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Cutting greenhouse emissions can start in simple ways : Comments

By Nicholas Low, published 3/4/2007

It is not necessary to wait for 'clean coal' and other new technologies to start cutting our greenhouse gas emissions.

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I had too smile when all these trendies turned out the electric lights.

And Lit candles, unless the laws of chemistry and physics have changed recently. To create a naked flame, combustible material and oxygen are needed, this equals light, heat plus carbon dioxide.

So we turn off electricity to reduce CO2 emissions and then light another combustible material to produce CO2.

Makes sense, I think.
Posted by JamesH, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 10:36:44 PM
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I liked this article... until the last of the 5. Yes, a silver bullet solution. The first 4 were emmiently sensible however, and one dud point should not distract from the rest of the article.

Similar, sensible, responses to the problem of CO2 emmission can also be made in electricity generation. Primarily these revolve around increases in energy transmission and generator efficiency. An example is the use of dual circuit generator turbines, it is simple, relatively cheap technology that is currently available. Increases in energy efficiency is the low hanging fruit in emmission reduction.

We just need to start implementing them. There is nothing radical or economically damaging about these steps.

Once again, a good article.
Posted by ChrisC, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 11:04:42 PM
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Billie ,after Bob Carr stuffed NSW I thought he retired to the nipple of the the Macquarie Bank.

There is no proven relationship between the increase in CO2 emmisions and increase in global temperatures.See www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/carboniferous_climate.html
We are probably all barking up the wrong colossil fossil.
Posted by Arjay, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 12:10:25 AM
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A very short comment to the greenhouse sceptics. Yes, among the media and the general population there are many who claim there is no link between man-made greenhouse gasses and climate change, but among the specialists in the field, the climatologists, there is universal agreement that we are changing or weather by our way of life. In recent years hundreds of articles have been published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature supporting the link, none against it.

The media have a convention in which if they interview someone who is suporting a point of view, they should balance that with someone who supports the opposite point of view. It's always possible to find someone with a negative view on any subject. There are still people who believe the world is flat.
Posted by Dave Clarke, Saturday, 7 April 2007 6:56:27 AM
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I suppose I need to define 'golden bullet'! Nothing I proposed required major technical innovation. Yes the electric car at number 5 on the list is a bit of a stretch, but Smart cars exist, electric cars with smart batteries exist. This technology seems simple and feasible. We just need to link housing with transport in the public mind (the way water and housing are being linked now). Most importantly we need to think about institutional change, behavioural change and technical change in one bundle.

And I don't buy the argument that people use cars because they are lazy. Australians are no lazier (probably less so) than Europeans. Australians are active! The issue is safety. With truly safe bike paths a lot more people would use bikes. How about three wheelers with baskets? Why can't we have Copenhagen lanes all over Melbourne?
Posted by Nick Low, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 4:47:21 PM
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