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"As debate heats up in Australia about adopting a net-zero emissions target,
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce and other key party figures have pointed to the
UK energy crisis as a supposedly cautionary tale.
On the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday, Joyce expressed reticence about the
net-zero policy, and said he was “perplexed there’s not more discussion about
what’s happening in the UK and Europe with energy prices”. He went on:
A 250% [price] increase since the start of the calendar year. A few days
ago, 850,000 people losing their energy provider and a real concern over
there about their capacity as they go into winter to keep themselves warm
and even keep the food production processes going through.
Joyce was clearly seeking to link the UK energy crisis to its climate target of
reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Pro-coal senator Matt Canavan this week
echoed the sentiment:
I am deadset against net zero emissions. Just look at the disaster the UK is
living through. They're switching off their industry to keep their lights
on, and they are struggling to feed themselves. Net zero emissions would
just make us weaker.
So are they right? To find out, The Conversation approached Aimee Ambrose,
Professor of Energy Policy at leading UK policy research centre The Centre for
Regional Economic and Social Research, and an expert advisor to the
International Energy Agency.
Here, she explains the reasons for the UK energy crisis. And a spoiler alert:
the nation’s net-zero target is not to blame."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
