The Costs to Australia of Renewable Enegy

Here is a submission to the Australian Senate that highlights the foolishness of the Federal Government's push to have 20% of electricity produced by Renewable Energy sources.
The costs will be enormous.
The key points are:

• The requirement would markedly raise electricity prices;
• impose a direct cost of $1,800,000,000 annually;
• increase consumer costs and decrease the competitivness of our industry;
• cause far more job losses than would be created by renewable energy.

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