1.新聞網址︰
https://reurl.cc/rbAG4
2.新聞來源︰
The Guardian
3.新聞內容︰
The energy minister, Angus Taylor, has not ruled out the Morrison government
reversing the nuclear energy ban, if a “clear business case” showed the
economics were sound as he dodged questions about how Australia would meet
its Paris agreement targets.
The first energy battle of the new parliament comes from within the party
room, with a group of Queensland MPs, emboldened by that state’s strong
showing for the Coalition in the May election, leading a push to have nuclear
energy reconsidered as part of Australia’s power plan.
While a peak lobby group representing the sector says a carbon price would be
needed for nuclear to be an economically viable alternative, Australia’s law
against nuclear power is another impediment. But Taylor says the government
would consider nuclear power if the economic case stacked up.
“I think, again, the prime minister has made many questions on this in the
lead up to the election … right now it is illegal to build a nuclear power
station and as he has said when there is a very clear business case which
shows the economics of this can work, we are more than willing to consider it,
” he said.
Pushed on what that business case would look like, Taylor said he would not
give “a lecture on business cases”.
“I mean it is pretty straight forward, I mean the prime minister answered
this question on a number of occasions before the election, there needs to be
a clear business case,” he said, before being asked directly if the
government would change the law in the event a case presented itself.
“As I say, let’s not put the cart before the horse, if there is a clear
business case there is a clear business case,” he said.
The nuclear question is not the only quandary facing the Morrison government
in the energy space, as discussions over the rules for the Paris emissions
reduction target continue within the international community.
The main debate centres around whether countries which exceeded their Kyoto
targets can use the excess abatement as credit towards their Paris targets.
In Australia, that amounts to about 367 megatonnes, which Taylor has
previously described as “relatively small” in terms of the nation’s carbon
budget, but “apocalyptic” to the economy if not used.
Repeatedly asked what the government’s plan was in the event it was decided
carryover credits could not be used, Taylor did not have an answer and
instead reiterated that Australia had met its past targets.
“The plan is clear, we have as a result of our actions, ensured that there
is less carbon dioxide equivalent, in the atmosphere, than would have been
the case,” he said.
“… We have exceeded the Kyoto targets, we are expected to exceed the Kyoto
targets by 367 million tonnes in 2020. The result of that is there is less
carbon dioxide equivalent in the atmosphere parts per million than there
otherwise would be, because of the hard work of Australians.
“I have watched, I have watched, right across Australia, businesses,
farmers, small and large, drive emissions reductions through all sorts of
means, energy-efficiency initiatives, and the outcome has been extraordinary.
I mean, there were a lot of people telling us we weren’t going to reach our
Kyoto targets, but we’ve done it.”
澳洲能源部長Angus Taylor表示不排除廢除核電限制，可以把核電作為能源選項之一
5月澳洲的聯邦大選，執政的Coalition勝選，其中一個原因就是Queensland州表現很好
該州幾個國會議員就主張廢除核電限制
4.附註、心得、想法︰
澳洲煤炭、天然氣資源豐富，對他們來說核電的成本不太是考量因素。
但是澳洲也很關注全球暖化、碳排放等等議題，因此有人認為核電是可以考慮的。
目前澳洲沒有核電，部分政黨支持將其納入選項。
台灣沒有煤炭和天然氣，匯率又長期被央行打壓，我們比起澳洲更需要核電...