Mark Diesendorf: Australia’s Confused Solar Policy Lacks Energy. (May25, 2011)

Dr Mark Diesendorf is Deputy Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales.

We have an incredible supply of sunshine, a host of technologies that could meet our needs, and a 5% emissions-cut target we need to meet. So why is our commitment to solar so half-hearted? There is really only one plausible explanation for Australia’s piecemeal and ineffective set of solar policies: the immense political power of Australia’s big greenhouse polluters. If you want to point a finger, point it at the coal industry.

Dr Diesendorf's full article titled "Australia’s Confused Solar Policy Lacks Energy" detailing his assessment is available online in the May 25, 2011 issue of The Conversation. Click here.

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