The population debate: can Australia handle it?
| 25 Jan 10
We're all going on a (green) summer holidayThis is the time of the year when many Australians take a breather. Some even escape our burrows for adventures in exotic locations.
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Carbon dioxide is only responsible for around half of climate change. Other gases, including methane take care of the rest. And emissions of methane are a lot easier to regulate than carbon dioxide, argues Kirk Smith.
Over the next few decades, more and more Australians will find themselves living in medium or high-density clusters, as rapid population growth impacts on the nation's major growth centres. But it's on the roads that most people are likely to see the early effects as we move towa ...
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