The background here is that Peter Dutton, the conservative opposition leader in Australia, has recently announced a plan to switch to nuclear energy instead of

The background here is that Peter Dutton, the conservative opposition leader in Australia, has recently announced a plan to switch to nuclear energy instead of renewables. However it isn't a serious policy. Instead it's just political cover to kick the climate change can down the road and allow the existing highly subsidised fossil fuel industry in Australia to continue operating for a few more decades. For example here is Dutton just a few days ago using the old trope that taking action on climate change would destroy the economy https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/12/australia-news-live-cost-of-living-climate-wars-emissions-target-chris-dawson-appeal-pwc-report?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6668f8468f086110b00fca66#block-6668f8468f086110b00fca66 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/12/...