{"id":36503,"date":"2020-01-16T06:12:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=36503"},"modified":"2020-01-16T06:12:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:42:17","slug":"climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\" alt=\"Climate change attitudes in Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#8217;s bushfire crisis.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Climate of the Nation is a long running-survey commissioned by The Australia Institute (TAI), gauging attitudes in the community on the issue of climate change. The latest related poll of 1,033 Australians conducted between 8 and 12 January 2020 indicated 79% of Australians are concerned about climate change, up five percentage points from the July 2019 survey. 47% are \u201cvery concerned\u201d &#8211; up 10 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-change-concern.png\" alt=\"Climate change concern - Australia poll\" width=\"686\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-change-concern.png 686w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-change-concern-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Missing from the TAI&#8217;s graph is South Australia, which registered 47%.\u00a0 As for NT\/ACT\/TAS, results were only shown only for larger states<\/p>\n<p>Other key results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>72% of Australians polled agreed the bushfire crisis is a wake-up call for the world on climate change impacts.<\/li>\n<li>48% agreed mining and burning coal makes bushfires worse, while 34% disagreed.<\/li>\n<li>79% are worried that Australia\u2019s native forests and unique wildlife will never be the same.<\/li>\n<li>33% agreed the federal government has done a good job managing the climate crisis, while 58% disagreed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTwo thirds of Australians agree the current bushfire crisis demonstrates the cost of inaction on climate change,&#8221; said TAI Director, Ebony Bennett. &#8220;The fossil fuel companies that profit from climate change should be contributing to meet the costs of climate-fuelled disasters, but currently, it\u2019s the Australian community who pays.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the case of the bushfire crisis situation, there have also been a bunch of very generous folks overseas who have seen the plight of Australians and wildlife affected and kicked in a bunch of bucks too.<\/p>\n<p>The full key findings of the latest poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tai.org.au\/sites\/default\/files\/Polling%20-%20January%202020%20-%20Climate%20change%20concern%20and%20attitude%20[Web].pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>TAI&#8217;s Polluter Pays (A Bit) Proposal<\/h2>\n<p>Last month, TAI released details of its proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/national-climate-disaster-fund-mb1335\/\">National Climate Disaster Fund<\/a> (NCDF), which would help address the damage associated with climate change and be funded through whacking\u00a0 a levy of $1 per tonne on carbon emissions associated with all coal, gas and oil produced in Australia. TAI estimated the levy would rake in around $1.5 billion a year based on current production levels.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Institute suggested the Morrison Government\u2019s $2 billion bushfire recovery fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/fossil-fuel-bushfire-recovery-mb1358\/\">should be paid for by fossil fuel producers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cost Of Inaction Coming Home To Roost<\/h2>\n<p>While an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and the NCDF would be a little like a band-aid over a gangrenous wound; it would be a start.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Moody&#8217;s Analytics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moodysanalytics.com\/-\/media\/article\/2020\/weekly-market-outlook-overvalued-equities-increase-corporate-credits-downside-risk.pdf\">said<\/a> the economic impact from this bushfire season could easily surpass the Black Saturday fires in Victoria in 2009, which cost an estimated $4.4 billion. Any argument about how much climate change contributed to the damage bill\u00a0 is neither here nor there. The situation happened (and is still happening) and it was\/is\/will continue to be exacerbated by climate change.<\/p>\n<p>And what dollar value do you put on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-01-09\/nsw-bushfires-kill-over-a-billion-animals-experts-say\/11854836\">decimation of our fauna and flora<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bushfire-smoke-deaths\/\">other impacts<\/a>; some of which we are yet to discover? What about the resulting misery and psychological scarring?<\/p>\n<p>Our lack of required action to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources will continue to cost us on all fronts. The arguments against doing so, including &#8220;cost&#8221; and &#8220;jobs&#8221;, are looking even weaker. This isn&#8217;t just because renewables are cheaper and provide plenty of jobs, but the fact that not using them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/moodys-report-climate-change\/\">is going to be incredibly expensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If as much effort had been put into boosting renewables such as solar power and related technologies as has been applied to resisting them; we&#8217;d all be a lot further down the path towards a clean energy future and perhaps avoid some of the fury the planet we call home has in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#8217;s bushfire crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":36504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#039;s bushfire crisis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#039;s bushfire crisis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\"},\"wordCount\":613,\"commentCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\",\"name\":\"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation's bushfire crisis.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Climate change attitudes in Australia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/\",\"https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog","description":"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation's bushfire crisis.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia","og_description":"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation's bushfire crisis.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia","datePublished":"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/"},"wordCount":613,"commentCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar &amp; Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/","name":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg","datePublished":"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00","description":"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation's bushfire crisis.