In the year 2001, Alicia Keys ruled the radiowaves with her hit ‘Fallin'’, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings jostled for box office dominancy, and
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It is, of course, a brave and important thing to do. As I have written here before, the act of removing fossil fuels from the ground is a key step in the process that leads to them being burned, and greenhouse gas emissions being released. It is, broadly in Australian culture, politics and media, treated as if it a wholly neutral act – a passive facilitation between supply and demand. “They’d simply get their coal elsewhere if we didn’t do it”, is the primary catch-cry.
The ‘drug dealer’s defence’ pretends there is only a one-way relationship between supply and demand. But, of course, plentiful supply leads to lower costs, which increases consumption of the product. In this case, coal is the primary driver of the greatest threat ever faced by our species, and a direct threat to the lived experiences of these teenagers.
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Victoria s Minister for Environment, Lily
D Ambrosio, has recently announced that Victoria is planning to
set up VicGrid, a new entity to oversee renewables connections in
the State.
The move is likely to be welcomed by generators and investors
seeking acceleration of much needed improvements in grid
infrastructure, increased confidence in the connection process and
continued access to grid after connection.
Delays in grid connection and associated financial losses
incurred due to curtailment, congestion and transmission losses
have been well documented. The latest edition of the Clean Energy Council s Clean Energy Outlook