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"Gas is back – if it ever went away.
Yesterday, the Albanese government doubled down on gas with the release of its
Future Gas Industry policy.
Under this proposal, gas will be part of our power mix until at least 2050. New
gas fields will be opened to avoid the supply problems that have bedevilled
east coast users. And our gas exports will remain a source of income and
diplomatic power.
What about climate change? Well, the strategy is littered with references to
low-emissions gas, carbon capture and storage, decarbonisation and the need to
shore up energy supply as coal departs the grid. As it states:
Continued gas development and more flexible gas infrastructure is needed to
increase the resilience of Australia’s energy system and keep costs down as
we transition.
But this is a fig leaf. We cannot open new gas projects and still meet our
climate goals. If we want to make sure we have enough domestic supply on the
east coast, we could simply reserve some of our export gas, as Western
Australia has done."
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
