Greenpeace declares war on coal (OZ)

[jpak]

http://news.theage.com.au/national/greenpeace-declares-war-on-coal-20080616-2r8n.html

Greenpeace has called for all Australian coal-fired power stations to be shut down by 2030 as part of a radical energy plan.

The group wants an immediate ban on new coal-fired power stations - and extensions to existing plants - and for the Rudd government to plan to close their doors for good.

The group has released a roadmap - called Australia's Energy (R)evolution - to turn the tide of increasing greenhouse-gas emissions.

"Avoiding catastrophic climate change means an inevitable phasing out of coal," the roadmap said.

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[Zachstar]

1. Idiots... 2030? Thats a little late!

[phantom power]

2. Mental image:

[TheWraith]

3. Good for them. Now, if they just hadn't been working for the coal industry for years...

...by spreading nonsense propaganda about any form of energy generation that wasn't coal or solar, then maybe there would be a lot less coal-fired plants to have to close down.