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Hazelwood Power Station – Image: Simpsons fan 66<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

A bunch of Liberal\/National party MPs have reportedly gotten together to form a little club called the Monash Forum, a major aim of which is to push for more coal-fired power generation in Australia.<\/p>\n

Apparently, 20 MPs have joined the group – you can probably guess who a couple of them are. There’s a good wrap-up of what the Monash Forum is about on The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The “Monash Manifesto”<\/h2>\n

No doubt Monash University is somewhat cringing at the name chosen for this forum, but the University has nothing to do with it. In fact, Monash University is distancing itself from fossil fuels and will be fully powered by renewable energy<\/a> by 2030 via its million Net Zero Initiative.<\/p>\n

The name was chosen in honour of Australia’s “greatest general who was also one of our greatest engineers”, Sir John Monash. He also oversaw the development of coal deposits in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley and the construction of power stations.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the “Monash Manifesto” by Simon Holmes \u00e0 Court, text from a recruitment document<\/a> reportedly produced by the group includes calls for extending the life of the clapped out Liddell Power Station<\/a> and the building of “Hazelwood 2.0” on the site of original Hazelwood, which was one of the filthiest coal fired power generators in the world.<\/p>\n

“All the transmission infrastructure already exists; all the environmental permits have already been obtained; and a new low emissions coal fired power station can certainly be built for no more than $4billion,” states the document.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The hefty price of $4 billion would need to met by Government (read: taxpayers) given the fact that finding investors to stump up funds for new coal power in Australia could be near impossible.<\/p>\n

The group argues if it’s good enough to export our coal overseas, then we should be using more of it here. Crystal methamphetamine is also produced in Australia, but legal issues aside, it doesn’t mean we should be using it – and brown coal is the ice of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Meet The New Coal, Pretty Much The Same As The Old Coal<\/h2>\n

High Efficiency Low Emissions (HELE<\/a>) coal fired power stations aren\u2019t all that high in efficiency or low in emissions; with carbon emissions ranging from 800-880g CO2\/kWh (supercritical HELE) down to 670-740g CO2\/kWh for advanced ultra-supercritical HELE. That’s still 670g –\u00a0 880g CO2\/kWh more than wind and solar power and is still accompanied by other toxins<\/a> including mercury<\/a>, plus the environmental degradation and other nasties associated with coal mining.<\/p>\n

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Base image: stafichukanatoly<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cCoal is always polluting, regardless of how it\u2019s branded – whether the technology is “ultra super critical”, “high efficiency low emissions” or “carbon capture and storage,\u201d said<\/a> the Climate Council’s Professor Andrew Stock.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Australians Don’t Want Coal Power<\/h2>\n

Recently published figures from The Australia Institute based on polling carried out in December 2017 indicate 60% of Australians support the phaseout of coal power by 2030. 18% were unsure and just 22% opposed the idea.<\/p>\n

“The strong majority support for phasing out coal power shows how far the community is ahead of the government on climate change,” said<\/a> TAI’s Ebony Bennett. \u201cThe government\u2019s weak targets and coal addiction risks making Australia a climate pariah, as well as missing out on the jobs and investment that the global renewables boom.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s probably about time the members of the Monash Forum finally got the hint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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