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"It might seem weirdly appropriate that the federal Coalition should release
its nuclear power policy costings on Friday the 13th, considered an unlucky day
in western superstition. But that would be to downplay the sheer lunacy, rank
dishonesty, and clear danger in Peter Dutton’s energy plans.
Shows like
Edward Scissorhands are horror fantasies played out on a screen.
But the Peter Dutton and Ted O’Brien nuclear plan is a horror show we may have
to live and breathe. After so many years, the Coalition is still playing
culture wars on the most fundamental issues of our time – and all at the behest
of the fossil fuel industry.
It doesn’t matter at which level you look at it, this energy policy makes no
sense at all. You could look at it backwards, from behind, sideways, leave it
out in the sun for a few days, or even bury it in the garden (please do), the
only thing that would change is that it might smell more than it does now.
It would likely take until Christmas to go through all the lies, deceptions and
misunderstandings that comprise this policy and these costings, but let’s just
focus on a couple of the important ones for now.
The reference to the sheer lunacy and the danger of the Coalition policy comes
in Dutton’s desire to simply ignore climate science, along with basic
engineering and economics.
Emissions reductions are put off to the never never. And, as Dutton revealed in
his press conference through his comments on rooftop solar, he simply does not
have a clue about the basic concepts of the energy system.
Dutton and Co simply want to bring a crashing halt to Australia’s only
successful emission reductions efforts – the transition to green energy – and
walk away from the country’s natural advantages in wind, solar and storage and
the industries that are emerging from that.
They even have the chutzpah to claim that it will result in lower emissions.
Which, inevitably, is pure bunkum. But, as Donald Trump has demonstrated, if
you “flood the zone with shit”, something will stick – mostly to the front
pages of mainstream media."
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
