Steele, whose policy was it that blew up in his face ?
There is no one else to blame. They starved the gas & coal stations
even after being warned by those not blinded by green sunglasses.

They had plenty of warning but they knew best didn't they ?
They want it fixed overnight. Well these sort of messes take years
to repair. However the equally dopey Victorians are allowing
Hazlewood to close and NSW pollies are going to let Liddel close.
Hopefully there are negotiations going on in the background.
But don't bet on it ! When it comes to things like this the ignorance
of politicians is unbelievable.
Mind you I had a conversation with Paul Fletcher and he thought it was
fine to order diesel submarines with a gathering fuel problem over the
next ten years. Oh ! he said, we have good commercial arrangements !

Don't they EVER learn ?

SR,

I am well aware of what was said, however, a threat of consequences to the gas companies if they don't comply with their social license to supply gas to the domestic market does not indicate intent to actually implement it.

As in the news today MT has already got agreements from 2 of the main companies, and that that it is in neither the government's nor the gas companies' interest to have restrictive regulations, it is unlikely that MT would ever need to trigger the "nuclear" solution.

Wetherill came off looking incompetent, especially given the last 3 power failures in SA can't be chalked up to ideological reasons.

Buzz if you can not see the alternatives you are long past it. You keep banging on about your coal and let the rest go about their business.

Well Doog, as you are unable to name them, I guess you do not know
what they are. Of course it is pointless naming them if you do not
know what is their ERoEI.
Sth Australia is in their present trouble because no one thought about ERoEI.
They were doomed from the start.