tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451989601890385172.post2130665179540484165..comments2023-09-25T21:20:27.863+10:00Comments on Nuclear Australia: Australia-Japan: Energy CommerceEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00021931700499537674noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451989601890385172.post-86003219237420926792011-09-23T03:05:49.150+10:002011-09-23T03:05:49.150+10:00Or Japan could just keep the cash and commit to de...Or Japan could just keep the cash and commit to deploy their own mitigation technologies. I worry about the political temptation to double-dip. Take, for example, media events in Australia where politicians celebrate the launch of a wind farm as a demonstrated mechanism to cut carbon emissions. Hold on, wasn't this wind farm supposed to negate the added emissions from that desalination plant?Nuclear Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626325905460792450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451989601890385172.post-40108703067323232612011-09-22T11:58:01.649+10:002011-09-22T11:58:01.649+10:00I think the answer is to make Japan pay prorata ca...I think the answer is to make Japan pay prorata carbon tax on LNG, thermal and coking coal. Since c.t. is meant to be revenue neutral they can ask for the money back to fund carbon mitigation programs in Japan. <br /><br />The price Japan is now paying for LNG ($15/GJ) is several times what gas fired power stations (albeit using piped gas under contract) could live with in Australia. EventuallyJohn Newlandsnoreply@blogger.com