Sorry armchair critic but you have failed to understand the way the extractive industries work. Of course there are still opportunities to open up new fields and yes those companies can make profits. But you have lost sight of the question which started this thread:
-Australia should build new coal-fired power stations to ensure families have reliable and affordable electricity all year round.
Peak fossil fuel means that the global supply of fossil fuel is declining whilst demand for those fuels in rising. This essentially means that it is become less affordable for many families.
Already we are seeing that many of the wealthiest families are switching to 100% renewables - they do not want to be held capitive by rising prices as supply dwindles.
You are right when you state:
Payday for western oil and gas, while people in Ukraine die.
But you know all of it's just 'good business', and money in the pockets of those in the know.
- The worlds just a big scam for corporate greed, the rest of us remain too stupid and ignorant to know any better.
(You might like to read T.J., Coles, Privatized Planet: Free Trade as a weapon against Democracy Healthcare and the Environment. 2019, Oxford: New Internationalist. it documents that quite well.)
In my post I was merely highlighting that the initial proposition is misleading - even if we continue to open new coal mines and extract more gas we will not make energy more affordable for Australian families but we will help line the pockets of the multinationals who will resist attempts to prevent them from selling where ever they can get the most for their fuels

Hey Baygon,
Yes I may have gone off a little on a tangent there, sorry.