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Plan Seeks 100 Pct Renewable Energy in Australia in Ten Year

By Robert Kropp, SocialFunds.com -- FITZROY, Australia — The tipping point for climate change, after which many of its most destructive effects will become irreversible, strongly suggests that atmospheric CO2 must be reduced from its current level of 390 ppm to "well below 350 ppm‚ significantly closer to pre-industrial concentrations of 285 ppm," according to a recent report by Beyond Zero Emissions, an Australian nonprofit organization.

To achieve such reductions, however, it will be necessary for the US to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero within ten years. Because "Australia has about the same per-capita emissions as the USA," according to the report, it too would have to pursue the same goal.

The report, entitled Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan, "outlines a technically feasible and ...

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lgppa Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:11,523 Points:495,160 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Oct 15, 2010 5:13:45 PM Ignore lgppa Report Abuse Great for Australia!
dacofa Champion Author Nevada Posts:3,211 Points:693,485 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Sep 9, 2010 3:26:10 AM Ignore dacofa Report Abuse and what about India and China?
DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,780 Points:1,169,630 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 9, 2010 1:20:47 AM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse laudable goal, but highly unlikely.
vandamme Champion Author New York Posts:1,018 Points:117,800 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2010 10:24:16 AM Ignore vandamme Report Abuse "Try something new slogan or new approach." Well, if energy independence or Screw The Arabs isn't enough how about just plain saving money?
Dr Gas Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,411 Points:300,760 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2010 8:47:41 AM Ignore Dr Gas Report Abuse Sorry, but it seems to me like they just picked these numbers out of the air. Reduce it by 40 and everything will be alright? Yea and If you'll just look at this stretch of land I have in the gulf..... It's only a few thousand.....
CruisinLinda Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:7,947 Points:1,621,420 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2010 7:34:02 AM Ignore CruisinLinda Report Abuse Unfortunately the US is not doing enough to reduce its carbon emissions. Congress won't touch the cap and trade bill. We are approaching the tipping point at 390 ppm CO2 when damage will be irreversible. We are in a canoe approaching the falls, and no one wants to row.
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:4,706 Points:980,350 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2010 1:42:02 AM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse Now this is a country with the right idea.
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:6,309 Points:1,017,395 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2010 1:06:50 AM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse Australia could actually cover their Outback with solar panels. That would work...
realtorguzzler Champion Author Florida Posts:1,488 Points:259,210 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 7:09:07 PM Ignore realtorguzzler Report Abuse Australia is doing it, New Zealand is doing it too. We lag behind.
MAC48 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:728 Points:499,925 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 6:22:25 PM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse Just love it when the UN or a foreign organization decides to tell the US what it needs to do. You can bet your bippy that this organization's estimete to the cost to make Australia CO2
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,905 Points:1,092,475 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 6:11:58 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse If you have the money to blow on it, have fun.
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,230 Points:819,140 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 4:54:20 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse We need it here also, and it must be safe!
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:43,335 Points:1,712,105 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 3:07:13 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse BMW2014 wrote: >People had enough nonsense from politicians past thirty years and get ripped off. We've had the "War on Drugs" about 40 years, and anyone who owns Pfizer knows the drugs are winning! It's gotten to the point where the "send them to Death Row early and often" Harris County prosecutors can't find enough people on a jury pool who would vote to convict someone using medical marijuana of illegal possession. Too much money being made by the police-industrial complex to turn back now.
gasokie Champion Author Oklahoma Posts:2,307 Points:961,505 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 3:06:05 PM Ignore gasokie Report Abuse Global warming? CO2? Don't worry about it...w orry about the politicos that stand to gain $$$ from the remedy's offered. Look no further than dear old Al Gore...
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:43,335 Points:1,712,105 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 2:53:22 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse batloverNM wrote: >The only problem with plans like this is they cost money. Good luck! The Australians say they can do it for $370 billion (article didn't say AUD or USD). Or to put it another way, about half of an Obama stimulus. And they expect to save money once they finish the conversion.
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 2:52:07 PM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Wheels of "Global Warming" bandwagon are falling apart. People had enough nonsense from politicians past thirty years and get ripped off. Try something new slogan or new approach. Mother nature has its own agenda and its own course. Stop making profit by writing books and theories.
batloverNM Champion Author Albuquerque Posts:3,215 Points:1,168,030 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 2:35:05 PM Ignore batloverNM Report Abuse The only problem with plans like this is they cost money. Good luck!
LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:9,140 Points:1,197,260 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2010 1:22:03 PM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse Go Australia!