It’s a horrible scam. But they made it legal to rip us off.
The Swedish parliament voted to stop all new extraction of coal, oil, and gas. Meanwhile, energy experts in Czechia warned that the country is facing blackouts due to green energy policies.
Prince William needs to stop lecturing us about climate change. The Net Zero agenda is a terrifying assault on our liberties and living standards. It is not an apolitical issue. The royal family should butt out, says Fraser Myers
Spare us your environmental lectures, William
Why do the royals insist on carrying on like overgrown Gretas?
If you ask that question, you don’t get it. It’s about keeping you and the the royals in their place.
‘Everybody knows’ we’re transitioning to renewables: Reece
Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece says banks have stopped investing in coal-fired power “because they know it doesn’t have a long-term future”.
So what is this warming racket all about?
The answer is “ideology”. The same ideology that started the whole “global warming” scam. In a nutshell it follows the argument “white man is evil and has raped the land for industrial growth, and needs to compensate the Third World” … and so we got ludicrous “solutions” like “carbon credits”.
The reality is that, left to its own devices, the world is self-healing. Increased CO2 promotes increased plant growth, which in turn reduces CO2 levels. We would do far better turning resources to reducing pollution, growing forests, and cleaning up the environment. That said, a reduction in fossil fuels is a good thing, but not because the world is going to erupt in walls of flames if we don’t.
ENERGY CRISIS
Many countries around the world are suffering shortages of reliable energy.
Australia has joined the list.
But unlike others- we have rich supplies of coal and gas.
Our issue is with policy.
Australia exports more than 70% of the gas we drill up to send directly overseas.
WA has a gas reservation system- the east coast does not.
The Gillard Government voted against a 15% reservation policy in 2010.
We now have a “trigger” that can re-direct supply to Australia.
But it can’t be “pulled” until January 1!
That won’t help us in the current winter.
It is astonishing we could be in a situation where experts are warning supply is about to run out.
The price of gas last week was 80 times higher than normal!
The gas giants are making a fortune- but there is currently not enough left for us.
This system is not in the best interest of Australia.
Coal is meant to be the backbone of our grid.
It still supplies two-thirds of Australia’s electricity.
But 30% of our coal capabilities is offline.
Government and big business won’t upgrade coal technology because of the negative publicity.
The boss of Origin- Frank Calabria- is urging the Government to get that 30% coal capacity back online.
In the meantime- Australians are in for a shock when they open their next power bill.
Bills are forecast to rise around 18%.
We’ve also had the big companies warn of coal shortages.
How can we be short on the coal needed for Australians- when we are sending a record $110 billion overseas?
I think we can all agree that the world is doing its best to move towards renewables.
But it needs to be done at a sensible pace.
This is the definition of going “too hard, too quickly”
And some people shame Australia for being rich in resources- that other nations don’t have.
Remember- we are responsible for 1.2% of world emissions.
China is 30% alone.
The data suggests we have a long way to go for renewables to shoulder the load in our grid.
Take this data provided to us by a leading energy provider:
“Over a two week period in May- the supply of wind and solar swung between 1,000 megawatts and 9,500 megawatts.
“The recent weather conditions have severely curtailed the effectiveness of solar panels.
“The combined effect of a deficit of coal- the depletion of gas- and the lack of wind and solar is unprecedented.
“If this conditions over the first few days of June- energy regulators will have to shed load- or face wide-spread blackouts.”
So in other words- at its best- renewable energy can do the heavy-lifting.
But there are too many variables including wet weather and no wind.
Now you’ve heard a lot of talk about Net Zero Emissions by 2050.
It was a promise made by the former Prime Minister Scott Morrison at last year’s Glasgow Climate Change Summit.
More than 100 other countries have committed to this.
And while most decent Australians want to do their bit to reduce pollution- what are people truly prepared to pay?
The CEO of Origin- Frank Calabria- estimates the world will need to spend $120 TRILLION moving to Net Zero.
He says:
“It will require a TRIPLING of demand for electricity.
“Storage will need to grow by a factor of 170… and there will be an 8-fold growth in renewables.”
And if you asked the average person in the street- what price are you willing to pay to rapidly phase out coal and gas?
$10 extra a week?
$100?
$200?
I’m not saying it won’t be done.
But it is going to require an enormous amount of wind farms, solar panels, batteries and hydrogen for us to reach that target.
Labor believes they power Australia with 82% renewables by 2030.
The current level is under 30%.
In 8 years… the jury is out if that is possible.
And at the same time- at what point do we have a sensible conversation about nuclear energy?
30+ countries safely use nuclear reactors now.
It’s clean, efficient AND we have some of the largest uranium reserves in the world.
People immediately think of Chernobyl.
That is pure alarmism.
The latest nuclear reactors are built by companies like Rolls Royce.
They can fit on the back of a truck and be driven to the bush to power a country town.
It’s expensive- but all the international experts say it’s the most effective way of phasing out coal.
The fact it wasn’t even on the table at the most recent election is madness.
This is a mess.
And worst of all- it was an avoidable mess.