Renewables the answer

I WRITE in response to John Cameron’s letter to the editor (22/7) “Renewables clearly better”.

I agree with Mr Cameron’s letter. Wind and solar, and may I add biofuels, hydropower, geothermal, biomass, tidal power and wave power are all growing industries and very real options as we move forward.

It is as clear as the blue sky above us that we need to move away from the old dirty fuels like coal.

That is why the Queensland Labor Government has a renewable target of 50 per cent by 2030. The only major party in Queensland to have a real strategy in place.

The LNP has made it clear that it wants to stick with Tony Abbott’s plan and build more coal-fired power stations. Michael Healy, Labor candidate for Cairns 1814: George Stephenson of England

tests his first steam locomotive. 1834: Sydney’s first Philharmonic Society gives its inaugural concert in the Pulteney Hotel. 1871: William Schneider of Davenport,

Iowa, invents the merry-go-round. 1917: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, the Dutch spy known as Mata Hari, is sentenced to death on charges of spying for Germany during World War I. 1943: Benito Mussolini is forced to resign

as prime minister of Italy during WWII. 1946: The US makes the first underwater test of an atomic bomb off the atoll of Bikini in the Pacific Ocean. 1968: Pope Paul VI bans all artificial birth

control methods for Roman Catholics. 1978: World’s first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, is born at Oldham General Hospital, Lancashire, England. 1984: Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya (above) becomes the first woman to walk in space. 2000: An Air France Concorde crashes into a hotel outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing 113 people. CONDITIONS: Letters must be 150 words or fewer. Send them to PO Box 126, Cairns 4870 or email letters@cairnspost.com.au. They must include your name, home address and telephone number. Letters that can not be verified will not be published. The Cairns Post reserves the right to edit all letters and reproduce them in electronic form. TXT messages should be short. Include your name and suburb. Your TXT messages will be printed in TXT language. Normal call costs apply. Please check The Cairns Post website for our privacy policy at www.cairnspost.com.au