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New analysis from the national Climate Change Authority shows the Liberal and National Parties’ nuclear scheme would breach Australia’s commitment to international climate pollution targets and break their promise to phase out climate pollution by 2050.
“This independent analysis confirms earlier assessments that under opposition leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear scheme Australia will not reduce climate pollution by 43% by 2030, which would breach our international commitments,” said Senior Campaigner at Solutions for Climate, Elly Baxter.
“The Frontier Economics modelling the Liberal and National Parties are relying on shows the electricity grid would not reach net zero climate pollution until 2049 and would be 44% smaller than the government’s proposed grid. This would make it impossible to decarbonise the rest of our economy – all our transport, all our manufacturing and all our homes.
“Australians voted overwhelmingly for action on climate change and renewable energy at the last election. Mr Dutton insists that he will maintain our international commitment to the Paris Agreement and reach no net climate pollution by 2050, but the proof is in numbers. As we head to the polls in the coming months, voters need to be aware that Mr Dutton’s words do match his scheme.
“This matters enormously for all Australians. Yet again we are facing increasing climate disasters this summer – fires in the south and floods in the north. More Australians would be killed and homes and livelihoods lost if we push billions more tonnes of climate pollution into the air,” Baxter concluded.
The Coalition’s nuclear scheme includes nuclear reactors at seven sites across Australia. Modelling by Frontier Economics, released by the Coalition, shows an electricity grid that is 44% smaller than the government’s plan to use renewable energy like wind and solar with storage. The scheme would cap renewable energy at 54% when our grid was already powered by 46% renewable energy in the December quarter.
On the first sitting day of the year, over 80 community groups representing tens of thousands of Australians endorsed a statement objecting to Dutton’s nuclear push:
“We object to the Liberal and National parties’ nuclear proposal as it is incapable of cutting climate pollution this decade and upgrading our electricity grid in a timely manner,” the statement reads.
“We call for Peter Dutton and the Opposition to abandon the pursuit of nuclear reactors. It’s never too late to do the right thing.”
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So, Peter Pigpox does not care about the world, universe, climate, deterioration, environment, threats, or US, the people. The balding bilious bumkicking ex-copper from the dark north think he can Bjelke his way across actual fact, sense, science, duty? As this Peter is ill-equipped for anything intellectual, cerebral, mental, professional, intelligent, scientific, decent, we must fight him and his poxed policies and his putrid henchmen and backroom backpassageers, as unfit to be heard or followed. Anality Abbott, on to mad Maggot Morrison and now, Peter Duckwit-Futton. Vomitability gone mad...
Collie in WA is the chosen site for the Nuclear power plant but their local members nd environment shadow minister says that is not going to happen. He is a Liberal member.
So it seems that Dutton's plan does not have support of this state's Liberal Party.
Acknowledgements are made that transitioning to renewables is a process, it cannot just happen with the flick of the fingers. We are transitioning, but in the mean time we will continue to need a fall back power supply, the easiest to switch on and off to meet supply is gas. The development of battery capacity will 'keep the lights on' when the capacity is large enough, but in the meantime.....
If people are stupid enough to vote for Potty Boy Dutton, then they deserve what they get! The rest of us don't!
Unfortunately, climate and vaccine deniers are more likely to vote LNP, because the ALP and Greens won't have a bar of their stupidity.
So, Mutton and his thick headed mates make it attractive to those folks by promising - amongst other things - "lower electricity costs" while denying what the experts are saying and providing "no detail" to counteract the views of those experts.
Of course those "experts" are all leftist, greenie, pinko, lesso, woke dimwits who bought their expertise from some dodgy uni out in woop-woop somewhere.
AND they are part of the Deep State!