Australia needs job-rich renewable energy, not nuclear power
If Australia aimed to build a renewable energy sector that represented 5 per cent of the global market by 2030 we could realise some 500,000 jobs in our renewable energy industry and finally take advantage of our advanced research base.
Responsibly addressing the urgency of climate change cannot afford to be delayed or misled by nuclear industry hype.
Nuclear energy: money can’t buy love, ABC, david Noonan, 3 March 2010, The truth is investment in nuclear energy means massive capital costs and very low employment benefits….……Across the US and the European Union renewable energy contributed more new electricity capacity than fossil fuels and nuclear reactors combined in 2008. The global capacity in renewable energy has been increasing at 15 per cent per annum and is set for further growth, driven by investment projected to reach US$450 billion per annum by 2012….
Australia cannot afford to be left behind. With only a 20 per cent target for renewable energy in electricity generation by 2020 our share of global renewable energy capacity will at best remain flat, if not fall, as the world continues to ramp up investment.
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