Baronvonrort wrote on Nov 13
th, 2014 at 12:14pm:
____ wrote on Nov 13
th, 2014 at 11:42am:
Green energy will create jobs, especially a 100% renewable target in 10 years. And consider the percentage of workers in coal in Australia is tiny, good chance it will.
Then there is the other angle where 100% renewable energy will lower the price of electricity in Australia since renewables are already cheaper than coal/gas here.
reneweconomy.com.au/2013/renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-and-gas-in-australia-6...This will assist the manufacturing sector in the country and also it will decrease cost of living pressures on households.
By opposing Greens 100% Renewable Energy Target in 10 years, you are supporting uncompetitive electricity prices for Australia compared with the rest of the world.
The greens must be giving their crack pipes a good workout if they believe renewable energy can supply 100% of our energy needs.
Solar does not work on cloudy days, wind turbines have a minimum start up windspeed which means they don't work in low winds.
Solar thermal is an expensive lemon, the largest solar thermal plant in the USA is seeking a huge bailout because it has failed to perform, the solar thermal plant is also frying birds that fly near it.
The solar thermal plant has to burn gas to run....
Coal accounts for nearly 15% of our exports, the greens want to shut that down along with the live animal trade,the Greens will inflict financial buggery on Australians if given a chance.
The Greens support 100% renewable energy as quickly as we can achieve it. To get there, the Greens’ Clean Energy Roadmap will:
Increase the Renewable Energy Target to 90% by 2030. This will give investors and electricity network regulators the long‐term policy certainty they require.
Increase Clean Energy Finance to $30 billion over ten years, providing an injection of $3 billion per year, to drive commercialisation of emerging technology and help Australia catch‐up with leading renewable energy nations.
Improve national electricity transmission planning to cost effectively exploit our huge renewable energy resources.
IT’S POSSIBLE TODAY
Landmark research by the Australian Energy Market Operator, as well as independent academics, has clearly shown that a clean energy Australia is possible. We can power Australia with the wind, sun, and water for a cost similar to replacing the ageing coal and gas plants that are nearing the end of their lives now.
Renewable energy is getting cheaper, while gas and coal plants will face increasing carbon pollutions costs. It’s better for the climate, our air and water, our health – and for jobs. Renewables employ more people per unit of energy than polluting fossil fuels.
LONG‐TERM VISION FOR CLEAN ENERGY
The Renewable Energy Target needs to be extended, expanded and secured until we have 100% renewable energy in Australia. Only the Greens have a plan to make Australia the best place in the world to build clean energy, by increasing the RET to 90% by 2030 and extending it year on year after that. The Renewable Energy Target is a successful, tripartisan policy that provides investment certainty and is helping investors build wind, solar and more. But it runs out in 2020, and Tony Abbott’s Coalition has spent months pretending to support it while sending MPs out to extreme anti‐wind rallies.
DRIVING THE TRANSFORMATION
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is a world‐leading, independent group of experts tasked with commercialising emerging clean energy to benefit all Australians. The Greens have built the foundations by creating the CEFC, and it will start its investments on July 1 this year, building solar plants, wind farms and investing in energy efficiency in manufacturing. But we need to take the next steps, or we won’t cut pollution enough to avert the worst impacts of global warming. That’s why we plan to increase Clean Energy Finance to $3 billion per year, for the next ten years. An overall investment of $30 billion for a cleaner future.Printed and authorised by Senator Christine Milne, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600.
PLANNING FOR 100% CLEAN ENERGY
Australia also needs to plan and roll‐out an electricity transmission system that opens up massive investment and job opportunities in new areas abundant in sun, wind or geothermal resources. To build the right transmission links in the right place at the right time and at the right scale, the Greens' will make the Australian Energy Market Operator a single, independent planning agency to administer a national transmission planning and reliability framework.
greens.org.au/clean-energy-roadmap