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Australia is selling 35% of the worlds coal. He is in the mining corporations pocket. This is why they are shutting down much of the funding into alternatives
by illumen 12y ago
Australia is selling 35% of the worlds coal. He is in the mining corporations pocket.
This is why they are shutting down much of the funding into alternatives. Even parts which are already making money, or saving money. Not including research like this which could be world changing. It's not even bucket loads of money in many cases.
Note that it is winter in Australia at the moment. There is a lot more heat and sun in the summer.
There is a small window of 10-20 years left to sell the shit out of coal before it becomes redundant. Germany already had a day in May producing 75% of its electricity needs from renewable resource power generation. So much that producers of electricity had to pay money to put electricity into the grid. The record the year before was about 60%.
- mercurial 12y agoI see. Well, I am sure there is a nice cushy job with a six-figure salary waiting for him when he is done.
- tankenmate 12y agoHe's already one of the most highly paid heads of government in the world; he earns about 25% more a year than the US president.
- threeseed 12y ago>He is in the mining corporations pocket. He is also in the pocket of Rupert Murdoch who he met (along with many mining executives) whilst in the US. It is a real tragedy to see such worldwide talents like the CSIRO go unappreciated.
- dwd 12y agoIt goes deeper. Abbott actually started out as a journalist for The Australian before moving into politics. If there ever was a case for a corporate groomed politician, he's it. I struggle to believe his self-indulgent conservative ideology could explain the breadth of the changes he is attempting to make. It's like he's thrown it all out there and is hoping some will slip through while everyone is focusing on the big ticket items.