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**STYWOMBORGOSY** · 06-09-2010, 03:18 AM

ricketyclik, oil/coal has only the influence they have because there are no alternatives - currently we have 20 % WE though it's more like 12 in reality) tbh. I can't really see coal/oil dissapear for the next 30-40 years despite fanatic claims.

No, I can't see it going anywhere either. But not because it couldn't be. Australia just spent billions of dollars on an economic stimulus package. The primary aim of the expenditure was to get money in to the economy. What if all of that money had been spent on solar thermal power plants? Most of our domestic energy consumption would be non-emitting by now.

Why wasn't it? The idea was put forward. The money would still be in the economy. No satisfactory answer was given.

06-09-2010, 03:18 AM	#28
STYWOMBORGOSY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	ricketyclik, oil/coal has only the influence they have because there are no alternatives - currently we have 20 % WE though it's more like 12 in reality) tbh. I can't really see coal/oil dissapear for the next 30-40 years despite fanatic claims. No, I can't see it going anywhere either. But not because it couldn't be. Australia just spent billions of dollars on an economic stimulus package. The primary aim of the expenditure was to get money in to the economy. What if all of that money had been spent on solar thermal power plants? Most of our domestic energy consumption would be non-emitting by now. Why wasn't it? The idea was put forward. The money would still be in the economy. No satisfactory answer was given.
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