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Worried about climate change? Furious about the carbon tax? Confused about the science? Walkley-award winning journalist Michael Bachelard will lead The Sunday Age team investigating the 10 most popular questions on OurSay which will be featured and updated on The Age's Climate Agenda website.
This OurSay is now closed. Scroll down below to see responses to our questions as The Sunday Age answers them each week.
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The acidification of our earth's oceans seems to get any media attention whatsoever. Why is this the case?
The acidification of our earth's oceans seems to get any media attention whatsoever. Why is this the case?
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Since we cannot stop US/China on the CO2 emissions, just get on with planning for hopefully only 4 degrees and commensurate Sea Level rises as a consequence.Accept the loss of a Living Barrier Reef and Coastal homes.Start planning infrastructure projects now so communities will cope.This does not mean saving expensive Real Estate on foreshores by wasting taxpayer funds on retaining walls , groyn's etc.
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It seems that there is a great emphasis on public opinion in regards to Climate science and the Carbon Tax. Given the reality that the vast majority of the population does not have the expert knowledge to hold truly informed opinions on the topic, should decision making on science based issues like this lie with public popularity and agreeance? Or should there be some means that leaders and experts in relevant fields can express their knowledge and recommendations to political leaders, for the good of the people?
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How will Australia look in 2030 if we managed to address climate change? Lifestyle, power generation, coal industry, air travel, population growth
How will Australia look in 2030 if we managed to address climate change? Lifestyle, power generation, coal industry, air travel, population growth
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Labor's ETS policy has already received quite a bit of scrutiny, and the details are now on the table. I think it's time for some questions to be asked of the alternative policy of Direct Action: How will it be funded? How will it be policed? When will the Coalition release their modelling of its effects and costs? Can they guarantee there will be no job losses under their plan, including those in the renewable energy industry and in the public service?
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Why isn't the government spending more money on large scale renewable energy projects such as those suggested by the Beyond Zero group
Why isn't the government spending more money on large scale renewable energy projects such as those suggested by the Beyond Zero group
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Will Victorians tolerate a new brown coal export industry being developed?
Will Victorians tolerate a new brown coal export industry being developed?
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Why does the media allow deniers to dominate the debate, both by providing a false 'balance' in climate science reporting, and in allowing denier comments, often a coordinated campaign of so-called denier-bots, to run roughshod over others? And will this forum become an avenue for such campaigns?
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Labor constantly says per capita Oz world's worst polluter. Yet we rate 14th, with 1.5% of global emissions. China has 20 times more. Labor aims to reduce our emissions by 5%, resulting in 0.07% global reduction. If China reduced their emissions by 5% that = our total global emission. The $30 billion churn seems a waste of time & money as it will have no impact on climate change especially while India, China and America emissions grow.
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Solar powered 24-hour baseload power is available now, see for example http://beyondzeroemissions.org/blog/spain-now-producing-24-hour-solar-power-110708 where you can download a most impressive free report. So why do you allow pollies and shock jocks to get away with saying coal or uranium are still needed for baseload? Has Sunday Age reported on the fact that the US Department of Energy has identified fuel ethanol from Australian eucalypts as essential for its strategic future? Do your readers know Virgin Blue will get its aviation fuel from gum trees? My point is that people are entitled to detail on renewables that are viable now.
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