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Keeping coal in the ground, where it belongs : Comments

By Lyn Bender, published 20/6/2013

Jobs are important but is it not madness to prop up the industries of the past century, when clean energy is the path to all our survival?

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I couldn’t agree more, Lyn.

But it’s just not gonna happen! We’re not going to pull back on our exploitation of fossil fuels.

So we are just going to have to face the consequences when they come.

And that’s the end of it.
Posted by Ludwig, Thursday, 20 June 2013 8:59:40 AM
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To his credit Abbott did point out the inconsistency between carbon tax and the effusive praise for coal exports by Combet and Gillard. I understand the Climate Commission faces the chop if/when Abbott is elected. In any case the CC are going beyond their mission statement saying wind and solar will seriously replace coal, a dubious claim much discussed on other forums.

The government excuses coal exports to places like India on the grounds it helps their poor. I suggest either
Option A give them the coal for free
Option B send the Aussie experts in.
The experts will show them how replace coal with wind and solar. We're reduced emissions 1% since 2000 so that must be the reason. A better idea I think is to carbon tax goods and services (travel, call centres etc) provided by India and China in case they turn to Africa for coal. China's new ETS is half hearted and weak in coverage, perhaps a pre-emptive tactic.

Now Qld Premier Newman tells us how great coal is. You'd think the state's recurring coastal floods and inland drought would be regarded as an own goal. I think we're in for at least another decade of unfriendly weather before the public is concerned enough to forgo the easy dollars associated with coal.
Posted by Taswegian, Thursday, 20 June 2013 9:07:32 AM
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Coal is chocolate sunshine; the drones and parasites who support AGW would still be physically in their caves without it. Mentally, of course, they are still in their caves and they want the rest of us to join them.
Posted by cohenite, Thursday, 20 June 2013 9:17:04 AM
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¨Coal is chocolate sunshine; the drones and parasites who support AGW would still be physically in their caves without it.¨

Don´t worry we will soon return to the caves if we keep ignoring climate science.
Posted by warmair, Thursday, 20 June 2013 9:44:58 AM
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Yeah, where humans are concerned, greed conquers reason every time!
Posted by David G, Thursday, 20 June 2013 9:47:22 AM
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As others have pointed out, there is no hope of any kind of green energy replacing conventional fuels within the foreseeable future.. In fact, there is no indication that this obsession over carbon and enthusiasm for green energy has had any effect of any kind on the market.

What has happened is that demand has gone off in Europe because of the GFC plus continuing economic uncertainty. However, demand in china more than offset that decline to produce the mother of all booms in fossil fuels. That boom is only now abating, and the market will probably fall for some time, again for reasons that have nothing to do with calls by green activists.

Basically these pleas are having no effect of any kind, and with the climate commission likely to be tossed out (good riddance!) we will hear less about them.
Posted by Curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 June 2013 10:37:28 AM
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