Change is in the air and society is thinking laterally when it comes to combating green issues. Last week newly appointed President Barack Obama promised a green revolution, this filled many people with newfound optimism. Whilst Obama has been wooing the world, engineers have suggested we can counteract electricity emissions by using technology, to do so they have requested a whopping $6billion. And while they have been trying to reduce emissions, the mining industry has expressed their concern, pre-empting the Emissions Trading scheme will result in lost jobs.
President Barack Obama has been cordially welcomed by the world and change is in the air. In his first few days of presidency he has eased the concerns of millions of socially conscious people with his promise to protect human rights and proactively
combat environmental issues. He assured the world the US government will strive to reduce nuclear threat and will pioneer a green revolution in renewable energy.
In the past technology has both solved and posed environmental problems, so the government were sceptical about a recent proposal submitted by The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
pleading for $6 billion to fund cutting carbon emissions from traditional electricity. They believe that technology has enabled us to generate electricity, so why can’t we now neutralise the environmental impact. The idea has been dismissed on the basis of the government’s reluctance to embark on a nuclear power industry.
The mining industry has stomped its feet suggesting that the
Emissions Trading scheme will inevitably cut jobs. According to SBS “BHP Billiton Ltd said it would cut its 101,000-strong global workforce by about six per cent, with more than half, or about 3,400 of the jobs to be lost from Australia” in the near future.
What perhaps wasn’t considered is the flipside of the Emissions Trading scheme on job opportunities. Proactive thinking for those embracing the scheme will result in entrepreneurial income prospects for thousands of innovative thinkers.
And lastly, will our
country’s capital city be most affected by climate change? A study by ANU suggests so. Maybe all those hot headed politicians have contributed to warming.
Until next week,
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