The world is lamenting poor economic conditions, in Europe, the US and the rust belt states of Australia. Not here in Gladstone. This is fluoro-man's town. Huge industries are expanding, new ones are being built, ecosystems are being damaged, and optimism is in the air.
The port here concentrates on exporting carbon to the world, in the form of coal and now LNG. It is the fourth largest coal exporting port in the world, exporting 75 million tons of coal a year. It will soon also export 8.5 million tons of LNG derived from Coal Seam Gas (CSG).
75 million tons of coal get turned into somewhere between 120 and 270 million tons of CO2. Ref.
The LNG exported equates to 35-175 million tons of
CO2
equivalent. Ref. 75 million tons of coal get turned into somewhere between 120 and 270 million tons of CO2. Ref.
Total
CO2 coming from Gladstone? 155-445 million tons annually. Because it is exported, it doesn't count as Australia's emission, but is recorded under the countries that use it.
For comparison, Australia's domestic CO2 emissions are about 400 million tons annually. Ref.
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| Carbon dioxide emissions from the Galilee compared to other nations. Ref |
Poppy growers in Afghanistan have nothing to do with the world's heroin problem, right?
Boys who used to play with Meccano got jobs here as engineers.
Red-tailed black cockatoo
Queensland family having a wedding anniversary in their front yard.
Aluminium has been described as "solidified electricity"
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