Posted by admin | Posted in Green Energy | Posted on 30-09-2009
Tags: alternative_energy, energy, environment, sustainability, technology

Are we really serious about dealing with climate change?
Australian Government direct investment in developing fossil fuels is 50 times what it’s investing in alternative energy – apart from tax and other subsidies to fossil fuel industries. Gas-guzzling 4-wheel drive vehicles (mostly “urban tractors”) attract low sales tax. Investment in freeway is many multiples of investment in public transport. Urban planning revolves around motor vehicles and costly commuting – and exponential population growth (including subsidies for new births) in defiance of increasing water shortage, and desertification of former “food bowls”. Globally enormous Government and other investment is pouring into increasing international air travel. Economics revolves around “growth” of unsustainable consumerism. And so it goes. What do you see where you are?
Basically more foreign dependency’s,with a higher tax base, and rising prices. Over 30yrs of gov inaction and maybe 10yrs of public reaction. Toss in some more useless mandates and regulations, that make the rich better off. Move more jobs over sea’s, or outsource just about everything. Promote credit lines with interest rates so high the people will never actually be free, or own anything. Create some more special gov organizations,and increase the war chests. That’s not what I see, but what people are experiencing.
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