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To cut coal reliance, better step on the gas

To cut coal reliance, better step on the gas The Age Paddy Manning May 4, 2009

Australia’s gas industry deserves better government support, to play a bigger role in power generation.

IF CARBON capture and storage seems dubious, gas-fired power stations can deliver 80 per cent of the emissions reductions it promises — now.

Australia may be the Saudi Arabia of coal but (like the Saudis) we are also rich in gas —………………Gas promises a bridge between coal and renewables and can meet growing demand for base load power in this country without incurring substantial job losses in the transition, or jacking up electricity prices by more than 10 per cent, industry lobbyists say.

To cut coal reliance, better step on the gas

May 4, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized