Renewable not just for the Home

                 According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the use of renewable energy sources has risen to over 5% of total energy consumption. Although the use of renewable energy has been rising within Australia so has the amount of energy that Australians has been consuming. The ABS also states that Australia makes up 1.5% of the global greenhouse gas output but is one of the largest when it comes to output per capita. This is why the government rebates, that is about to finish, have been a very good initiative for use within the Australian home. These government rebates have not addressed that fact that 68.4% of Australia’s greenhouse gases come from the energy production and consumption sector and the largest end users of energy within Australia is the manufacturing industry (ABS).  That is why there is something more that needs to be done about making it easier and more economically viable for manufactures and businesses to uses renewable energy. The introduction of the carbon tax has also tried to reduce the omissions from businesses and manufactures but may end up just costing consumers more at the checkout. This is why a practicable solution is to provide away in which manufactures and business can reduce the amount of energy they are consuming without having to pass the cost onto customers. 

By SCOTT OAKLEY