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Hi Mick.
We need to step back from the argument of emissions & environmental consequences for a moment, & look to understand what is keeping real change from happening.
The fixation on coal comes from its quick and reliable technology. Also, there is so much money being made from digging the stuff up & from burning it. The same with uranium & nuclear power. Our dependence on power effectively sees these two groups as protected spieces. Money talks.
If you are corporation with an interest in promoting alternative power, you really have bugger all chance of getting anywhere the way things are now. Unless governments are brave & moral enough to listen & act appropriately nothing will change, and their big corporate masters will be pleased.
Our problem is also cultural as much as practical. Buy, buy, buy. Spend, spend, spend. You can't have it both ways.
If you were a multi billion dollar corporation, would you want your business stopped dead in its tracks? You are there to make money for yourself. I am, though my budget is much smaller.
The problem is multi faceted. The only "alternative" is compromise and compassion. Who's got the balls?
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