3. austria's @voestalpine just completed the world's largest "green"-hydrogen plant (H₂ produced with renewables) to supply research into removing coal from steelmaking.
(they'll also make money using the H₂ electrolysers to balance the grid.)
4. german steel company salzgitter @SZAG_Karriere has installed wind turbines & electrolysers at their mill to produce green-H₂ for their SALCOS ("SAlzgitter Low CO₂-Steelmaking") project, R&D aimed at removing coal from steel production.
5. sanjeev gupta of @LibertySteelGrp, owner of the whyalla steel works, has committed to make the group "the world's first carbon neutral steel company" by 2030.
it's estimated the eyre peninsula could support up to 60GW of renewables, supplying the H₂.
if you want to know why the 20% claim is effectively a lie, please read this thread.
[sad thing is, none of the MPs understand this… they just parrot the talking points provided by minister for emissions r̶e̶d̶u̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶, @AngusTaylorMP🤥.]
zoom to his wife: "hard-right warrior #LouiseClegg reckons australian plebs need more blackouts so that we might better appreciate coal. lou is on the board of hard-right think tank sydney institute… run by gerard henderson"
zoom to gerard: "widely referred to as gollum, gerard periodically emerges from his crypt to grumble about everything good. gollum hates @climate200, having written about it twice in two weeks…"
i'm really cross about gov't propaganda claiming australia "has made good progress in reducing #emissions".
[i added the emojis because the taxpayer funded ad is just so misleading]
everybody knows @AngusTaylorMP & team habitually lie to us, but do you know *how*? 🧵 #auspol
the main source of carbon emissions, and therefore global heating, is burning #FossilFuels — and we've done next to nothing to wean ourselves off them.
putting land management aside for a sec, over the last 15 years (since FY2005) australia's emissions have dropped by only 2.9%.
sure, we've made decent progress reducing electricity emissions (by replacing coal with renewables), but it's largely been undone by increases in "stationary energy" emissions (largely gas used for heating) and "fugitive emissions" (methane leaked by coal & gas companies).
rob and tony were outstanding local members and when the moment came in 2010 they took their duty to australia seriously…
working methodically with both parties they took a tough decision, one that played very well for australia.
not only did they usher in climate policy (with @Greens and @WilkieMP), which abbott/hunt tore down, but they played a critical role in establishing ARENA, the CEFC and the parliamentary budget office.
@JohnDaley_has credited the PBO as one of 🇦🇺’s biggest democratic reforms.