary to the misreporting in the media, I do believe in climate change.
That might come as a shock to some of those on the left side of politics, but it’s the truth.
The question that concerns me, however, is what is driving it? Is it increasing levels of human made carbon dioxide emissions, variations in solar radiation or something else?
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Seano says:
My computer science degree also qualifies me as a climate change expert. Read more »
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Front Row says:
Whatever the truth of the global warming/cooling/drowning thing is, we should be very clear about this: There is no way that the United States is going to be doing anything about an ETS or a similar program for at least a decade. All of the credible polls indicate “climate change”… Read more »
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