{"id":233267,"date":"2022-12-10T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T12:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233267"},"modified":"2022-12-10T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T13:00:00","slug":"abc-ramp-down-fossil-fuel-production-instead-of-jailing-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233267","title":{"rendered":"ABC: \u201cRamp Down\u201d Fossil Fuel Production Instead of Jailing Protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aussie federal government owned ABC thinks climate extremists are just trying to show us the disruption climate chaos will bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If NSW wants to stop climate change protests, there\u2019s an alternative to jailing activists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC Science<\/a> \/ By environment reporter Nick Kilvert<\/a>
Posted Yesterday at 4:30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the New South Wales government and opposition want to stop disruptive climate protests, the answer may be hiding in plain sight, and it\u2019s not jailing protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of those arrested were charged with affray \u2014 a serious crime carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to critics, NSW Premier<\/strong>Dominic Perrottet said the outcome was \u201cpleasing to see\u201d and if \u201cprotesters want to put our way of life at risk, then they should have the book thrown at them\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want people to be able to protest, but you should do it in a way that doesn\u2019t inconvenience people right across New South Wales,\u201d the Premier said earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s right. At least in his description of climate protests. They are inconvenient. That\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate protests are specifically intended to give a small, controlled taste of the major disruptions that climate change is already causing<\/strong>, and will cause on a much larger scale in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were New South Wales <\/strong>\u2014 or for that matter, the federal government \u2014 already doing so, it\u2019s unlikely Ms Coco\u2019s protest would have happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/a>Read more: https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/science\/2022-12-09\/climate-change-protests-jail-what-could-be-more-effective\/101737704<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Not one use of the \u201cN\u201d word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If climate protestors were serious about reducing CO2, instead of continuously indulging their Trotskyite fantasies of global revolution, they would hold their noses and join with conservatives in embracing nuclear power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France proved in the 1970s that zero carbon nuclear power can replace fossil fuel<\/a>. No need for fossil fuel backup when you have a zero carbon nuclear power plant producing reliable energy 24\u00d77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long has the CO2 emissions stalemate lasted, between conservatives and liberals over net zero and renewable energy? How long do greens want it to last?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuclear power is acceptable to conservatives, the main opponents of spending trillions on useless, unreliable renewable energy. That stalemate between greens and conservatives, and the fact renewables don\u2019t work that well, has prevented significant decarbonisation of the global economy for decades \u2013 except for places like France, which have very low emissions per capita because of their acceptance of nuclear power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why don\u2019t greens try to compromise, and embrace a solution which works, and which is acceptable to their political opponents, for the sake of the planet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my opinion, the obvious reason is climate change is not their genuine top priority<\/strong>. It is government control of the economy they crave, back door communism. The fake climate crisis is just an excuse for the left wing political \u201creforms\u201d greens want to inflict on society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens are not even trying to be subtle, about the fact most of them think reducing CO2 emissions and destroying Capitalism is a package deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prove me wrong greens \u2013 the moment groups like Fireproof Australia follow Greta Thunberg\u2019s lead, and start protesting for more nuclear power<\/a>, or support the Premier of South Australia\u2019s recent call for civilian nuclear reactors<\/a>. The moment green groups stop fighting on two fronts, by abandoning their ridiculous battle against the most successful economic system ever developed, they might suddenly discover they are are winning their battle to decarbonise the global economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update (EW):\u00a0Nick<\/a>\u00a0points out\u00a0the South Australian premier later appeared to walk back<\/a>\u00a0his initial enthusiasm<\/a>\u00a0for nuclear.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via Watts Up With That?<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 10, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC: \u201cRamp Down\u201d Fossil Fuel Production Instead of Jailing Protestors \u2014 Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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