London Low Emission Zone - Feasiblility Study

The Australian Government tried to get one passed, but was thrown out by the senate.
It is just a clever way of putting a huge TAX on everything to try and balance their buget.
Why should the less well off have to suffer by paying more for power food just because of all the hot air coming out of Canberra.

It has worked in the past for sulfur emissions, so we have no reason to doubt it will work for carbon.

It has been proven that there’s more pollution generated to create the ethanol than the decrease that’s seen when used in the engines. Ethanol also has 30% less energy per unit burned than gasoline therefore it takes more of it to produce they same power in the engine resulting in a 30% decrease in gas mileage over regular gasoline. The savings are pure fabrication by the tree huggers of the world.

I’ve looked at a number of different sources, and they all give different answers ranging from 25% to 50%.

I just need to know, what percentage of the greenhouse gas emissions in the USA are due to energy production, such as coal plants? How about for the entire planet?

And could you please provide your source? I just want to go to the site and check out if it’s legit.

Hello Bruce,

The World Resources Institute has a number of graphs and charts showing breakdowns of greenhouse gas emissions and the like. There isn’t one that I could see that specifically shows proportions of GHG emissions due to energy production but by using data from both these charts you should be able to get a reasonably good idea…
http://cait.wri.org/figures.php?page=ntn/11-6
http://cait.wri.org/figures.php?page=/US-FlowChart

How can a common man contribute in reducing carbon emission?

Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl).CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb. This simple switch will save about 300 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
#Install a programmable thermostat
Programmable thermostats will automatically lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise them again in the morning.
#Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner
Cleaning a dirty air filter can save 350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
#Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases
Look for the Energy Star label on new appliances to choose the most energy efficient products available.
#Do not leave appliances on standby
Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself.
#Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket
we can save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple action.we can save another 550 pounds per year by setting the thermostat no higher than 50°C.
#Move fridge and freezer
Placing them next to the cooker or boiler consumes much more energy than if they were standing on their own. For example, if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2 emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.
#Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly
Even better is to replace them with newer models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and are generally up to two times more energy-efficient than their predecessors.
#Don’t let heat escape from your house over a long period
When airing your house, open the windows for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening all day long, the energy needed to keep it warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less outside temperature) would result in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.
#Replacing the old single-glazed windows with double-glazing
it will halve the energy lost through windows and pay off in the long term. we can even save more than 70% of the energy lost.
#Cover the pots while cooking
Doing so can save a lot of the energy needed for preparing the dish. Even better are pressure cookers and steamers: they can save around 70%!
#Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full
If you need to use it when it is half full, then use the half-load or economy setting. There is also no need to set the temperatures high. Nowadays detergents are so efficient that they get your clothes and dishes clean at low temperatures.
#Take a shower instead of a bath
A shower takes up to four times less energy than a bath. To maximize the energy saving, avoid power showers and use low-flow showerheads, which are cheap and provide the same comfort.
#Use less hot water
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. You can use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead (350 pounds of carbon dioxide saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year) instead of hot.
#Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible
You can save 700 pounds of carbon dioxide when you air dry your clothes for 6 months out of the year.
#Insulate and weatherize your home
Properly insulating your walls and ceilings can save 25% of your home heating bill and 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. Caulking and weather-stripping can save another 1,700 pounds per year. Energy Efficient has more information on how to better insulate your home.
#Be sure you’re recycling at home
You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide a year by recycling half of the waste your household generates.
#Recycle your organic waste
Around 3% of the greenhouse gas emissions through the methane is released by decomposing bio-degradable waste. By recycling organic waste or composting it if you have a garden, you can help eliminate this problem! Just make sure that you compost it properly, so it decomposes with sufficient oxygen, otherwise your compost will cause methane emissions and smell foul.
#Buy intelligently
One bottle of 1.5l requires less energy and produces less waste than three bottles of 0.5l. As well, buy recycled paper products: it takes less 70 to 90% less energy to make recycled paper and it prevents the loss of forests worldwide.
#Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can
You will also cut down on waste production and energy use… another help against global warming.
#Reuse your shopping bag
When shopping, it saves energy and waste to use a reusable bag instead of accepting a disposable one in each shop. Waste not only discharges CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, it can also pollute the air, groundwater and soil.
#Reduce waste
Most products we buy cause greenhouse gas emissions in one or another way, e.g. during production and distribution. By taking your lunch in a reusable lunch box instead of a disposable one, you save the energy needed to produce new lunch boxes.
#Plant a tree

I know it has been denied, but can someone explain it to me?

The Emissions Trading Scheme is basically about setting a price for carbon dioxide emissions large companies purchase "carbon credits" allowing them to pollute up to a certain amount. Heavy polluters are still able to buy additional carbon credits and charge consumers (us) extra so they continue to increase their profit. The idea behind it is: If we make everything (food/groceries, fuel, electricity etc) so expensive then people will use less of it. But the flip side to that is that if people are spending more on basic living expenses, then they will never afford to "go green" and electricity companies will have no incentive to go green either!

