Hmmm. You cut and paste commentary with no link to the author ?
Pity that author left out a few details . He/She likes to use the comparison of percentage of global emissions .
What a stupid argument . So he/she is suggesting that some countries can pollute as much as they like while the big emitters will be punished if they don't reduce their emissions ? Yeah , the big emitters will agree to that .
That would hardly be a level playing field ,would it ?
Then there's the commerce . China is making a lot of money out of renewables . Australia probably missed their opportunity there although UNSW has had a lot to do with the development of solar .
Renewables are employing a lot of Australians so some of that investment is going directly into jobs .
As for the furphy that the rise in prices is all due to renewables , please take the time to watch the video at the bottom . Fast forward to about 19 minutes and you will hear the reasons why power has got so expensive in Australia . This is from a study by the ACCC so I'd believe them over your anonymous author .
Also , no one mentions the price of renewables in the US . E.g. In Texas wind is just passing coal in generating capacity and yet their power prices are roughly half of ours .
How does that work ?
" Along with electrification of its bus fleet & a ban on ice motors, China are getting the infrastructure in place first to take that step & on target to a 40% reduction in pollution at a fraction of the cost & have a long term cheap stable 24/7 supply of power. "
" Cheap clean power will make China the economic power house of the world in our life time, whilst we are all staddled with the burden of the green legacy & wondering what the hell happened in that one generation. "
Two quotes from your anonymous author that suggests that producing clean energy is the smart thing to . I think the author might be a bit confused .
China is putting in Nuclear power stations . Yes , they are . All though they are cutting back that number that was planned . China is building new power stations because they had vast areas that had no power previously . So , in order to move from the third world to the first world they need power quickly and that's why they are hedging their bets .
Australia already has enough power generation . Australia's issue is that it's infrastructure is getting old and is up for replacement . So we don't need temporary solutions like the third world does . We have the luxury of being able to take the time to replace our fossil stuff progressively with renewables . Much less risk we can intall the current technology as it evolves . An investment that will be much cheaper and easier in the long run . Much more progressive and affordable as we go .
As to you claims of cradle to grave emissions . I notice you have posted zero data to suport your claim . Apart from the renewable industry making sure that recycling is part of the design in modern renewables , we are finding that renewables are proving to have much longer lives than expected and can be repurposed afterwards e.g. ev batteries as stationary storage . These recyling inititives are also employing people . Another new industry to replace an old one .
Carbon footprint of a wind turbine ? How about 12 months ?
https://www.saskwind.ca/blogbackend/2016/1/14/carbon-and-energy-payback-of-a-wind-turbine
I look forward to any data you can post regarding the emissions of renewables .
Don't forget we haven't accounted fot the carbon emissions of decommissioning and removal of fossil fuel stations not to mention finding something to use a big hole in the ground for . Something the people in the Latrobe Valley are discovering now post Hazelwood .
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