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Shocking to see Australia's carbon emissions from electricity production. Australia has abundant space for wind and solar (and a lot of solar potential) and sti
by dx034 9y ago
Shocking to see Australia's carbon emissions from electricity production. Australia has abundant space for wind and solar (and a lot of solar potential) and still gets most of the electricity from coal..
- greglindahl 9y agoAustralia's energy is so expensive -- despite most of it coming from coal -- that going off-grid with wind and solar and some batteries is disturbingly cost-effective.
- cknight 9y agoWe're a basket case down here. The lack of certainty surrounding energy policy means there's much less appetite for investment in this area than there should be. Don't get me wrong, stuff is happening[1], but not at the rate it should be in a country with the properties you've mentioned. [1] - http://www.smh.com.au/business/energy/australia-s-largest-solar-plant-to-build-in-2018-20171205-p4yxem.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/energy/australia-s-largest-so...
- Maarten88 9y agoTogether with the Netherlands. We don't even show as a data point on this map, but it's bad. Lots of NIMBY here with wind energy, new government has just started talking about shutting down a few coal plants, we are far behind our promises.
- Fnoord 9y agoWhen you travel from The Netherlands to Germany, the sure way to recognise the border is all the wind mills. FWIW here's a Wikipedia entry on the Dutch situation [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_Nether...
- digi_owl 9y agoI suspect lobbying to be an element. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_Australia