I am not sure about us being stooged.

I think some countries, like the US, Australia and Canada, can find a an effective middle ground.

I do not see how resisting global sentiment 100% will help Australia, especially for a country like Australia that relies very much on trade.

The Treasurer is right to point out the direction of markets and investment. that is the real world.

There should at least be an honest discussion of cost. For example, a 2019 article comparing French nuclear with German renewables observed,

"France has gotten about 400 TWh per year from nuclear while all of Germany's renewables (solar, wind and biomass) amounts to about 220 TWh. ... France's cost was $1 billion to build each terawatt hour per year of clean energy. Germany's cost is $2.5 billion to build each terawatt hour per year of relatively clean energy.11 Nov 2019"

yet the renewable energy advocates insist that nuclear is prohibitively expensive and that renewables are cheaper than coal. Why do these patent lies go unchallenged?

Fester, quite simple really:-

1. The likes of Malcolm Turnball(and his bizjet owning mate Twiggy Forester) and the venture/investment capital elites see profit in solar/renewables ( Feck Turnball even approved his mate Paul Broad to get approval to build Snowy 2.0 ( which should never be built).

2. The media is leftwing and luvs China. They want the West to decline and the globalisation agenda delivered.

Unfortunately in both caes, the Chines, Russians, Indians and the Arab nations are taken us all for a one way ride to 'Suicide-ville".

Well, this is my take.

The next move along the line from neurosis is psychosis, so how will that present itself with climate change nutters?

Dan

Alison Jane.

*… The likes of Malcolm Turnball…*

Shouldn’t that read; “Malcolm Left Ball” ?

Dan

If we can produce nuclear power for as little as 1 cent PKWH? So why should we choose coal and the inevitable carbon tariffs that could kill us economically!?

Coal and all the drones it currently supports is not what we need! Nor the debt-laden foreign tax avoiding, profit repatriating investors that seem to come with it.

Moreover, as we continue more and more coal mines are being robotized! So, all this talk about saving coal mining jobs is just more hot air!

We need a new energy paradigm to shake lose the foreign investors who do so little for us, and maybe steal our best ideas and people as they harvest data and profits from finite resources?

It's not all about climate change but, it's the economy stupid! And if the energy paradigm is one that we choose also addresses climate change as well as the national balance sheet!?

Why are so many folk diametrically opposed to the changes we need to get our country and heritage back? As well as turbocharge the economy!?

There were a couple of bugs in MSR thorium, but they have been ironed out. And there's free money to get several built if we are led by folk who are not owned by this or that coal company?

I mean given the outlined benefits, could there be any other credible reason for the, die in a ditch first, opposition? There's nothing to fear here except fear itself And BS shovelled by the shipload from the coal lobby?

Capitalism has served us well and it's what we need going forward, but as cooperative capitalism that keeps our money here making every one dollar do the work of seven!

Moreover, we need real reform of our tax system as I've already outlined elsewhere. To allow the economic sails of the ship we call the economy to get up to full speed!

As opposed to rorts, ripoffs and money sent chasing its tail all the way to this or that tax haven for the benefit of a few quisling investors? It's the economy stupid!
Alan B.