ACF Video: Electricity Prices, Confusion And Longterm Needs
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November 23, 2010This ACF video gives a quick, straightforward picture of what’s going on with rising electricity prices, now, and what’s likely to happen in the longer term. Speakers are an expert on clean energy laws, Claire Maries, and economist Simon O’Connor, who ‘knows plenty about who pays for what, and why.’
Points Covered
- What is affecting power prices right now: new power poles and wiring, part of a 5 year spending program
- What impact a price tag on pollution would: a price tag on pollution will create incentives to cut pollution and make clean energy cheaper. It has widespread support from many businesses, but a minority of big polluting businesses want to delay things again.
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1. Switch to GreenPower – buy electricity that is generated by renewable energy sources… read more »
2. Get out of hot water – Water heating is the second largest source of household greenhouse gas emissions… read more »
3. Make your fridge more efficient – but you don’t need to purchase a new fridge to cut its emissions… read more »
4. Heating and cooling efficiently – everyone can reduce their energy consumption by changing how heaters and cooling units are used in the home… read more »
5. Switch off stand-by power – around 11% of Australian residential electricity use is attributable to standby power… read more »
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2 Comments
People of our age shouldn’t be falling for these falsehoods so easily. CO2 isn’t pollution. Get the facts and the science. Don’t get suckered into consensus and politics. Shame on us. History is filled with being taken in by the pessimists. Things change, they always have and always will. Stay positive – a good attribute to pass on.
In reply to Greg Chapman, I agree with the value of keeping a positive attitude but I do not wish to do this at the expense of acting wisely. Climate Change science is not within the scope of understanding of the vast majority of us, we need to have some faith in the majority view of climate scientists. CO2 is not just a problem in regard to warming though, we have the tiny marine organisms present in their zillions that form a greatly important foundation in the marine food chain. Excessive CO2 in the atmosphere interferes with their capacity to form their shells and there is a grave risk that there will be a massive collapse in their populations causing similar collapses in the rest of the food chain. Excessive CO2 is a huge problem.