Sweetman Family Legacy: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Regional Jobs and Growth
Climate Change
Climate change will continue to affect our society in economic, health, food production, water supply, international security and in other aspects of our daily lives.
There is no question that the level of the major atmospheric pollutant, carbon dioxide is rising. Science concludes that if this trend continues the implications for catastrophic climate change will be dramatic. The current reality is that 85 per cent of the energy presently generated to run our daily lives comes from fossil fuels. Climate scientists are warning us about the urgent need to halt then reduce the concentrations of atmospheric pollutants or greenhouse gases within a time frame of roughly the next 100 years.The greenhouse effect
Human activities have increased the level of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, trapping more heat in the atmosphere and causing global temperatures to rise.
Despite the reliability of coal, and its important place in providing Australia’s baseload power, the Australian public is becoming increasingly opposed to its use due to climate change and concerns regarding rising greenhouse gas emissions. Coal is no longer viewed as the long-term solution to providing baseload power, and will be replaced as renewable technologies develop and projects are commissioned. The gap left by coal is one that biomass can help to fill.