‘A farce’: experts dismiss government claims a controversial and unproven technology will cut emissions by 15%
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S2KX)
Burning vegetation and injecting emissions underground ecologically risky' and should be avoided'
Experts have questioned how a controversial energy technology that doesn't currently exist in Australia could be earmarked as a major source of cuts to greenhouse gas emissions in the Morrison government's plan to reach net zero by 2050.
According to the government's modelling report of its technology not taxes" plan, a technique known as BECCS - bioenergy with carbon capture and storage - would be removing about 15% from the nation's gross greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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