That’s right boys, it’s in the ground & it’s powering us 24 x 365.
Faced with rocketing power prices and a grid on the brink of collapse, the Morrison Federal government remains committed to the policies that caused the debacle.
Instead of ensuring the survival of Australia’s extensive coal-fired power fleet and building new High Efficiency Low Emissions coal-plants, the PM and his Energy Minister have selected a grab bag of green-left fantasies, including squandering hundreds of $millions on converting excess wind and solar power to hydrogen gas, pumped hydro and batteries.
The treatment of Australia’s most reliable and affordable generation source – coal – is a mixture of insanity and contempt. And that contempt extends to whole industries and the thousands of jobs that depend upon them.
The Australian’s Greg Sheridan provides a pretty fair rundown on how a notionally conservative government has abandoned not only its principles, but…
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