Carbon tax could fund a renewable energy Australia
by investing the revenue raised by taxing carbon emissions (or fossil fuels) in renewable energy and clean technology research, development, demonstration and deployment…establish a National Clean Technology Fund.
Carbon tax could be the ticket for a greener Australia › (ABC Environment) by Leigh Ewbank. 27 Sept 10, “……The Gillard government’s new cross-party Climate Change Committee aims to spearhead carbon-pricing legislation in the next term. The narrow terms of reference mean that it will recommend emissions trading, a carbon tax, or a combination of the two……….Although a carbon tax cannot ‘guarantee’ specific targets, it can guarantee revenue. This should be viewed as strength and an opportunity. A hypothecated carbon tax — a tax dedicated to a specific purpose — has excellent potential to accelerate decarbonisation.
This can be achieved by investing the revenue raised by taxing carbon emissions (or fossil fuels) in renewable energy and clean technology research, development, demonstration and deployment…
….Australia could follow India’s example and establish a National Clean Technology Fund. An Australian version might incorporate and build on existing Commonwealth initiatives like the $1.5 billion Solar Flagships Program and $652 million Renewable Energy Future Fund, and build on them with secure long-term funding. The national fund could also finance new and upgraded transmission lines, the rollout of electric vehicle recharging infrastructure,…..
Carbon tax could be the ticket for a greener Australia › Opinion (ABC Environment)
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1.This month.
The Road to War brings a sharp focus to why it is not in Australia’s best interest to be dragged into a war with China which will almost inevitably go nuclear very quickly. The filmmaker has interviewed some of Australia’s senior foreign policy analysts who have vast experience behind them in analysing what really is going on here as the United States rattles its sabres with China. And sets us up to be its proxy, like the poor Ukranians have been fed into the Meatgrinder. So America can remain the Top Dog. The Road to War reveals how the United States through its spy base at Pine Gap and by stationing six nuclear capable B52 bombers in the Top End (without permission from the traditional owners) is making Australia a prime nuclear target if the current war of words suddenly melts down into full scale war.
The Road to War shows the implicit connection between Carbon emissions (the US military uses a whopping 70% of America’s annual petroleum to move its armies and vast War Machine around the globe to its 800+ military bases..but under a loophole wangled at Kyoto, the US military does not have to report its C02 annual emissions). The Road to War starts screening at selected cities and regional centres in March. See the trailer end for details.
Antinuclear 
“Never before has a society destroyed so many resources. Never before have humans “consumed” in such an irresponsible way………… We don’t own the planet: we borrowed it from our posterity…………we will be cursed by the succeeding generations if we aren’t able to reverse, restrict consumption, get rid of polluting productions.”
Can more?
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