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Reducing Emissions * Australia - Transport hazy on cutting emissions
Transport sector is caught in a dilemma: it must drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the means to do that is years away
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age, by Philip Hopkins -May 19, 2008: -- ... Ben Wheaton, a partner in climate change services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said greenhouse gas emissions from transport were growing at the fastest rate in the country, faster even than agriculture. Australian Greenhouse Office figures show that transport constitutes 13.5% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions... Mr Wheaton said mainstream science says emissions need to cut by 2014. "Talk to high emitters in the transport industry and they say, 'We need 25 years to turn the issue around'," he said. "We don't have that time."... Mr Wheaton said a carbon price of $40 a tonne would have a big impact on some sectors. "But all the indicators are it would have almost no impact on the transport sector," he said, which was growing rapidly and already coping with massive fuel cost rises... If transport was not susceptible to carbon prices, there could be complementary measures at some point such as tailpipe emissions. "The back of the car or truck will be regulated," he said... Mr Wheaton said diesel had fewer emissions than petrol, although there were issues with heavy particulates. Other fuels such as liquefied natural gas or compressed natural gas had lower emissions... Mr Wheaton said gas-based fuel and new technology could reduce emissions. "The question is what path do we take to that," he said. "Our thinking is not too clear about that … 25 years are needed for..."
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