CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Our costly obsession with air-con
The massive uptake of air conditioners is the biggest factor in Australia's rising electricity prices. But we are not doing nearly enough to manage our booming peak demand.
Green energy schemes may be the easy targets to blame as the scapegoats for rising electricity prices – but they are the wrong ones.
Two new surveys released last week made this much clear: the rush to install air conditioning to cope with the increasing number of hot days is the biggest single contributor to rising electricity costs in Australia, and green energy schemes play an extremely small role.
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