Victoria’s Zero Net Illusion, By James Reed

Macrobusiness.com.au notes that The Age newspaper has been doing a run on how Victorians can reduce greenhouse gas use, to deal with the dreaded climate change apocalypse and all that nonsense. The article points to the elephant in the room that the mainstream refuse to see no matter how much damage it does in its rampage, population increase via runaway immigration. Victoria is set to reach 11.2 million people by 2056, and this increase will be from net overseas migration. The article points out the obvious too, that these people will be consumers, needing homes and building and construction will release even more greenhouse gasses; indeed, the building industry now contributes about a quarter of Australia's greenhouse gasses.

So, if the agenda is Big Australia, which it is, let's drop the bs about environmental sensitivity, care for carbon and the like. The elites should say more openly, we are replacing you, ha, ha, ha!

https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2024/05/the-great-net-zero-delusion/

"The Age newspaper is running a series on measures Victorians are taking to lower the state's greenhouse gas emissions:

The series is hilarious as it comes amid official state government projections showing that Victoria's population will balloon to 11.2 million people by 2056, from only 3.8 million people in 1976 and 6.5 million people in 2018:

Net overseas migration (NOM) will be the only factor driving this population expansion. Because without overseas migrants, the state's population would not grow, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics:

It is also worth remembering that the Victorian government has set a target to build 800,000 homes across the state over a decade, which requires 80,000 homes annually.

This 80,000 annual target would be a large step up from the state's historical housing construction performance, which has only ever built 70,000 homes in a 12 month period once in 2017:

The 4.5 million increase in Victoria's population projected by the state government between now and 2056 will conservatively require the construction of at least two million new homes (net of demolitions), vast tracts of commercial buildings and infrastructure, more energy-guzzling water desalination plants, and so on.

All of this extra homes and infrastructure will necessarily increase Victoria's carbon footprint (other things being equal).

It was estimated that building construction, operation, and maintenance alone account for roughly one-quarter of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

Researchers from Western Sydney University also showed that construction alone accounts for around 15% of global carbon emissions, whereas building operations contribute 27% of emissions:

Therefore, the more people Australia imports via immigration, the harder it will be to meet 'net zero' commitments, as well as safeguard the natural environment more generally: