How industries will slash emissions under climate plan
All parts of the economy will have to reduce carbon pollution under the reduction plan between 62 and 70 percent by the government’s emissions by 2035.
* The electricity industry is expected to play the biggest role for the next five years, because aging coal energy stations are closed and more sun, wind and hydro online.
* The source sector is expected to fall, especially coal, demand for fossil fuels.
* Gas will continue to play a role in electricity generation, and will back up the solar and wind power when it does not produce so much energy.
* In order to reduce household emissions, the government wants Australians to switch from gas to electric appliances.
* High preliminary costs may create a difficulty for electrification, but the government argues that the change often increases energy efficiency and reduces energy bills in the long run.
* Simple upgrades such as better insulation, glazed windows and sealing drafts can also reduce the amount of energy used to heat and cool the houses.
* Agriculture produces approximately 20 percent of Australian emissions and can be a particularly difficult sector to prevent greenhouse gas pollution.
* The use of special livestock feeds, which reduces the amount of methane in animal farts, may be a way to reduce emissions with the electrification of farm vehicles and machines.
* It is estimated that emissions caused by the transportation sector will continue to increase in the coming years, but the stable purchase of electric vehicles is likely to start making a notch.
* The government also hopes that with the emergence of low -emission fuels currently developing, public transportation such as buses and trains will make a difference.
* So -called “engineering” – new technologies trying to absorb and hide carbon dioxide are expected to play a role under the plan of the government.
* In a series of technology works, but some fossil fuel companies are fixing their hopes for “carbon capture and storage” in which carbon is torn from the atmosphere and stored to the ground.
* Environmental groups question these methods and to say that the reduction of emissions in the source should be a greater priority than removing the carbon.
