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14-08-2009, 02:59 PM | #33 | |||
He has, the Knack..
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Whilst the journalist has a point, (s)he is ignoring the economic implications of major tax reform to control emissions. As far as I have read, there is no technology (aside from nuclear) which has the ability to provide sustainable baseload power. Wind/solar is too unreliable until storage technology improves dramatically, geothermal is still in its infancy, clean coal is still a dream, hydro power isn't enough. So there are no commercially viable options (again, aside from nuclear) right now aside from fossil fuels for baseload electricity generation. The solution? To implement a tax system that will only increase the cost of electricity, for how much saving? We are still burning fossil fuels, and will simply pay more for it. Yes, it could put more dollars into research for cleaner technologies. Don't count on every dollar from the carbon tax though, its a government tax and it will wind up in another department somewhere. And it won't be available tomorrow, or next year. So until commercially viable, large scale alternatives to fossil fuels for energy production come along (which are still decades away), the dominant source of energy will be fossil fuels, ever increasingly due to China and India. And the government is willing to risk what is left of our industry, for essentially no impact on global emissions. And still whilst there is enough doubt and debate to be worthwhile. Too many agendas!
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