Queensland govt’s short-sighted vision on energy future
“The Bligh government is locking Queensland into an economy dominated by high dependence on fossil fuels, high greenhouse gas emissions and high payments on carbon credits,”
Carbon future will cost, activist says, Sydney Morning Herald, September 13, 2010 Queenslanders could be subsidising the renewable energy industries of China and India because the state government is locking itself into a future fuelled by fossil fuels, an environmental activist says.
Figures released by Friends of the Earth on Monday reveal Queensland is set to increase its carbon dioxide emissions by 25 per cent over the next four years from new coal and coal seam gas developments alone, and before any of it goes into a power station or steel mill.
“The Bligh government is locking Queensland into an economy dominated by high dependence on fossil fuels, high greenhouse gas emissions and high payments on carbon credits,” said Friends of the Earth spokesman Drew Hutton…….
Mr Hutton said if there is an international price on carbon in the next few years, Queensland polluters will have to buy carbon credits on the international market.
“The problem is every industrialised country is well over its target and so there will be only a limited number of these credits available,” he said.
“The cost will be astronomical and that cost will ultimately be passed on to the consumer.
“By buying the right to be such a high carbon emitter Queensland will, effectively, be subsidising the renewable energy industries of China and India,” Mr Hutton said.
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