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Renewable Energy Party Candidate Opposes Coal Seam Gas and CoalPeter Gardner has been a strong supporter of the local No CSG (unconventional gas) movement since its inception. Learn why in this article. By news@gippsland - 6th June 2016 - Back to News Renewable Energy Party candidate in Gippsland Peter Gardner has been a strong supporter of the local No CSG (unconventional gas) movement since its inception. In particular he was an early supporter of Frack Free East Gippsland and has been a regular attendee of meetings and events organised by Gasfield Free Bairnsdale. Gardner spoke briefly to the East Gippsland Shire meeting which recently debated the subject of unconventional gas and its effects on prime farming land.
He pointed out the dangers of methane emissions (a powerful greenhouse gas) from all CSG operations and stated that: "It doesn’t matter whether you believe in climate change or not. The greenhouse effect is basic physics, like gravity. Greenhouse gases help retain heat on our planet. Without greenhouse gases our earth would be 30 degrees colder – like Mars. Since the industrial revolution man has been adding a greenhouse gas – carbon dioxide – to the atmosphere at increasing rates and the earth is getting measurably warmer. 2014 was the warmest year on record, 2015 then became the warmest year and 2016 already looks like breaking last year’s record." Gardner remains completely opposed to any further fossil fuel development in Australia.
He noted: "Unconventional gas is Methane and is initially 30 to 100 times a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. In the USA there has been considerable methane leakage measured in the drilling process, from wells and pipes. Also black carbon – another warming product - is produced when gas is flared to the atmosphere."
Whilst some in the community still refuse to accept the science on climate most of us think that renewable energy is a good idea, whether solar or wind, and has many benefits. By working hard we can change from fossil fuel based electricity generation to renewables in 15 years or less. Community based projects will create jobs and help revive many dying country towns. The policy of the Renewable Energy Party is to change completely to renewable electricity by 2030."
He concluded: "When greenhouse gases were previously as high as they are now the earth was 2 degrees warmer, sea levels were 20 metres higher and there were no human beings in existence. Now is the time to begin the change to renewable energy, energy storage and energy efficiency on a nationwide scale."
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Adele Rosmalen Frac Free East Gippsland email: addle@bigpond.com
Deb Carruthers Gasfield Free Bairnsdale email: gasfieldfreebairnsdale@gmail.com
Website & Blog: http://petergardner.info/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterDGardner
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Bairnsdale Climate Change Activist
Gippsland regional historian Supporter Gippsland2020
Member Renewable Energy Party.
Peter Gardner
Source: www.gippsland.com Published by: news@gippsland.com
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