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Questions, answers on climate ‘crisis’

Bayside NewsBy Bayside News21 October 2019Updated:22 October 20191 Comment3 Mins Read
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SHARON Rogers speaks to Berg Mt Martha members. Picture: Supplied
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SHARON Rogers speaks to Berg Mt Martha members. Picture: Supplied

A MORNINGTON Peninsula teacher who trained in Brisbane with former US Vice President Al Gore as part of the Climate Reality Project spoke to members of Berg Mt Martha earlier this month.

Sharon Rogers said Mr Gore posed three questions on climate change and the future. The first was: Do we have to change? “We are spewing 110 million tonnes of man-made global warming pollution into the thin shell of the atmosphere every 24 hours as if it were an open sewer,” Ms Rogers said. “This trapped heat is leading to stronger storms and more extreme floods. The many associated threats include climate refugees, rising sea levels, ecosystem loss, infectious disease, and ocean acidification.” 

The next question was: Can we change? “We’ve already started,” she said. “We have the solutions to curb this massive problem right now. Technologically speaking, the answer lies in tapping into renewable energy sources, namely wind and solar, which can more than supply our collective energy needs. 

“Economically speaking, grid parity has practically arrived: in most cases the cost of these clean sources of energy is equal to, or less than, the cost of power from traditional ‘dirty’ sources. 

“In many countries with no electricity grid we are seeing solar panels on grass huts.” 

The big question was: Will we change? “As with all past social movements progressing us forward, change will come about only through public will,” Ms Rogers said. “It is up to us to insist on switching over to renewable sources of energy – in fact, to demand it. Fortunately, as Mr Gore puts it: “Political will is itself a renewable resource.” 

Ms Rogers said that at the individual level “it’s all about personal choices and conscious consuming”. 

“We must work to change laws and policies,” she said. “We need top-down actions and policies to address this. There’s not enough time for changes only to bubble up from the bottom. 

“We can solve this climate crisis. We have to be the movement for change and need to be united in our determination to create a brighter future.” 

Other ways to contribute included speaking up, using their voice, registering people to vote, voting for candidates with a strong stance on combating climate change, and hold elected officials to their promises.

First published in the Frankston Times – 21 October 2019

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  1. mike g on 23 October 2019 3:13 pm

    Perhaps we need to invent solar panels that work in the dark. Sea levels have not risen nor has the average temperature yet I am reading shock horror that it might be 30c on Thursdays. Since when is a 30C day odd at this time of year ?? And why is Al Gore flying around in a large private jet if he believes we are killing the plant ??

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