Tool Monkeys!! Fuck YEAH!!! Australia Power Sector Emissions Up In Biggest Jump In 10+ Years

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Australia’s emissions from electricity generation had their largest recorded leap in more than a decade in July, an upwards trend that is set to continue over the coming year, new analysis has shown.

Carbon dioxide emissions rose 0.4% in the year to 31 July across the national energy market, which accounts for about 80% of Australia’s electricity consumption. The increase in emissions was particularly rapid between May and July: 1.2%. This is the highest two-month increase since March 2004, according to the energy consultancy Pitt & Sherry.

The increased use of brown and black coal since the repeal of the carbon price last year has continued, Pitt & Sherry stated; 76.3% of Australia’s electricity is now supplied by coal.

About seven million tonnes of extra carbon dioxide has been emitted since the carbon price was scrapped in July 2014, when the last year of the system is compared with the first year of its demise.

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/05/july-takes-crown-for-biggest-leap-in-electricity-emissions-in-10-years

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1. Those are not belches of CO2!

Those are the unicorn farts that spin the windmills...