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Didn't you hear? Coal is the future, get digging.
by d_t_w 11y ago
Didn't you hear? Coal is the future, get digging.
- d_t_w 11y agoFYI non-Australians, I give you (former) PM of Australia, Tony Abbott: July 17, 2015 - "For the foreseeable future coal is the foundation of prosperity" http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/17/for-tony-abbott-its-full-steam-ahead-on-coal-the-foundation-of-prosperity http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/17/for-tony-... That just about sums up the amount of vision in Australian politics.
- TheSpiceIsLife 11y agoTo be fair, he's probably right. Australia has no new hydro planned (we can thank The Wilderness Society for that), and no plans, that I'm aware of, to shutdown any coal fired power stations. So, pending catastrophic climate change, I'm going to guess Tony will turn out to be right. And besides, politicians aren't selected for their 'vision', they're selected for some other set of characteristics, whoever knows what. P.J. O'Rourke has plenty to say on this subject.
- d_t_w 11y ago"For the foreseeable future coal is the foundation of prosperity" I take that to mean 'Coal will provide the prosperity that takes Australia forward', rather than 'Coal will continue to provide our electricity'. i.e. We should invest in Coal, train our children to mine for it, research new ways of producing it, at the expense of other fields like high tech.
- dil8 11y agoI believe he also said 'coal is good for humanity'[1] The mininig industry has very deep pockets and huge influence on policy, so in turn other industries miss out. [1] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-13/coal-is-good-for-humanity-pm-tony-abbott-says/5810244 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-13/coal-is-good-for-human...