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Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney

It’ll be impossible to replace fossil fuels with renewables by 2050, unless we cut our energy consumption

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Energy consumption – whether its heating your home, driving, oil refining or liquefying natural gas – is responsible for around 82% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Unless Australia reduces its energy consumption, my recent study finds it’ll be almost impossible for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels by 2050. This is what’s required to reach our net-zero emissions target.

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