Tim Thorne Press Release: Urgent action need on global warming
Such alternatives that have been proposed as geosequestration, so-called clean coal, and nuclear fission are either too expensive, too dangerous or not sufficiently developed to meet the problem within a useful timeframe.
Planning in such areas as transport and urban development must take carbon emission factors into account.
The Federal Government is leading Australia backwards, with thousands of jobs being lost to China and the U.S., where Australian-produced technologies have been taken for implementation.
A SEMINAR attended by in excess of 100 people on global warming and its implications for public policy was held on February 10th and 11th in Hobart and issued the following statement:
Global warming presents problems which can be defeated while enhancing living standards, increasing employment and improving community well-being, but only if action is taken immediately.
This action must include:
Incentives for reduced energy demand through improved efficiency and a public education campaign leading to more informed choices.
Staged reductions of carbon emissions leading to a 90% reduction against 1990 levels by 2050.
A plan to phase out coal as an energy source replaced by gas in the short term, with a plan to increase the use of renewable sources for base load power using current wind and solar power technologies incorporating recent developments in storage technology similar to what is being used today on King Island.
Such alternatives that have been proposed as geosequestration, so-called clean coal, and nuclear fission are either too expensive, too dangerous or not sufficiently developed to meet the problem within a useful timeframe.
Planning in such areas as transport and urban development must take carbon emission factors into account.
The Federal Government is leading Australia backwards, with thousands of jobs being lost to China and the U.S., where Australian-produced technologies have been taken for implementation.
Australian jobs are also being lost because Australian-manufactured cars cannot be exported to China, due to the Chinese having high emissions standards.
Now We The People will be conducting an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of this issue among politicians and the general public.
For further information see www.nowwethepeople.org/tasmania
Tim Thorne
Media and Publicity Co-ordinator
Now We The People, Tasmania
