Emission tax for farting? Radical energy plan and missing carbon neutral policy

This Sunday, the frost season in the Northern Hemisphere reduced the temperature. Two weeks later, it will be winter, and people's farming activities are gradually decreasing. In contrast, the southern hemisphere is about to enter summer, which is very busy.

I can often find some news about agriculture. But what I saw the other day refreshed my cognition. When I was browsing the news, I accidentally found news that made me is able neither to cry nor to laugh. I don't know if the recent heated discussion about natural gas makes the media like to look for such topics, but the "natural gas" in this news comes from farm animals!

New Zealand farmers protest against the "fart tax on livestock"

In response to climate change, the New Zealand government proposed on the 10th of this month to pay taxes on greenhouse gases emitted by farm animals due to burping and farting. Sometime after the bill was published, farmers across the country demonstrated and protested.

Protesters criticized that the "fart tax" has hit farmers' livelihoods, which may lead to the closure of a large number of small and medium-sized farms, and the rise in the price of meat and milk. By October 20, the protests had escalated.

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According to AFP, many farmers drove tractors and four-wheel drive vehicles to block roads on Thursday (October 20), causing traffic in major cities such as Wellington and Auckland to be paralyzed.

At present, the government is negotiating with the protesters. In fact, it is not the first time for New Zealand farmers to protest and demonstrate. It has also happened many times before for other reasons. However, this time the impact was most direct, so the response was fierce.

New Zealand protest demonstration site

(source: media pictures)

This event looks funny, but according to research, the gases emitted by livestock contain methane, nitrous oxide and other gases, which are greenhouse gases.

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Although methane is the main component of natural gas and an energy resource, which only accounts for a small part of greenhouse gases, some scientific organizations believe that it is one of the reasons for global temperature, accounting for 30%.

In addition, New Zealand has about 36 million livestock, 7.2 times the population. Undoubtedly, it is one of the sources of greenhouse gas emissions in this country. Therefore, the levy of emission tax is based on a certain basis. The government hopes to reduce the emissions of livestock by 20%.

Missing carbon neutral incentive mechanism

However, from this point of view, the government has neglected a means of tax avoidance, that is, carbon neutrality. In the absence of good and feasible carbon neutral preferential policies. For small and medium-sized farms, the operation pressure will be great if the emission tax is collected first. Therefore, the negotiation between the government and farmers will be the key. On the premise that carbon emissions will not yield, the future bills will inevitably focus on carbon neutral policy.

Production through energy conservation and emission reduction, together with the results of buying and selling green energy, can offset the greenhouse gases generated in production from the total amount, that is, carbon neutralization. This is also mentioned in New Zealand's Zero Carbon Act.

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Of course, at present, there is a lack of specific incentive mechanisms and subsidies. If it can be successfully customized, the future is still feasible.

100% Clean Energy Plan in 2050

Two years ago, New Zealand launched the Clean Energy Popularization Plan. The target is that by 2050, clean energy can account for 100% of the country's total energy power generation.

New Zealand Government's public sector carbon neutral programme

The share of renewable energy will increase from about 80% at present to 95% in 2035, and reach 100% in 2050.

The power demand is expected to increase from 42TWh in 2020 to 70TWh in 2050. In terms of installed capacity, solar energy is expected to grow from about 100MW in 2020 to 300MW in 2025, and reach 1.1GW in 2030.

Most of the installed capacity currently deployed is expected to come from distributed power generation, and large photovoltaic power generation only accounts for a small share.

Distributed generation is expected to grow to 2.6GW in 2040, 3.8GW in 2045 and 4.9GW in 2050. The 1GW photovoltaic installed capacity of public utilities will remain unchanged after 2035.

Energy storage that can be implemented first

According to the plan, carbon neutral regulations can be implemented after a certain scale is reached. As long as farm production achieves green production, tax avoidance can be achieved. It can also solve the problem of energy self-sufficiency.

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Of course, as far as the current energy market is concerned, it may be better to introduce relevant regulations as soon as possible. This can speed up the completion of the energy plan, although it is sooner or later.

Therefore, it is also a good plan for operators in various industries to make pre investment now.

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According to the current penetration rate of photovoltaic in New Zealand, the application of energy storage projects can be implemented.

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Since the extreme weather became evident this year, countries have been tightening their carbon emission policies. There will also be some mistakes, such as this "fart tax". Do we need to stop breathing to reduce emissions?

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However, on the other hand, it is also necessary for us to take the lead in finding solutions from the trend when we strive for more rational policy rights. After all, human beings have a long way to go, so it is not bad to have more preparation and think from multiple perspectives to solve problems.

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