Senator MILNE (3:43 PM) —I move:

   That the Senate—

(a)   notes the admission by the Centre for Low Emission Technology that, even if carbon capture and storage technology were to eventually prove 100 per cent effective, tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using fuel produced from coal would be the same as conventional fuels; and

(b)   calls on the Government:

(i)   not to exacerbate Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by entrenching dependence on emission intensive technologies, and

(ii)   to shift the research priority away from coal to liquids technology toward greenhouse-friendly alternatives, especially research into producing ethanol from lignocellulose.

Question put.