{"id":403824,"date":"2025-09-21T15:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403824"},"modified":"2025-09-21T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:07:26","slug":"australia-must-double-solar-20x-more-evs-and-replace-coal-with-renewables-without-raising-energy-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403824","title":{"rendered":"Australia Must Double Solar, 20x More EVs and Replace Coal with Renewables Without Raising Energy Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost will be between A $500 billion to $1.5 trillion, but the government assures us there will be no impact on energy prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Independent advice spells out mammoth task ahead for government to reach 2035 target<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By political reporters Maani Truu<\/a> and Tom Crowley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The independent Climate Change Authority has warned achieving even the bottom end of Labor\u2019s new 2035 climate goal \u201cwon\u2019t be easy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within a decade, 20 times as many electric vehicles will be needed and twice as many rooftop solar panels, while wind capacity would need to be quadrupled.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to New York this weekend for the United Nations General Assembly, where along with other nations, he will update Australia\u2019s commitment under the Paris Agreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia would need twice as many rooftop solar panels, 20 times as many electric vehicles and almost all of its power generated by renewables within a decade to reach even the bottom end of Labor\u2019s new 2035 climate goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would also need to embark on a mammoth program of tree planting to counteract emissions from heavy industry and agriculture, but would escape a dramatic spike in household energy prices if it could do so, according to advice provided to the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After months of speculation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday announced Australia would pledge to reduce its emissions by between 62 and 70 per cent on 2005 levels at next week\u2019s United Nations meeting in New York.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That target, which Mr Albanese said was \u201cresponsible\u201d and backed by a \u201cpractical plan\u201d, would lift Australia\u2019s climate ambition. Environment groups have decried it as too low, while business groups say it is feasible but will be difficult to meet.

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Failure to reach near-completion of the renewables rollout, Treasury warned, would have drastic consequences for power prices because of the looming closure of Australia\u2019s ageing fleet of coal fired plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-09-19\/the-task-ahead-to-reach-2035-emissions-target\/105789538<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The coal closure is a reference to Albanese\u2019s claim that coal plants are not being replaced because coal is no longer an economically viable fuel. I guess someone forgot to tell Australia\u2019s export customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plan fails on so many levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large tracts of Australia are simply unsuitable for EVs. They are barely suitable for diesel 4WD. Travel even a few miles away from the major roads, like the video below, and your automobile gets thrown around by broken, poorly maintained road surfaces. And we all know how much EV batteries like being bumped and thrown about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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