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"Australia has a problem with greenhouse gas emissions – a bigger problem than
the political debate concedes.
Late last week, as Australians endured record August warmth and global
heating-fuelled extreme rain, the federal government released data that suggest
heat-trapping gases across most of the economy are currently headed in the
wrong direction or yet to budge much from historic highs.
As always, statistics can be cut a number of ways. The government emphasised
that in the year to March, national CO₂ emissions were down a smidge (0.6%),
and that since 2005 – the year against which Australia’s climate targets are
measured – they have dropped 28.2%. Which doesn’t sound too bad.
But a closer look reveals complications."
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
