•  'Solar power is growing so quickly it is set to become the biggest source of electricity on the planet my 2035!' This is the evidenced prediction from a recent Special Report 'Dawn of the Solar Age' by the highly respected British weekly economics magazine, 'The Economist'.  (Clint Jasper & Peter Martin, 3/6/2024).

    * While data shows Nuclear power is barely increasing and SHRINKING proportionately in global power sources - SOLAR is growing so quickly it will become the biggest source of electricity by 2035.

  • Carbon Credits are the main strategy used by the Australian government to penalise the biggest carbon emitters- namely the fossil-fuel companies mining and using coal and gas (like Santos and Woodside)-  and make them pay for not reducing their emissions! 
  • Mining and production companies and projects already operating and those in planning that are unable - or unwilling- to meet their emission levels established by the government have to buy 'green' Carbon Credits to offset the emissions they produce.

GOOD NEWS!

* 'Rewiring Australia' - independent not-for-profit organisation headed by Dr Saul Griffith that aims to 'electrify everything with renewable energy' has just released a proposal for a no-cost installation of rooftop solar energy systems and storage batteries for 11 million households owned and rented in Australia!  [see Rewiring Australia/EELS for video and details]

* EELS stands for 'Electrify Everything Loans Scheme'

* In brief the EELS proposal to Federal government works like this:

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