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"Nationals leader David Littleproud says he wants to have an “honest”
conversation about Australia’s energy transition. Well and good. But maybe
Littleproud himself can help that process by not telling outright lies.
On Sunday, Littleproud did us all a favour by spelling out in detail the
Nationals energy policy, just in case it wasn’t already obvious: Stop
renewables and wait for nuclear.
It has been, he admitted, the party’s policy for at least the last decade, if
not longer.
That’s not surprising, given that its the favoured policy and strategy of Big
Oil, Big Gas, Big Coal, and the likes of Gina Rinehart to whom the Nationals
appear completely beholden. And it wins support at all levels of the Nationals
grass roots through a co-ordinated and quite extraordinary campaign of fear and
misinformation.
Littleproud’s train crash of an interview on ABC’s
Insiders program on Sunday
– well, it might have been a train crash if he had been questioned by someone
with the wit to hold his talking points up to scrutiny – highlight the tragedy
of Australia’s and the world’s current climate policies.
All these policies are focused on net zero by 2050, or 2060 if you happen to be
China. As many scientists fear, it’s a target that is used as a prompt by
naysers and do-nothings – such as the Nationals and the fossil fuel industries
– to put things off for another day.
It is another excuse for delay, delay, and yet more delay – even though the
science tells us, quite clearly, and more emphatically given the summer in the
northern hemisphere and tumbling heat records – that what matters most is how
quickly we act now."
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
