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You imply there's a political solution, while seemingly glossing over the fact that both major parties support gas-fired plants and building new gas-fired capac
by 0xy 5y ago
You imply there's a political solution, while seemingly glossing over the fact that both major parties support gas-fired plants and building new gas-fired capacity to shore up energy supply.
Even the Greens oppose the only proven baseload power source that's also green -- nuclear. [1]
As recently as last year, the opposition party supported the construction of new gas plants. [2]
The entire Australian political establishment supports the construction of new non-renewable power generation capacity, on both sides.
[1] https://greens.org.au/policies/nuclear-and-uranium https://greens.org.au/policies/nuclear-and-uranium
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/29/labor-agrees-to-support-new-gas-projects-after-public-brawl-sparked-by-joel-fitzgibbon https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/29/labor...