Quarry Vision (eBook)

Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom; Quarterly Essay 33

Guy Pearse (Autor)

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2009
140 Seiten
Black Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-921825-32-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Australias response to climate change must truly baffle outsiders. Why do our leaders pretend that they are leading the world in the battle against global warming? When do environmental risks outweigh economic benefits? Why dig deeper when the rest of the world is looking for alternatives to coal?Why do our leaders pretend that they are leading the world in the battle against global warming? When do environmental risks outweigh economic benefits? Why dig deeper when the rest of the world is looking for alternatives to coal? This is an essay about quarry vision, the belief that Australias greatest asset is its mineral and energy resources - coal above all. How has this distorted our national politics and stymied action on climate change? In this powerful essay about the national interest, Guy Pearse dissects the Rudd governments climate change response- from the Garnaut report to the silver bullet of clean coal and beyond. He exposes the shadowy world of the carbon lobbyists; how they think, operate and advance their agenda. He discusses the future of the coal industry and challenges the economic orthodoxy. Quarry vision, he argues, is a trap and a blind faith we can no longer afford.A generation ago, our leaders showed courage and vision in pushing for unilateral trade liberalisation - they knew it was good for Australia no matter how fast others acted. They were right to turn Australias economy outward, and the establishment they challenged was wrong. Today the generation that was right on trade liberalisation has much of it wrong on climate change. They now wear the establishment mantle, and it is their turn to be challenged. Guy Pearse, Quarry VisionThis issue contains correspondence relating to American Revolution by Kate Jennings from Gavin Kitching, and Christina Thompson

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.9.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Quarterly Essay
• Reihe/Serie: Quarterly Essay
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bergbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Australian energy politics • Australian resources • Carbon lobbyists • Clean coal myth • Climate Action • Climate change and economics. • climate change policy • Coal dependency • Coal industry critique • Economic vs. environmental trade-offs • Guy Pearse essay • Mining, Rudd, Garnaut • Political influence on climate • Quarry vision • Renewable energy future • Rudd Government
• ISBN-10: 1-921825-32-4 / 1921825324
• ISBN-13: 978-1-921825-32-3 / 9781921825323