In The Daily Fix, Crikey taps into the wisdom of experts and community leaders to find solutions to problems. This week: climate change.
Australia should become a world leader in solar electricity generation, both on rooftops and on a larger scale.
We have sunshine falling on vast areas of land that are too hot and dry to be productive in other ways, and we have the scientists and engineers to develop and apply the best available technology for electricity generation and storage.
The federal government needs to facilitate the shift from fossil fuels to solar for most of our electricity generation, and we could become an exporter to Singapore.
Once we have abundant clean and cheap electricity, we can shift to electric cars. That will leave meat and dairy as our major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
It will be more difficult, politically, for the government to do something about that — but the way people are switching to plant-based foods means that it may happen anyway.
Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University.
Yep, a no brainer really… Which should suit our Gov’ down to the ground.
The Gods in Canberra are not really winners. They do not want to be in the winners circle accepting the plaudits and prizes. Much more fun living in their little bubble and having squabbles with the other Gods. Getting into the real world and taking leadership and making this nation a world leader in improving the lives of all on this planet- never going to happen.
Hydrogen is the future. Solar etc and sea water produces motive power, storage as well as the neglected airships for inland bulk transport.