British policy is to change the electricity industry so it emits very little carbon. Then transport needs to be changed to use electricity. Richard Lester reviews the options and the challenges.
Guests: Richard Green, Professor of Sustainable Energy Business, Business School, Imperial College London UK
Further Information Richard Green at Imperial College London (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.green)
Author and international security analyst Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed on The Crisis of Civilization. Dr Ahmed is author of A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It, and co-producer of The Crisis of Civilization.
http://legalise-freedom.com/radio/nafeez-ahmed-the-crisis-of-civilization/
Naked Scientists Podcast -25th Mar 2012 - This week we’re exploring the future of nuclear energy, including meeting the makers of a new design of nuclear reactor that can consume the fuels that other plants can’t burn. We also delve into ways to unclog pipes inside reactors without the risks of going inside. And where do you stand on the nuclear debate? Should we be exploring alternatives, or is there no alternative to a nuclear-future? We talk to two parties on opposite sides of the debate. Plus, what the Messenger probe has found on Mercury, a blood test to predict an imminent heart attack, flushing out evidence of drug use from sewer water, and a way to block baldness in men…
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/20120325/
For an overview of this deal, and to test some of the assertions, let’s turn to the Grattan Institute.
About 500 heavy polluting companies will pay a $23 per tonne carbon price from July 1 next year, under a plan unveiled by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Affected businesses and workers will be helped, with $9.2 billion worth of assistance over three years. Low income households will also be compensated with a rise in the tax free threshold, from $6,000 to $18,000, and up to $338 per year extra for single pensioners. But will be compensation be enough and will the carbon price be effective in cutting Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalks/stories/2011/3261639.htm
What’s behind another set of low opinion polls for Labor and Prime Minister Julia Gillard? And why is she getting tough on the unemployed?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2011/3194923.htm
Arthur Marcel lectures at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and in today’s talk he compares the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Titanic to issues surrounding global warming.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor/stories/2011/3191637.htm
CSIRO is spearheading a new national scientific capability to inform on Australia’s shift to a prosperous, sustainable, lower carbon, climate adapted future.
A new initiative called the Integrated Carbon Pathways project is being spearheaded by CSIRO to help create – rather than close
A visiting British expert on the economics of climate change, Michael Grubb, argues that countries with higher electricity prices generally use proportionally less energy. Professor Grubb also says that after six years of emissions trading, the energy sector in Britain is complaining about ‘uncertainty’ when it comes to pricing carbon. That’s why the Conservative prime minister, David Cameron, is proposing to introduce a carbon tax later this year.
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