[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times Wed, 5 Jul 2006

[Antony Barry]

Two items today which might deserve some comment.

"Australia's gone 'adrift' on climate change" p.3
The Climate Institute os Australia says that Australia is the least  
prepared of all the world's developed countries to tackle the issue  
of climate change. It identifies a number of trends fo improvement  
one of which is energy security and oil prices.

Details linked to http://news.google.com/news? 
hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/ 
0,20867,19681749-1702,00.html

Comment: They may well be wrong. While increased oil prices are  
dropping demand  as oil peaks a shift to oil from coal technology of  
gas conversion will increase CO2 emissions.
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"Australia too small for nukes: economist" by Rosslyn Beeby p.7
Our market may be too small to justify a nuclear power industry  
unless there is a carbon tax. The nuclear power enquiry might be a  
shortcut to do this. Discussion of coal versus nuclear.

Comment: Whether we have coal or nuclear we will need fuel for mining  
equipment, transport and processing. With peak oil coming the  
increased price of oil will transfer into the production of electricity.


  Tony

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