Australian Politics Forum - Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2

BlOoDy RiPpEr Gold Member Offline aussie-patriot.com Posts: 2475 Sydney Gender:	Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:09pm Yep that's right folks, i now produce more CO2 thanks to the carbon tax. To keep warm this winter I've turned to burning everything and anything to produce heat.
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Doctor Jolly Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3808	Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Reply #1 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:17pm Stupidity is rarely curable. And in this case, terminal.
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BlOoDy RiPpEr Gold Member Offline aussie-patriot.com Posts: 2475 Sydney Gender:	Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Reply #2 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:35pm well it saves me money
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progressiveslol Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17029	Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Reply #3 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:38pm You might have to do some time lapse imaging, but watch the trees start disappearing aroung the neighborhood.
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 61891 Here Gender:	Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Reply #4 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:50pm The big worry is that flatulence problem you both have, posting a similar level to a Brachiosaurus daily.
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Dsmithy70 Gold Member Offline ire futuis vobismetipsis Posts: 13147 Newy Gender:	Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Reply #5 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 2:20pm Those green pine logs at nursery's are cheap as chips and burn great with a nice bluish flame. Be sure to close all windows and put towels at the base of doors so as to keep as much heat in as possible.
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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2 Reply #6 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 3:17pm BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:09pm: Yep that's right folks, i now produce more CO2 Maybe you should stop eating baked beans.....
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Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2
Reply #7 - Jul 13^th, 2012 at 2:08pm

Dsmithy70 wrote on Jul 12^th, 2012 at 2:20pm:

Those green pine logs at nursery's are cheap as chips and burn great with a nice bluish flame.
Be sure to close all windows and put towels at the base of doors so as to keep as much heat in as possible.

Yeah, and don't worry about Arsine. The science is not settled. There is no proof that it will definitely kill you. It's only 95% certain, so go ahead as smithy recommended. Grin

The wholesale price of electricity has increased by over 100% because coal fired power stations have cut back generation in favour of gas and tightened supply. The gas power stations have the ability to ramp up quicker than coal, so overall, it has already decreased carbon emissions.

Wholesale rates jumped from $35 per Megawatt Hr to an average of $85 for the week following the carbon tax. It's now running around $65 in Queensland. The Carbon tax is $23 per MWhr, (which is pretty close to 1 tonne of CO2-e)

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Reply #8 - Jul 16^th, 2012 at 8:01am

In most states in Australia we don't need heating. Yes it gets a bit cool at times, but we can always put on an extra layer of clothing.

Many of us grew up without airconditioning and heaters - yet we've become so reliant on them now - even the children today can't learn unless an a/c is going full blast.

What annoys me about the carbon tax is how much extra it's going to cost for cooking - an essential.

The problem is that we've all got too used to comfort. Think about how your grandparents used to live when only the basics were sufficient and then attempt to live the way they used to. We can adapt if we have to.

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Re: Carbon Tax Increased my emissions of CO2
Reply #9 - Jul 28^th, 2012 at 1:52pm

BlOoDy RiPpEr wrote on Jul 12^th, 2012 at 1:09pm:

Yep that's right folks, i now produce more CO2 thanks to the carbon tax. To keep warm this winter I've turned to burning everything and anything to produce heat.

Unless what you are burning has been dug up from underground then you aren't actually contributing to the build up of CO2, the carbon from wood etc is already a part of the natural carbon cycle, it's the carbon that was removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago and stored safely underground that is being dug up, burn and reintroduced to system that is causing the problems. Unless otherwise buried then wood will only store carbon for at best a few hundred years. Bury it and let it turn into coal then you can store carbon for billions of years.

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