Thursday, October 11, 2018

Coal will destroy world! Australia: Coal for sale


Can we quit coal in time? IPCC warns world has just 12 years to avoid climate change catastrophe

The Signal
By Angela Lavoipierre and Stephen Smiley
Australia has more than 21 coal-fired power stations in operation, and still relies heavily on coal for electricity.
There are no new coal-fired power stations currently being built in Australia, but Energy Market Analyst Tim Buckley has told The Signal 80 per cent of Australia’s coal is exported.
He said he believes it’s entirely possible, [but] it’s entirely improbable” that Australia will manage to wean itself off coal by 2050, if the current policy settings remain.
Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are all planning to build new power plants.

Tim Buckley said if all those plans come to pass, the rest of the world’s cuts won’t be enough to compensate for that increase.
Therefore we have to assume that the world is going to go off the climate cliff.


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