A unit under one Deke took the power plant and secured it for use as a stronghold, although soon they were attacked by a military unit - Taggerdy's Thunder. This allowed the plant to survive the Great War without experiencing a critical meltdown and was ripe for the picking when the Free States emerged from their bunkers. Automated through the use of Poseidon Power Management System from Poseidon Energy, it could be maintained and monitored with a minimum of human oversight and would automatically shut down the plant in the event of a critical failure. Wood said helping these projects is like putting “your foot on accelerator and your other foot on the brake”, arguing there is “no justification” for subsidising a “straightforward commercial project” like the Beetaloo Basin gas development.Thunder Mountain was one of three nuclear power plants in Appalachia, providing energy to the entire region. In addition to investing in technology, the government will also need to actively discourage high-emissions technologies and if necessary, disallow them. The report argued the first step should be to stop subsidising developments that will increase future emissions, citing the Beetaloo Basin and Carmichael coalmine as two sources that should not be supported by taxpayer funds. “The better way is to have industry do it, because they’ll find cheaper ways to do it than the government will … I don’t have problem with the ERF but, like the technology plan, it’s not enough.” Wood said with an estimated cost of $20 a tonne to reduce emissions there was “no way known” the government could expand subsidies to cut 500m tonnes a year to reach net zero, it is “beyond comprehension”. The energy minister, Angus Taylor, has suggested similar investments would be needed by future governments in coming decades but declined to nominate a total cost. Under the Morrison government plan, $20bn will be spent over the next decade investing in technology including an extra $2bn of emissions reductions bought through the ERF. It proposed expanding the emissions reduction fund (ERF) and limits on big emitters in the safeguard mechanism, investment in the electricity grid, and rules around carbon credits to help build a market for them. The Grattan report noted that while Australia was on track to beat its 26 to 28% 2030 emissions reduction target, more must be done today to reach the 2050 goal. It urged that developed nations phase out fossil fuel production, which Australia has opposed at the G20, leading into Cop26. They have warned that heating beyond that would be “devastating for our region and some of our countries in the Pacific would be under the ocean”. The Pacific Islands Association of Non-governmental Organisations has urged “rich” nations to “move significantly faster to reduce global emissions by 2030” in order to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees.
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