All fossil fuel fired power stations in Australia have what amounts to an unlimited license to
dump their waste carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
There are similarities between the mind - set of those who dump rubbish wherever it is convenient for them to do so and the mind - set of those who
dump waste carbon dioxide into the atmosphere causing climate change — and those in government who encourage it.
Not exact matches
«To save coral reefs, we need to transform our energy system into one that does not use the atmosphere and oceans as
waste dumps for
carbon dioxide pollution.
And, of course, we need to stop using the sea and sky as
waste dumps for our
carbon dioxide pollution.»
Meanwhile no one wants to realize that the organic
waste and sewage messes being totally mishandled at great cost are being allowed to biodegrade in
dumps, composting and sewage treatment to reemit GHGs, mainly
carbon dioxide, needlessly.
In that comment, the process of pyrolyzing those
wastes is outlined to reduce some useless reemission of
carbon dioxide occurring as those
wastes biodegrade, and stopping the pollution of water from the
dumping of those
wastes containing germs, toxics and drugs.
The mind - set of those who
dump rubbish on road - sides is, I believe, similar to the mind - set of the corporations that
dump waste gasses such as
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere causing climate change and ocean acidification — and of the governments that allow it to happen.
Fossil fuel electricity has only been cheaper than the more economically viable of the environmentally friendly options (for example wind and solar power) because the fossil fuel power station operators are allowed to
dump their
waste (
carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, toxic metals and particulate matter) into the atmosphere at no cost to themselves.