Northern Rivers goes Renewable

[Tina2]

An interesting Video. Like Dayleford in Victoria another area ignoring Abbott and going Renewable. Abbott can push his head in the sand attitude in support of coal fired energy, but the bottom line is people are starting to demand we look at renewable energy. It may be starting with small communities like Daylesford, but the Northern Rivers is a far larger area and they have support of councils.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-26/new-age-energy/5920850

[Sir Les Patterson]

Surprising that the coal fired energy companies poured scorn on them....not. The Northern Rivers (Tweed) is my old home town, good luck to them.......it has always been a little bit of paradise.

[Guest Guest 47403]

The lack of acknowledgement towards renewable energy in this country amazes me, it's ripe for it.............................high sunshine hours, windy and the room for huge wind farms, I can't under stand why solar panels are not enforced on every new build. Australia could be a world leader in renewable energy.

[Skani]

The lack of acknowledgement towards renewable energy in this country amazes me,

 

The sad thing is that there were many Oz pioneers in this industry right at the beginning. They have never received support - from a succession of short sighted governments - and have moved to countries like Germany and USA which have welcomed their vision and enterprise and are now benefitting from it.

[Skani]

The Northern Rivers (Tweed) is my old home town,

 

Mine too - fancy that! :cute: I was born in Grafton.

[MARYROSE02]

We could be a pioneer in nuclear power too given our reserves of uranium and unlike wind and Sun we could have been shooting ask our power needs with the least polluting of all means of power generation. Unfortunately too many short sighted people who associate nuclear power with nuclear bombs.

[Mark 1234]

Australia is far too late in pioneering nuclear power, as the focus now has shifted from fusion to fission. As for coal. Most people on this forum don't know what they're talking about. The majority of coal burnt isn't the nice shiny black stuff. It is brown coal called lignite. It's a young and moist coal which is so inefficient it produces around 30% more CO2 than black coal. Black coal, in itself, is a relatively clean source of power. As for wind power. Forget it. The state of Gujarat in India just had a massive blackout, and that's normally 'windy' too.

[Tina2]

The lack of acknowledgement towards renewable energy in this country amazes me, it's ripe for it.............................high sunshine hours, windy and the room for huge wind farms, I can't under stand why solar panels are not enforced on every new build. Australia could be a world leader in renewable energy.

Well despite the governments head in the sand attitude it is clear many citizens are concerned about the future of the environment. Tonight Vitory gained a new premier but more importantly the Greens gained there first ever seat in the lower house with 3 more possible. That is now 2 labour states and I am pretty sure the Qld premier Newman will be going when the next state election happens, so interesting times ahead.

[Sir Les Patterson]

Mine too - fancy that! :cute: I was born in Grafton.

 

Grafton ......on the mighty Clarence .........nice town