Electricity prices. Population growth, an ever-increasing demand for energy and the need to expand and upgrade Queensland's electricity infrastructure are among the many factors that impact on the cost of electricity. Electricity prices. South East Queensland. Retail electricity prices in South East Queensland (SEQ) were deregulated on 1 July 2016. Electricity prices in SEQ are now determined by electricity retail providers, with customers able to choose between standard retail contracts and competitive market retail contracts.
By increasing the abundance of these gases in the atmosphere, humankind is increasing the overall warming of the Earth s surface and lower atmosphere, a process called global warming.. The figure below illustrates the radiation balance and the role of greenhouse effect. Illustration of the Earth s radiative balance.
The atoms and molecules that make up the atmosphere absorb the different types of radiation (visible, ultraviolet, and infrared) to varying degrees (see Figure 4). Oxygen, in the form of O 2 (diatomic oxygen) and O 3 (triatomic oxygen, ozone), is the most important absorber of incoming radiation in the atmosphere.his radiation energy is primarily in the form of visible, short wave (ultraviolet), and long wave (infrared) radiation. Some of the sunâs energy is reflected back to space by the outer atmosphere, but the remainder of energy passes through the space-atmosphere boundary.