Politicians MUST live in another world. If they did live where others live why would they push such non-sense as renewables as the answer for energy efficiency and lower power bills? Oh, they want to save the planet! Well, higher power bills will will save energy because electricity will be too costly to use but it still will not save the planet!
Nevertheless, politicians continue to push renewables every chance they get repeating the mantra we the consumers will save money in our bill. That’s not true at least for the power company we use which charges MORE for ‘Green Energy’! On the power company’s web site it tells the consumer ‘Add green energyYou can offset your carbon footprint by adding GreenPower or Green Gas to your account. For electricity, it’ll cost from 65 cents extra a week. For natural gas, it’s just $1 extra on all residential plans.0%25%50%100%Electricityextra 2.8c/kWh (incl GST)’ https://www.originenergy.com.au/electricity-gas/plans.html
Oh, I can offset my carbon footprint by paying MORE money! Yet, the New South Wales government tells the consumer they are ‘increasing affordability by reducing wholesale electricity costs’.https://energy.nsw.gov.au/renewables/renewable-energy-zones#-why-is-the-nsw-government-delivering-renewable-energy-zones- These people know how to lie with a straight face!
Here in New South Wales Matt Kean is the Minister for Energy and Environment. He is a BIG pusher of the climate scam renewables. In June of this year Kean said “We have some of the best renewable resources you’ll find anywhere on the planet,” Matt Kean tells RenewEconomy in the latest episode of the weekly Energy Insiders podcast. “We’ve got great sun. We’ve got great wind. And guess what? We’ve got the ability to have a lot of pumped hydro.
“So we’re well placed to be an energy superpower. The flow on effect from that means cheaper bills for consumers. Cheaper bills for business (and) more opportunities here. And the creation of jobs with businesses that are energy intensive.
“If they’re looking for a global competitive advantage when it comes to low cost energy, we can provide it, but we’ve got to move quickly and we’ve got to move now. And that is an opportunity for us to be an economic superpower, not just an energy superpower, an economic superpower. And it’s too big an opportunity not to grab.”
It’s a theme that is catching on in the conservative side of politics in Australia, not that you’d notice from reading the mainstream media.
Kean, of course, is a Liberal MP in the conservative Berejiklian government in NSW, and his views are shared by the Tasmania Liberal government, which has an aim of reaching 200 per cent renewables within 20 years so it can export the surplus to the mainland, or attract clean industries to its state; and the South Australia Liberal government, which wants to reach net 100 per cent renewables by 2030, and also become a renewable export superpower, exporting to neighbouring states and other countries.
It’s not something that you hear much about in the federal Coalition, or even the Liberal and LNP state oppositions in Victoria and Queensland, but Kean says you simply can’t ignore the science, and you can’t ignore global trends.
“The world is moving in this direction. Fifty three per cent of the world’s GDP has signed up to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. So it’s only going in one direction,” Kean says.
“You’d imagine if the Democrats take the White House, then that final domino will fall and it will turbo-charge the world’s move towards zero emissions. We’ve got two choices here, as far as I can see. We can set ourselves up for success …. be a prosperous nation where jobs are created here domestically and our wealth is created here domestically, or we can stick our head in the sand, ignore the global reality that is occurring.
“As far as I’m concerned, there is only one way to go, and that is to modernise the grid, deliver cheap, reliable energy and set ourselves up to be an energy and economic superpower in a low carbon economy.”’https://reneweconomy.com.au/kean-says-nsw-can-be-renewable-energy-superpower-or-stick-its-head-in-the-sand-50892/
As I said earlier. these people do not live in the real world. Kean would live to see Biden win because Biden would ruin the USA via renewables! Now, the above article motivated me to write to my state and Federal members who are both in the supposedly conservative National Party. I wrote:
‘Dear Member,
Do you agree with this statement made by Matt Kean in June of this year?
“The world is moving in this direction. Fifty three per cent of the world’s GDP has signed up to achieve zero net emissions by 2050. So it’s only going in one direction,” Kean says.
“You’d imagine if the Democrats take the White House, then that final domino will fall and it will turbo-charge the world’s move towards zero emissions. We’ve got two choices here, as far as I can see. We can set ourselves up for success …. be a prosperous nation where jobs are created here domestically and our wealth is created here domestically, or we can stick our head in the sand, ignore the global reality that is occurring.” Kean says NSW can be renewable energy superpower, or stick its head in the sand
Whether you agree or not tell me how the Coalition really differs from the Labor/Greens on this net zero emission by 2050! AT LEAST IN THE LAST ELECTION LABOR WAS UP FRONT AND WENT TO THE ELECTION WITH THE ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 WHEREAS THE COALITION TOOK COAL INTO PARLIAMENT!’
Do I really expect anything to change when these politicians are ‘following the science’?
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