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"Outside, in Martin Place, the voices were clear – unions and environmental
groups holding placards and denouncing Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear
“fantasy:” A combination of denial and delay they said: “Dutton wants gas,
Dutton wants coal, nuclear is just a troll,” they chorused.
Inside the Fullerton Hotel, in the basement where Ballroom B is located, it was
expected to be the moment for the nuclear true believers, but the numbers just
weren’t there.
Unusually for a CEDA event, there was only a scattering of corporate table
sponsors – ANZ, KPMG, and Clayton Utz – and most of the ballroom was
partitioned off. Among the 160 attending, quite small for a CEDA event, there
was the usual Dutton entourage, including energy spokesman Ted O’Brien, Warren
Mundine, and a lot of media.
Bizarrely, many of the rest were from the clean energy industry, curious to
know what they might be dealing with should the Coalition return to power next
year. Did they like what they heard? Not really. Did they learn anything? No.
This was supposed to be Dutton’s occasion to spell out his nuclear power plan:
“A nuclear powered Australia – could it work” was the title of the event. But
we left little the wiser. The question about how many nuclear power plants, how
much would they cost, when they would be built, and which technology, were not
answered.
Instead, the event got a re-run of the Coalition’s renewable scare campaign.
Dutton’s thesis is that wind and solar won’t work, even with storage and
dispatchable back-up. Renewables, says Dutton, are dangerous and will lead to
blackouts and the destruction of industry.
We’ve heard this before. It’s the common refrain of the fossil fuel and nuclear
industries. They’ve gone from attacking the climate science to ignoring it, and
have focused their attacks on the technology solutions. The ones that threaten
their legacy and vested interests."
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
