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The communique from last week’s G20 meeting proves that world leaders are determined to save the banks at the cost of ordinary people and future generations according to UK Guardian columnist, George Monbiot. He lampooned the final communique summarising it as saying, “we will use every cent we don’t possess to rescue corporate capitalism from Continue Reading →
The National Farmers Federation is proceeding with plans to make international agribusiness companies paid up members of the lobby group. The invitation to the national conference in Brisbane this June, overtly invites representatives of agribusiness to attend, subtly reminding working farmers of the plan mooted last October to allow agribusinesses to be affiliate members with Continue Reading →
The Labor government announced last week that it will continue to invest billions in burying liquid carbon dioxide underground despite scientific advice that it is impossible to do so safely and effectively. Energy Minister Martin Ferguson opened the bidding for ten areas under the sea off Cape Otway in Western Victoria in which companies can store carbon dioxide. He said the commercial development of geosequestration is an integral part of the government’s strategy to reduce greenhouse emissions while maintaining economic growth through mining coal. Liquid CO2 occupies about five times the space as the coal burned to generate it, resulting in a global requirement to bury 80,000 tonnes of CO2 each minute for ever. The Otway project has stored 30,000 tonnes in 18 months.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology predicted a global temperature rise of at two three degrees last week.
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An analysis of the likely outcomes of the current political situation and the impact on greenhouse gas emissions and therefore global warming led researchers at the institute to develop two scenarios depicted as roulette wheels labeled the Greenhouse Gamble.
One wheel presents the probability of different temperature rises under a No Policy scenario, the other roulette wheel representing a strong agreement at Copenhagen this year and then follow through by national governments. If agreement is not reached this December, the probability of temperature rise being less than two degrees is zero, if agreement is reached that probability rises to around 30%. A temperature rise of more than two degrees will make most of the world’s major cities uninhabitable, either through sea-level rise, drought or a combination of both.
Mullumbimby, Tuesday The Toaster Tester gang was apprehended yesterday with an appliance appropriated from Power and Air Tools. Owner of the kidnapped and abused kitchen-ware, Jane Thomson, told The Generator that the high quality Dualit toaster had been sent for repairs, but when the repair shop changed hands she lost track of the item. “It Continue Reading →
UK columnist George Monbiot has lashed out at a group of scientists promoting biochar as a solution to global warming. As The Generator discussed last week in response to the news story that a New Zealand company is proposing industrial scale biochar plants to assist fossil fuel companies offset their emissions, it is not sustainable to grow forests and turn them into charcoal simply so that we can continue to mine and burn coal. Although the carbon equation may stack up, it is not a viable use of the planet’s resources given the large scale depletion of water, food, soil and energy.