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Climate change attitudes in Australia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-9uL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67256,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-energy-popularity-mb2702\/","url_meta":{"origin":36503,"position":0},"title":"Solar Power Again Most Favoured Energy Source In Australia","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Climate of the Nation 2022 report reveals solar power is (again) the most preferred energy source among Australians. And coal power was (again) towards the bottom of the pack. Climate of the Nation is a survey gauging attitudes in the community on climate change and related issues. Commissioned by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar energy popularity in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/solar-energy-popularity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/solar-energy-popularity.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/solar-energy-popularity.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/solar-energy-popularity.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/solar-energy-popularity.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33400,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-popularity-australia-mb1208\/","url_meta":{"origin":36503,"position":1},"title":"Solar Power Still The Favourite Energy Choice Of Australians","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Solar power remains the most popular energy source among Australians according to The Australia Institute's latest Climate Of The Nation report. Released by TAI yesterday, this year's report is based on survey responses of 1,960 Australians aged 18 years and older from across the country. The report has primarily been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar energy - Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/solar-energy-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/solar-energy-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/solar-energy-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/solar-energy-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/solar-energy-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12783,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/renewable-energy-survey-australia-mb0098\/","url_meta":{"origin":36503,"position":2},"title":"96% Of Australians Want Renewables As The Nation&#8217;s Primary Energy Source","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A report released early this morning reveals a majority of Australians want our nation to be powered by renewable sources such as wind and solar, supported by energy storage. The latest (and final) Climate Of A Nation report from the Climate Institute states 96% of Australians want our primary source\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Climate Of A Nation 2017 report","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/australia-renewable-energy-survey.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/australia-renewable-energy-survey.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/australia-renewable-energy-survey.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/australia-renewable-energy-survey.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44293,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australia-solar-popularity-mb1739\/","url_meta":{"origin":36503,"position":3},"title":"Solar Power Remains Australians&#8217; Most Preferred Energy Source","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest Climate of the Nation report reveals the enduring and increasing popularity of solar energy and a vast majority of Australians wanting coal-fired power stations phased out. Climate of the Nation is a survey commissioned by The Australia Institute (TAI) that has been running for over a decade, gauging\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar energy popularity in Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-popularity-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-popularity-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-popularity-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-popularity-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/solar-popularity-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65646,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australians-climate-change-mb2640\/","url_meta":{"origin":36503,"position":4},"title":"Australians Edgy About Climate Change Impacts","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A 34-country survey for the World Economic Forum (WEF) found a significant amount of pessimism on the impacts of climate change, both here and abroad. Among the countries included in the Ipsos survey was Australia, where six in 10 Australians (62%) expect climate change will have a severe effect in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Climate change fears","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/climate-change-fears.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/climate-change-fears.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/climate-change-fears.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/climate-change-fears.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/climate-change-fears.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64488,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-concerns-polling-mb2596\/","url_meta":{"origin":36503,"position":5},"title":"Climate Change Concern &#8211; Australia Vs. USA &#038; The World","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"They say people are the same wherever you go. But attitudes towards climate change can vary place to place. In terms of the USA, results from an AP-NORC poll carried out in June released yesterday indicate: 52% of Americans think their actions influence climate change (down from 66% who said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Attitudes to climate change","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/climate-change-attitudes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/climate-change-attitudes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/climate-change-attitudes.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/climate-change-attitudes.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/climate-change-attitudes.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36508,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36503\/revisions\/36508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}