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Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 climate talks
- rfd4sgmk8u 5y agoIf you want a good video that shows the entrenched problem with the fossil fuel industry that has the Australian political class captured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZgoFyuHC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZgoFyuHC8 (Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage)
- inshadows 5y agoFYI Australian govt relation to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmCDxmZI3I8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmCDxmZI3I8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNIYL5x1oy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNIYL5x1oy0 They're great!
- erentz 5y agoAustralia has the capital and engineering capability to solve this. It’s not afraid of spending money for example it’s spending $50 billion on a suburban rail loop in Melbourne alone that has very questionable benefits (compared to alternatives). That would comfortably replace half their coal fired generation with base load nuclear for example. It would be very easy for them to change course and decarbonize their grid here if they had the political motivation.
- user123456780 5y agoUnfortunately our politicians are controlled by Rupert Murdoch and funded by BHP/Coal...
- nsonha 5y agoI'm out of the loop (pun intended), what's the alternative?
- 0xy 5y agoNuclear energy is attacked by environmental activists and the Greens party on a regular basis, ensuring it won't be an option in Australia. Ironically, by attacking nuclear, you submit yourself to natural gas (barely better than coal) and batteries (non-renewable, expensive, mined by slaves etc). This is why I roll my eyes whenever activists talk about renewable energy, knowing that as soon as you dig into their proposals you'll find filthy gas in the mix, or batteries. Nuclear, with it's extremely low deaths per kWh, is simply too dangerous we are told.
- bamboozled 5y agoIt's hard to believe they're hanging onto fossil fuels so much. Move on.
- Andaith 5y agoWe fuckn want to, mate! There's a large move away from fossil fuels for the average person. I see a lot of electric cars, solar panels, and shopping centers have electric charging. There's only so much that can happen when both major political parties are owned by Rupert and the coal lobby. Hell, the govt is funding a coal mine somewhere in NSW because all the major banks refused to.
- inshadows 5y agoI know mate. I watch promotional videos from your government's department of genuine satire: https://www.youtube.com/user/thejuicemedia https://www.youtube.com/user/thejuicemedia
- mmerlin 5y agoJuiceMedia are awesome! Presented in satirical style, but they are basically stating the truth of how much we are governed by vested interests that capture profits whilst creating or perpetuating negative impacts for the vast majority of the population. In the same vein, on iview (abc.net.au) Micallef's last few seasons on Mad as Hell are cutting pretty close to the bone also, exposing the ugly truths of our inept/corrupt politicians via humour. IMHO we sadly have no honest or brave politicians to vote for in any of the parties that have a chance at forming government.
- rasz 5y agoWhole Australian economy is running mines and supporting infrastructure.
- magnetowasright 5y agoIs it? I thought mining was something like 6% of our GDP. I suppose it doesn’t really matter if it is or isn’t our whole economy because either way it needs to stop; we need to stop voting in people who are happy to destroy the planet so they can further increase their personal wealth regardless.
- bobbytit 5y agoThe evil elites partying at the Met are the villains
- Proven 5y agoWhy the hell are the Aussies even joining the talks? I wouldn't show up if I were them.