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"Australia has 10 million households, and these households are likely buy 100
million machines over the next two decades – cars, heaters, and cookers. If the
country is to have any chance of reaching zero emissions by 2040, the new
reality for a 1.5°C climate target, then all those new machines need to be
electric.
That is the clear message from Rewiring Australia chief scientist and
electrification evangelist Saul Griffith, and pretty much everyone else
speaking at the Smart Energy conference in Sydney last week.
There is so much focus on big wind, solar and storage projects, and major
transmission projects, that the household and the decisions made there often
get overlooked.
And yet, Griffith points out, 42 per cent of Australia’s emissions come from
the decisions made around the dining table, and another 29 per cent of the
country’s emissions come from small businesses whose owners likely eat at that
same table.
This is now becoming critical. The delays in Australia’s and the world’s
efforts on emissions reduction means valuable time has been lost. Scientists
make it clear that “net zero” by 2050 is not good enough for a 1.5°C target, it
needs to be “absolute zero”, by 2040. And that won’t happen without the support
of households.
“We have got to go really fast now, faster than you think,” Griffith told the
conference. “It really just has to be by electrifying everything right now.
“We’ve got 10 million households that are going to buy 100 million machines in
next two decades, And those 100 million decisions need to be easy, they need to
be economically good for the household, and we need to have all the policies
and everything aligned.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
