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Do you want to join the rising tide of climate warriors? https://www.risingtide.org.au
Why? - just take a look at what Australia's coal is doing ...
The world is still moving away from net zero
The world is still moving away from net zero
Yes all nations are involved, but our tiny population has doubled our coal production and quadrupled our gas production since the UN called us to action.
And yet our government continues to approve more new mines.
Though we are only 0.3% of the worlds population, we supply more than 5% of all the coal added to the world's sky every year.
It's time we stood up to our delinquent governments. Find an event you could join.
At the end of the hottest year in human history, a Rising Tide of 3,000 everyday people shut down the World’s Largest Coal port for an unprecedented 32 hours in Newcastle …
That was 2023
Bigger and better again in 2024 & 2025
This year the strategy is changing - stay in touch https://www.risingtide.org.au
Did you know how much coal we dig up in Australia?
Did you know how much coal we dig up in Australia?
You're probably thinking - maybe a million tonnes a year? - we know it's a lot.
The answer is about 450 million tonnes. Yes really. Thats 450,000,000 tonnes!
Can you imagine that much coal?
Lets compare it with something you might know - Australia’s tallest building:
Thanks to the author of this image - best I could find on the web, but could not detect original to credit - great picture, I hope you dont mind me sharing it in this way :)
What would that much coal look like in comparison?
1 cubic metre of coal is roughly 1.4 tonnes
So that’s 316,000,000 cubic metres of coal
I figure that would make a pyramid twice as tall as Australia’s tallest building (Q1, 322.5m) ie 645m tall and 1.21 km across the base
Whoops - I couldn't find a picture big enough to put that in
Best I can do is use perspective and a wider frame to squeeze it in on this shot:
So this is how much coal Australia is digging up each year to add to our sky
Australia's tallest building alongside its annual contribution to our atmosphere
Australia digs up 400 to 500 million tonnes of coal each year (eg. 443Mt in 2022), significantly more than our ‘base year’ 370Mt in 2005)
That’s around 1/20th (5.16%) of the worlds total ‘production’ of coal; by comparison we are ~1/300th (0.3%) of the worlds population.
We know that burning fossil fuel is causing climate change
We know that burning fossil fuel is causing climate change
We know that we are close to tipping points that will likely return us to a prehistoric hot-house climate
We know that we are close to tipping points that will likely return us to a prehistoric hot-house climate
and the worlds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising faster than ever!
and the worlds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising faster than ever!
Approving new coal, gas and oil projects is absolute insanity
Approving new coal, gas and oil projects is absolute insanity
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