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"The Future Made in Australia policy is supposed to be about making Australia a
“renewable energy superpower” and forging new jobs, industries, and skills from
the shift to clean energy.
So, it will be a perverse outcome if it becomes a stalking horse for a fossil
fuel expansion – but that’s where its heading.
The federal government is coupling Future Made in Australia to its Future Gas
Strategy which advocates a massive increase in gas production.
Somehow, it’s allowed a policy based on leveraging our comparative advantage in
clean energy to be hijacked by claims that “a future made in Australia” needs
more gas.
Politicians and vested interests constantly claim there’s a gas shortage that
demands more fracking and gas mining. It’s not true. Australia already produces
more gas than it needs.
The only reason there’s any potential for a shortfall is that government puts
the desires of foreign owned liquified natural gas exporters ahead of ensuring
domestic supply."
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
