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"The fossil fuel industry may no longer be in government in Australia, but it
is still keen to try and make its presence felt.
Perhaps because it feels it’s losing its grip over the transition to renewables
in the electricity grid – ministers have put environment, of all things, into
the national electricity objective and taken back control of the process to
re-write the market rules – it has decided to throw out the anchors in the
transition to electric transport.
It’s been pretty effective, so far.
Australia stands unique in the western world. It has no fuel emissions
standards, it has the lowest uptake of electric vehicles, and boasts a fleet of
incredibly dirty and inefficient cars. Australian drivers pay for the privilege
at the bowser, and with their health.
You can thank the fossil fuel industry’s fellow travellers for that, the
federal Coalition government, along with the Murdoch and other media, who have
left lasting “memes” about “ruining the weekend” and a sad legacy of fear
mongering and angry misinformation.
But things are changing. The election of a new Labor government, the presence
of a strong, vibrant and intelligent cross bench, the growth of the Greens, and
the support and urging of the country’s richest people – not to mention demand
from consumers – is starting to rapidly change the conversation."
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
