{"id":4967,"date":"2015-08-18T10:29:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T23:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4967"},"modified":"2024-09-05T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:23:46","slug":"climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Institute poll finds Australians support renewables"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4972\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vote-for-renewables.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4972\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vote-for-renewables.jpg\" alt=\"wind turbines and solar\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renewables appear to be a vote winner. Someone may want to tell our government.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Banish any questions you may have had about whether or not Australians support renewables. If you listen to certain, unnamed cash-for-comment shock jocks, certainly in NSW anyway, you\u2019d be of the opinion that Aussies generally find solar power and wind farms completely objectionable.<\/p>\n<p>Of course nothing is further from the truth as a poll released by <a href=\"https:\/\/australiainstitute.org.au\/about\/structure\/the-climate-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Climate Institute<\/a> last week to coincide with the unveiling (dare we say unravelling?) of the government&#8217;s emissions reduction target. The poll shows the extent to which Aussies prefer solar and wind energy over that of fossil fuel.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When given the option of eight energy sources, a vast majority of respondents chose solar and wind over traditional energy sources in their top three chosen forms of power.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMost (84 per cent, up 2 points) prefer solar amongst their top three energy sources, followed by wind (69 per cent, up 5 points). Gas and nuclear both crashed 7 points to 21 and 13 per cent respectively, with nuclear and coal now tied as least preferred,\u201d said John Connor, CEO of The Climate Institute in a press release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But it gets worse for fossil fuel advocates as 72 percent of people surveyed by the Institute agreeing that the orderly closure of old coal plants be carried out in favour of clean energy options. Also 65 percent agreed with the statement that \u201creducing the investment in wind farms and householder solar power is the opposite of what is needed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t really get much more emphatic that that.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly Australians support renewables over fossil fuels by a wide margin. Which makes the Government\u2019s decision to isolate itself from voters by backing fossil fuels all the more mystifying.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s anticipated decision on the setting of a 26 percent target, despite the political spin, is nothing more than paying lip service to the problem of cutting carbon emissions. On top of a considered campaign to destroy renewable energy in this country, as well as trash talking the effectiveness of clean energy (see above), the government has gone way beyond what is normal and acceptable for even a government known for its partisan nature.<\/p>\n<p>However the survey shows these renewable energy policies of this government to be \u201con the nose\u201d of the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>Australians support renewables? Absolutely, all we need now is a federal government that reflects the electorate\u2019s view. The survey shows both the government and the Opposition need to \u201cjoin mainstream Australian attitudes with climate commitments and policies\u201d that promote clean energy, said Mr Connor.<\/p>\n<p>Agree?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banish any questions you may have had about whether or not Australians support renewables. If you listen to certain, unnamed cash-for-comment shock jocks, certainly in NSW anyway, you\u2019d be of the opinion that Aussies generally find solar power and wind farms completely objectionable. Of course nothing is further from the truth as a poll released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[54],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-4967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-policy","tag-politics","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Climate Institute poll finds Australians support renewables - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Banish any questions you may have had about whether or not Australians support renewables.\" \/>\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-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Institute poll finds Australians support renewables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banish any questions you may have had about whether or not Australians support renewables.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\/\" \/>\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=\"2015-08-17T23:59:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-05T00:23:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vote-for-renewables.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\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-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cdfada92425341cb1b48bf0bcfa1feb7\"},\"headline\":\"Climate Institute poll finds Australians support renewables\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-17T23:59:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-05T00:23:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":442,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/vote-for-renewables.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"politics\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Solar Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-institute-poll-finds-australians-support-renewables\\\/\",\"name\":\"Climate Institute poll finds Australians support renewables - 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Among the key findings, 55% state\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 poll - Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/climate-poll-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/climate-poll-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/climate-poll-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/climate-poll-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/climate-poll-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29176,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/renewable-energy-sa-mb0992\/","url_meta":{"origin":4967,"position":3},"title":"SA Voters Back 100% Renewable Energy By 2030","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"New polling indicates 69% of South Australian voters support a transition to 100% renewables-based electricity in the state by 2030. Even One Nation supporters seem pretty keen on the idea. A survey conducted by The Australia Institute of 624 South Australians between 20 February 2019 and 4 March 2019 shows\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":"Renewable energy poll - The Australia Institute","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/renewable-energy-poll.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/renewable-energy-poll.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/renewable-energy-poll.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/renewable-energy-poll.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/renewable-energy-poll.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5951,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/election-renewables-news-roundup-week-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4967,"position":4},"title":"Election renewables news roundup Week #2","author":"Staff Writer","date":"May 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Used to being marginalised during election campaigns, the renewables sector hasn\u2019t exactly sprung to the centre of attention during the latest most important election since the last one. However there are signs that the two major parties are taking notice of the Australian electorate\u2019s overwhelming support for a strong renewable\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Policy","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"turnbull","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/turnbull.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/turnbull.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/turnbull.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35262,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/australian-business-renewables-mb1307\/","url_meta":{"origin":4967,"position":5},"title":"Australians Want Businesses To Step Up On Renewable Energy","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Poll results released yesterday indicate close to 79% of Australians agree companies should be using more renewables to power their operations. The Ucomms poll commissioned by Greenpeace Australia Pacific quizzed just over 1,600 voters in late September this year. 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