Too bad that many of the "2050 Zero Emission Target" crowd won't be around to have their Public Trough snouts rubbed to be laughed at.

Sounds good, but ...

Since WW11, both sides of politics have failed totally in their very first duty, sufficient provision for the defence of Australia. They have ensured that our armed forces are neither large enough, lethal enough nor sustainable enough to defend the country. We rely on America but, as Senator and Major General, Jim Molan points out, since the end of the Cold War, US capability has decreased by 30 to 50 per cent, whereas China is "fabulously well armed". And of course, we keep only about 30 days of fuel in the country.

Molan recently told David Flint that we could defend ourselves; we (that is the politicians) just elect not to do so.

I'll believe it when I see it. It could be just another make work scheme; and we didn’t make much of a job of the Collins. Australian governments have lost the trust of the people.

Get over it, the moves towards renewables and new technologies is only going to get bigger and bigger.

Given the history of the UK in terms of industry and innovation, I suspect they know what they are doing.

If you believe the current renewable technology is capable of powering a modern society Chris, you really do need to do a lot of research on the subject. Intermittent windmills & solar can simply not do the job, let alone do it economically.

Personally I don't give a dam what tech is used to generate our power, as long as it works as well as the old tech it is replacing, & does it equally economically.

In the same way I don't giver a dam if a battery, or petrol powers my car, as long as I get the choice of which one I want. Government bureaucrats have an extremely long record of making disastrous choices when ever they try to pick winners, & that is exactly what is happening now.

This is highlighted by this current stupidity of pushing electric cars, with a power generation system that is struggling simply to keep the lights on, let alone charge those cas.

It was the public that chose the car over the horse, & it should be the public choosing coal or wind power, & what to use to fill the "tank" of their cars. This damn stupidity of CO2 caused global warming must stop. The science is there, for those who can actually understand it.

Dear Hasbeen,

And just how long have you been running lines similar to this?

"This damn stupidity of CO2 caused global warming must stop. The science is there, for those who can actually understand it."

Just about as long as I have asked what physical property of CO2 you would like me to ignore to agree with you that it has no impact of global temperatures.

Your politics has always gotten in the road of any science you may profess to bring to this.

Hasbeen,

WE r not there yet, but it keeps getting better each year. I do believe that various renewable sources will one day fuel nearly all of our electricity requirements