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coal exports - Aussie coal exports generate about 600 Mt a year of CO2 yet domestic emissions for 2006 were 565 Mt (after the mysterious land use revision). Don't exports kinda render the ETS pointless?
grand plans a la Gore - I think the public liked them back in the days of the US moonshot and building the Snowy River Scheme, but the Iraq debacle has cruelled that vision. Therefore whatever happens from now will be piecemeal or bottom up not top down.
I believe in the US both Gore and Pickens see gas as a load leveller for renewables. Our Marn is hellbent on ensuring local gas is all sold before we will even have a significant renewables industry.
Gore is pushing for 100% renewables - Pickens wants to expand wind dramatically, but also wants to expand gas use, especially for transport. There is a big difference between the 2 plans.
Remember our gas will last over 40 years even under fairly aggressive expansions of use for LNG, power and transport (see the scenarios I did recently - and they didn't include gas from coal seams or shale), so I think its doubtful that Marn could sell it all before we run out - we could (theoretically) shift to 100% renewables after he's no longer in government and still have a decade or 2 to spare.