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Green Left – AUSTRALIA: 100% renewable energy — how do we get there?

100% renewable energy — how do we get there?

Green Left 24 January 2009The December release of the federal government’s climate policy left little room for doubt. Kevin Rudd — Mr 5% — is no friend of the climate movement………….
…………..David White: Firstly, it must recognise that the urgency of the climate crisis means we need to reduce atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to 300-325 parts per million as quickly as possible………………………… Dick Nichols: It has to be a real policy, able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the sector by 8-10% a year.Socialist Alliance  supports the Al Gore position of 100% renewables in 10 years. That means that the federal government’s Expanded National Renewable Energy Target of 20% by 2020, which is causing much angst in corporate Australia, is completely inadequate.

Also, the energy scheme has to have the support of the vast majority of the community, most importantly working people, and it must be paid for by those who can most afford to carry the burden, the big polluters, big capital and the rich in general.

Green Left – AUSTRALIA: 100% renewable energy — how do we get there?

January 26, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized