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"Are we forsaking food crops for solar farms? Do PV panels leach toxic
chemicals into soil and water? Will offshore wind kill hundreds of whales a
year? Does wind turbine noise make people and animals sick?
Despite regularly being debunked, or having no basis in peer-reviewed reality
in the first place, renewable energy myths just keep on keeping on, part of a
global strategy to move from attacking climate science to attacking climate
solutions. Not so much climate denial as technology denial.
In Australia, the arrival in Canberra of a government with a moderately
ambitious plan to decarbonise the economy has reinvigorated the anti-renewables
rumour machine. The prospect of an offshore wind industry has sent it into
overdrive.
Such is the momentum that the first sitting day of federal Parliament in 2024
was marked by an organised anti-renewables rally attended by former National
Party leader Barnaby Joyce and a long list of climate deniers, fossil boosters
and nuclear pushers from both the LNP and other parties.
As
RenewEconomy reported, the Rally Against Reckless Renewables was allegedly
intended by organisers to address community concerns about the transition to
renewables and the impact it is undoubtedly having on regional communities.
The reality, however, was a whole lot of unhinged anti-wind and solar vitriol
and wild conspiracy theories, betraying the desperation of conservative
politicians who are clinging for dear life to hopes that fear, uncertainty and
doubt laced with wild promises of a nuclear power industry will bring renewable
energy undone.
So what to do?"
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
