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18/02/20

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Originally posted by Lapdog ↑

@Marketinfo; it seems that article was just too confronting for you to read, below is just one of the points made therein:

"... Black coal may have been shut down for economic reasons but a new move to phase out brown coal is purely environmental.
Renewables currently account for 40 per cent of Germany's energy generation but there are plans to increase that to 65 per cent by the end of the decade. To meet its Paris targets, the country must do more.
Unlike Australia, where the Federal Government's response to climate change is being debated after a season of catastrophic fires, there is broad agreement in Germany that coal's demise is inevitable. …"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02...ny-is-closing-down-its-coal-industry/11902884

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Lappy,

Being Australia is seen the world over as doing nothing in regards to climate change I think it would be best to wipe our hands of the Paris agreement completely, its clearly a waste of time, money and energy.
Best to comply with what the media is saying.
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