(Australian) Farmers urged to become energy generators

Farmers urged to become energy generators

November 19, 2007 09:51am

FARMERS would become renewable energy generators to help them stay on the land under a policy announced by the Australian Greens today.

Greens South Australian Senate candidate Sarah Hanson-Young said the party wanted regional communities to profit from becoming a key part of the solution to global warming.

Under the plan, farmers would be encouraged to become renewable energy generators through the establishment of wind farms and solar power collectors on their properties.

Those areas targeted would include zones where the viability of traditional farming was declining.

"We can already see the devastating impacts of climate change on regional Australia as the drought bites and water becomes scarcer," Ms Hanson-Young said.

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