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Small sacrifice can save the planet
Sydney Morning Herald Marian Wilkinson and Ben Cubby
October 1, 2008

AUSTRALIANS will be driving clean electric cars, giving up their lamb roast and rump steaks for chicken and pork, living in higher-density cities and swapping cheap air flights for interstate trains.

In the outback, millions of beef cattle and sheep will disappear from the marginal rangelands, farmers will grow grasses and eucalypts for carbon trading and kangaroos will dominate the bush, potentially becoming one of the nation’s biggest export meats.

This image of a sustainable future for Australia has now become a mainstream view with the release of Professor Ross Garnaut’s final sweeping report on how the nation can take up the fight against climate change. It can be achieved for a modest increase in our electricity bills – but the overall cost will be less than the impact of the GST.

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October 1, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ENERGY