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Carbon Pollution * Australia - CSIRO 20 more years of polluting
The world’s dependence on fossil fuels will persist for at least two more decades, a CSIRO researcher said
Sydney,Australia -Transport & Logistic News -22 July 2008: -- Peter McCabe, who has been researching the world’s use of fossil fuels for more than 30 years, said despite a number of clean energy technologies are being developed under the pressure of climate change and the impending introduction of a carbon economy, the fossil fuels would remain the main source of energy for the next 20 years... He said up to 86 per cent of the world’s energy is generated using oil, gas and coal, while wind, solar, and geo-thermal sources represent less than one per cent... Under these circumstances, Dr McCabe said it is unlikely that commercially viable alternative energy sources can be developed within the next two decades as global demand continues to rise...
* Australia - Reduction Scheme Green Paper
The Australian Trucking Association has welcomed the Government’s plan to include the transport sector in its forthcoming emissions trading scheme
Sydney,Australia -truxtop, by tim giles -22 July 2008: -- The Government released its preferred options for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in a green paper this week... The Chairman of the ATA, Trevor Martyn, said including the transport sector in the scheme was much better for the trucking industry than the alternative, the imposition of complex regulations that would strangle small trucking companies in green tape... Martyn said the trucking industry would hold a major technical conference in November to examine how the industry can use less fuel through better technology, maintenance and operations... The green paper can be downloaded from the Climate Change Website. The Government has called for submissions on the green paper; the deadline is 10 September 2008. The ATA will be making a submission...
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