The Australian Gov has no balls to get behind green energy Just like USA? I would love to see the gov get behind projects like the solar thermal power station and use some our fuel tax to fund these projects that way long term we will all be better of.
No more burning fossil fuel!! 0% 0 Votes

That%26#039;s because green fuels are vastly inefficient compared to fossil fuels. Wind, solar, ethanol all yield far less than what is required to keep the country moving. Why invest in something that doesn%26#039;t yield what you need, especially compared to a fuel that already has an established infrastructure? It%26#039;s simple economics. If you%26#039;re talking about nuclear power, then yes, you might be onto something. That yields a great amount of energy with almost no pollution. That is the energy of the future. Unfortunately, it%26#039;s not totally government that blocks that (at least in the U.S.), it%26#039;s environmental groups that continuously hold up the construction of new plants even though they are safe and efficient. 0% 0 Votes

In the Age Business Day section, July 2nd 2008, it states and I quote:-
Brown Coal Powers Ahead, State to get $750 million plant.
(unquote)
The B****y Victorian Govt has given a GREEN LIGHT to the building of this plant, which is in the state where one of the worlds highest producers of brown coal pollution exists.
In other words, the %26#039;experts%26#039; can tell the public this new plant is being build to reduce present plants pollution, but in fact that reduction is of no great significance to reducing carbon emissions because of the high rate it is doing it already.
Mmmm Any Victorians out there reading this, letters to Environment minister now may be a good move.
That money ought to have gone into energy efficiency and renewables, which save housholds and bussinesses money as well as addressing CO2 emmisions
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Actually you%26#039;ve got it backwards...

We in America stand up and applaud the Aussie Gov. for having the cajones to say no to all the whiners..... 0% 0 Votes

USA is going green????
since when????? 0% 0 Votes