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"Australia’s per capita emissions are the highest in the OECD and among
the highest in the world. Emissions from the energy sector would be
the main component of an expected quadrupling of emissions by 2100
without mitigation.
Australia’s energy sector emissions grew rapidly between 1990 and 2005.
Total emissions growth was moderated, and kept more or less within our
Kyoto Protocol target, by a one-off reduction in land clearing.
Relative to other OECD countries, Australia’s high emissions are mainly
the result of the high emissions intensity of energy use, rather than the
high energy intensity of the economy or exceptionally high per capita
income. Transport emissions are not dissimilar to those of other developed
countries. Australia’s per capita agricultural emissions are among the
highest in the world, especially because of the large numbers of sheep
and cattle.
The high emissions intensity of energy use in Australia is mainly the result
of our reliance on coal for electricity. The difference between Australia and
other countries is a recent phenomenon: the average emissions intensity of
primary energy supply for Australia and the OECD was similar in 1971."



http://www.garnautreview.org.au/pdf/Garnaut_Chapter7.pdf