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"An anti-renewables protest pitting Australia’s regions and their communities
against large-scale solar and wind and transmission projects have inspired a
number of counter movements, including a group of farmers who say the lease
payments from renewable energy projects have kept their farms afloat.
Representatives of the Farmers for Climate Action gathered in Canberra on
Monday to share the benefits of hosting renewable energy projects in certain
regions and hit back at claims that clean energy is wrecking the agriculture
industry.
The event, which attracted about 20 farmers, comes on the back of Farmers for
Climate Action polling last week that shows renewable energy projects are near
the bottom of the list of concerns held by regional Australians.
Rather, those polled said the biggest threats to farming in their local regions
were “increased fires and floods driven by climate change” (39.2%), “commercial
conduct by big supermarket chains” (18.7%) and “increasing cost of insurance
and fertiliser and other inputs” (17.5%). Just 5.3% nominated the construction
of transmission lines on farmland and 7.6% said renewable energy projects.
On the other hand, the poll found that regional people believed tourism (28.9%)
to be the biggest opportunity for their community in the next 20 years,
followed by renewable energy (21.6%) and healthcare employment (15.8%).
At the press conference on Monday, farmers were keen to debunk some of the
myths that are being spread about using agricultural land for energy projects."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
