The Carbon Debate

In Australia at least, it appears that we are about to get a carbon tax. The carbon tax is effectively a way of puting a price on carbon to influence personal and business behaviour in the Australian marketplace. The expectation is that the price on carbon will shift energy consumption away from fossil fuels toward clean energy alternatives such as solar and wind.

Unfortunately there is a significant amount of politics involved and we can be sure that the cost will not necessarily be borne by the fossil fuel industry. Already, there is talk of significant concessions to the fossil fuel industry and this will certainly skew the burden away from those who should be burdened and onto the man on the street.

Ultimately, carbon is not the culprit, carbon is merely a by product of human activity on the planet and it is that human activity that is directly responsible for global warming. There are probably a  miriad of other factors that are also driving global warming including deforestation, the building of cities and roads and even war and conflict.

From a positive perspective, Australia could lead the way in demonstrating that a carbon price is a great way to modify behaviour and incentivise the adoption of efficient, clean energy consumption. From a negative perspective, it is possible that pricing carbon creates a fantastic new product for the global trading merket to profit from.

As we become more aware of the impacts of our behaviours and adopt new, efficient lifestyles we should be able to overcome the negative impact that we've had on the environment to date.

 


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Costly Carbon. Costly H2O

Carbon lifestyle requirements are costly and becoming increasingly so. Take account of what your costs are -

  • Heating & cooling
  • Housing
  • Food & Drink
  • Transport
  • Health

While -

Digital lifestyle requirements are falling in price

  • Telecommunications
  • Finance
  • Digital entertainment

There are serious financial benefits in transitioning to a digital lifestyle.


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Our energy future

If you read the newspapers you'll notice that there is almost a constant dialogue surrounding carbon trading and the politics of carbon trading. The reason for carbon trading being such a big news item is that the term is shorthand for 'more expensive energy in the future'.

At the same time that we get hit with some sort of carbon trading cost, we are also facing peak oil being that particular slice of history where incremental supplies of carbon fuels and products will be harder to tap from the earth's crust. Now there are new, cleaner greener sources of energy coming on stream including solar and there is evidence that global growth has decoupled from fossil fuel needs to some extent but the big question is, 'will clean tech come on fast enough to save the day'?

For a civilisation dependent on cheap reliable energy, we are rapidly entering that zone where a failure to bridge successfully to a 'post carbon world' may render us 'failed'.


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Company: Noble & Associates
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