In my personal opinion, it’s a tax… nothing more, it’s not going to change anything or make the environment any better. It will just send more Australians broke or bankrupt when they can no longer afford a car, fridge, food, fuel, tv and internet and air conditioning and education. Furthermore, many manufacturing, mining and emission intensive companies will just close here (increasing unemployment) and move to China - where it’s expected they definitely wont ever pass an ETS.

I’d be interested to see what Climate Change policy Tony Abbott and the Liberal party come up with now.

How true is that?
i will do my own poll,so do you believe in Global Warming?
and would you support a emissions trading scheme?(E.T.S.)$2,000 per household?
Well gees i posted it in the Australian section under Climate Change and an ETS is an emissions trading scheme,

Malcolm Turnbull is supporting an ETS for reasons that he knows best.

I can tell you here and now that most Australians DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT support another tax. We have had the GST imposed on us this decade. We do not need another flat tax. Flat taxes like the GST and the ETS are highly inequitable. They punish the least well to do - that is the working poor and those totally dependant on social security or self - funded retirees.

There is no point in saying that you will give support to these groups until the effects of the tax kick in and everything levels out. These groups are permanently worse off.

There are already over 400,000 people homeless in Queensland alone. This is due to the impact of the economic downturn. If people are made further worse off and they loose the roof from over their heads we could have up to a million Australians homeless. This is not an exaggeration.

The cost of electricity has doubled for people in New South Wales in the past six months. This has resulted in a lot of low income families having to go to the Salvation Army, Anglicare or St Vincent de Paul and Baptist and Uniting Church charities for the first time and ask for vouchers to help pay their electricity bill.

If Malcolm and Kevin Rudd add another tax to the cost of electricity and the cost of living in general many low wage earners and the people of social security will not be able to pay their way. Governments should be looking at expanding the use of clean technology. Even people who do not believe in climate change can see the virtue of using clean technology to reduce the amount of pollution in the environment.

No not all Australian believe in Global Warming. No not all Australian believe in the ETS even if they do recognise global warming as fact. A tax will not stop industrialist polluting. Some of them have only two options - pollute or go out of business in Australia. They will go off shore. They will simply trade the right to pollute and pass the cost on to consumers if they stay onshore. They will not reduce the amount of pollution. Pollution reduction is the key to reduced global warming.

I would support placing solar panels on the roof of each domestic residence in Australia. That would help cover the consumption of domestic power. I would support each household having at least one rainwater tank. That would reduce the amount of water that they waste. I would also support recycling of grey water.

I would support the further development of solar power companies and wind power companies in Australia. I would support the development of "Hot Rocks" technology or subterranean steam technology especially in southern Australia to generate electricity.
http://www.hotrockltd.com/irm/Content/home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dry_rock_geothermal_energy
http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/info/hotroctx.htm
http://www.aussiehotrocks.com/?page_id=19
http://www.hotrockenergy.com/
http://cleanenergyaus.com.au/technology.htm
http://cleanenergyaus.com.au/technology.htm

This shoud be used instead of the use of Brown Coal which is very dirty. Neither of the major political parties has done this.

I would also support the development of a much larger ethanol industry in Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Australia
http://e-85.com.au/

I would support the development of a little known device invented by a Ballina company that is installed into heavy vehicles - B doubles, B triples, semi - trailers and delivery vehicles that captures the fumes before they are expelled into the atmosphere and reuses them to drive the vehicle - the company is Permodrive http://www.echonews.com/729/index.html

I also support the reduction in unnecessary land clearing and an increase in reafforestation. There should be a rapid increase in reafforestation in Tasmania in particular where the wildlife - the Tasmanian Devil is suffering from the rapid destruction of the forests in that state. No one in Tasmania or anywhere else in Australia gave permission for the whole sale destrucion of the Forests in that state. It has been recognised for over 50 years that global warming is largely due to the destruction of forests.

This is my contribution to answering your question about Malcolm Trunbull and ETS. I hope that it goes some way to solving your curiosity about peoples’ opinions on the matter. Not all people support a tax however. The Liberal Party needs to find a strong alternative policy to the governments’ policy rather than just agreeing with them to a large extent. Offering the electorate strong options while keeping the government in check in the role of a strong opposition.

A $2,000.000 ETS tax per household is not the answer to climate change. Australians do not want or need this.

Cheers!!!

Well Tony Abbott’s got the leadership now so the ETS will probably go to a Senate Committee until February. After that there may be a climate/environment policy in place for the coalition. After that there may be a double dissolution election. It will be all very interesting to see but none of it will reduce the amount of pollution in the environment. We need to using the right technology. Less carbon energy - more renewable energy.

I need this for my chemistry powerpoint.
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yes it does.
but it’s far smaller.
industrial power plants are far more efficient at extracting energy from coal, or oil, or natural gas, than our cars or trucks are.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/atv.shtml

"Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning."

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=7&ved=0CCsQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umweltbundesamt.at%2Ffileadmin%2Fsite%2Fumweltthemen%2Findustrie%2FIPPC_Konferenz%2Fdonnerstag_kraftwerke%2F6-_Van_Aart.ppt&ei=jqUMS5HOAoeUtQOT2JyCDg&usg=AFQjCNEIlAc3mh69QWNzC61cCdwW9SHRRg

in power plants, 30% is common, sometimes increasing to 40% and even 50%.