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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National

Solar panels reflect light and heat. Do they increase global warming and contribute to increased local temperatures?

The local heating produced by a solar farm is immeasurably small. Picture Shutterstock

By 2030, more than three quarters of our electricity will come from solar panels and wind turbines. Most of our remaining fossil fuel power stations will close during the 2020s, eliminating one third of our greenhouse gas emissions.

With the right policies, sales of electric vehicles could eclipse sales of conventional vehicles by 2030. These vehicles use clean renewable electricity instead of fuel and eliminate both greenhouse gases and urban smog.

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