Sounds like my kind of guy. Realistic – sensible.

Listened to him on Tripple J Hack – http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/daily/hack_tues_2015_10_27.mp3

He says –

• Fossil fuel use cannot & won’t cease for decades

• If a global agreement at the Paris climates talks was to agree to no new coal mines globally, it would mean global economic disaster

• to cease using coal in Australia would be economic disaster

On wind & solar he says -

• after years of massive investment in both, they only make up 4% of world elecrticity supply, & world electricity supply is only 1/5 of total energy use, leaving wind & solar only making up one percent of global total energy use!

On renewable energy in general he says -

quote

“we need to develope better alternatives that will naturally displace coal, oil, gas, rather than artificially terminating them”

Great guy, whats not to like!

The_observer said:

Great guy, whats not to like!

Since you ask so nicely, there seems to be very little not to like about the new chief scientist.

He’s a little main stream perhaps, but that’s to be expected in someone in his position.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The_observer said:

Great guy, whats not to like!

Since you ask so nicely, there seems to be very little not to like about the new chief scientist.

He’s a little main stream perhaps, but that’s to be expected in someone in his position.

“He’s a little main stream perhaps”

???

only to a left wing commie nutjob who reads sites such as ‘Get UP’

The_observer said:

only to a left wing commie nutjob who reads sites such as ‘Get UP’

Well, that descended quickly

Sixty-one prominent Australians, from Wallaby David Pocock to the Anglican bishop of Canberra George Browning, have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to discuss a ban on new coalmines and coalmine expansions at the United Nations climate change meeting in Paris in December.

>>>global economic disaster<<<

Mr Turnbull has dismissed the call for a moratorium, and predicted coal will remain a key global energy source for many years.

He said that position was backed by the forecasts of international energy agencies.

“Coal is a very important part, a very large part, the largest single part in fact, of the global energy mix,” Mr Turnbull said.

“And likely to remain that way for a very long time.”

He said coal was continuing to play a big part in alleviating poverty in developing countries.

“You’ve got to remember that energy poverty is one of the big limits on global development in terms of achieving all of the development goals.”
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hear hear

seems Mr Turnbull is suggesting that coal is good for humanity.

Now where have we heard that before

LOL

Witty Rejoinder said:

The_observer said:

only to a left wing commie nutjob who reads sites such as ‘Get UP’

Well, that descended quickly

Yes, but not unexpectedly.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

The_observer said:

only to a left wing commie nutjob who reads sites such as ‘Get UP’

Well, that descended quickly

Yes, but not unexpectedly.

please keep the status que TRD & ignore me

The Rev Dodgson said:

The_observer said:

Great guy, whats not to like!

Since you ask so nicely, there seems to be very little not to like about the new chief scientist.

He’s a little main stream perhaps, but that’s to be expected in someone in his position.

Yeah, he’s not bad. He doesn’t pretend there is any controversy about whether GHG emissions are driving potentially catastrophic climate change, unlike a few extremists that still lurk about.

On the other hand his support for considering nuclear power is anything but mainstream in an Australian context.

>>>He doesn’t pretend there is any controversy about whether GHG emissions are driving potentially catastrophic climate change
<<<

potentially catastrophic

LOL

who writes your scripts, the Greens

The_observer said:

please keep the status que TRD & ignore me

I will ignore you or not, as I choose.

Greens environment spokeswoman Larissa Waters said the Prime Minister had failed to properly respond to the moratorium call.

“The Prime Minister is using rhetoric to juggle the wishes of the climate dinosaurs in his party against the overwhelming community support for climate action,” she said.

>>>overwhelming community support<<<

they must be the lot who voted for Abbott last election…LMAO

“My vision is for a country, society and world where we don’t use any coal, oil or natural gas, where we have zero emissions electricity,” Dr Finkel told reporters. “But you can’t get there overnight.”

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-should-think-nuclear-and-ditch-coal-oil-and-gas-new-chief-scientist-alan-finkel-20151026-gkj787.html#ixzz3plAHknSK

More from Cheif Scientist Alan Finkel

Interview on the ABC’s Lateline

On Fracking Finkel says -

EMMA ALBERICI: And just finally: we put a call out on Twitter and one of our viewers, Jim Latter, wanted me to put this to you: he notes that France has banned fracking, winning a lawsuit over an American company and he wants to know: do you think fracking is safe?

ALAN FINKEL: I’m the president of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. We, collaboratively with the other three learned academies in Australia – the Academy of Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Academy of Science – did a major review of unconventional gas technologies and applications; a very broad approach, looking at all the ramifications.

And there’s no simple statement that comes out of that. But overall, you could say that if properly managed, with a good regulatory framework – and Australia is capable of applying good regulatory frameworks – that there is a lot of evidence that fracking is safe.

It’s like any other technology: if it’s not done appropriately, there will be problems.

That it’s being used widely already in the coal seam gas fields, particularly in Queensland. It’s being used widely across America. The evidence is not there that it’s dangerous.

In fact, the evidence is that, if properly regulated, it’s completely safe.

The instances where there has been, say, some environmental damage or some contamination have always been due to lax practices. And you find that in any industry.

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On a timeline for switching to non fossil energy Finkel says -

EMMA ALBERICI: You mentioned today that your vision for Australia and the world, in fact, was for electricity generated with zero emissions: that is using no coal, oil or natural gas. How quickly do you think we can get there?

ALAN FINKEL: Very slowly. I think we should be aspiring to do it but it would take a long time.
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On the effectiveness of the Governments Direct Action Plan, Finkel says

EMMA ALBERICI: Will the Direct Action climate policy achieve the kinds of cuts in emissions Australia is going to have to make to help keep global temperatures from rising more than two degrees, do you think?

ALAN FINKEL: Look, I think that they are a useful policy lever to achieve the end goal. We’ll have to do many, many things.
I think there is some evidence that, if done wisely and carefully, Direct Action can be as effective as many other things.