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Is a carbon tax likely to foster the more efficient use of energy? Only if it produces a price shock.
A carbon tax is only likely to foster the much more efficient use of energy, and substantially reduce carbon emissions, if it provides a price shock. Supply/demand economics says that the demand for a product is inversely proportional to price, the ...
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The TV stations don’t. Fairfax doesn’t. News Corp doesn’t. The NY Times Does
Across Australia power bills are going up and the climate is clearly changing. So you would think that our mainstream media would be bringing us good news stories about how we can cut our power bills and reduce carbon emissions, ...
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Warning: Australia’s Greenhouse Emissions are on the rise!
It has been a turbulent time during the last few weeks regarding the climate change issue. There have been a number of natural disasters all around Australia all linked to weather pattern changes. Although, some may argue that these would ...
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Weather map of Australia
According to many commentators the recent weather in Australia cannot be linked to climate change. So check out this weather map... (caution, contains strong language)
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Energy efficiency – if you “get it” tell someone!
Today’s Financial Review front page news was about the desperate need for more power stations in Australia. The article stated that according to the Australian Energy Market Operator electricity consumption is increasing at 2.5% per year, and we need between ...
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Sea level rise creeps up… very slowly… at first
As with many people climate change science has been on my mind with the devastation of the floods and now hurricane Yasi in Queensland. Sea level rise is one of the likely impacts of climate change, driven by a melting of ...
