Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Let me put the question again, because it was not answered. The parliamentary secretary says that there will be a doubling of energy consumption in Australia by 2030, taking into account energy efficiency, and then a tripling by 2050. He tries to squib answering the question about what that will mean in terms of greenhouse gas emissions by saying that it will depend on the mix. Let me ask the parliamentary secretary: using the best mix possible—he has already disclaimed energy efficiency as being in that mix, because he has taken that into account—what are the projections for greenhouse gas production in 2030, when we have doubled energy consumption, and in 2050, when we have tripled it? On the best figures—which the government will have come up with; obviously, it would be irresponsible not to—what is the best scenario that Australia is looking at in terms of greenhouse gas emissions by those two dates?