{"id":277795,"date":"2023-09-08T12:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277795"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:09:21","slug":"missed-target-no-way-wind-solar-can-meet-pointless-net-zero-co2-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277795","title":{"rendered":"Missed Target: No Way Wind &#038; Solar Can Meet (Pointless) Net-Zero CO2\u00a0Target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"417\" data-attachment-id=\"277802\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=277802\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?fit=1412%2C814&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1412,814\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?fit=723%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?resize=723%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?resize=1024%2C590&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?resize=1200%2C692&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/00Brooks-culturalrevolution-MAIN-PHOTO.webp?w=1412&amp;ssl=1 1412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/stopthesethings.com\/\">STOP THESE THINGS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"277799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=277799\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0sec_14689621\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?fit=723%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?resize=723%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0sec_14689621.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Soviet 5-year-plan was all about ludicrous ambitions that the Proles duly defied and likewise defied reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So it is with so-called \u2018net-zero carbon dioxide gas emissions targets\u2019. Big talk about pointless objects is easy enough, but, at some stage the punters start asking when those objects might be met. And when they\u2019re rebuffed, they tend to start asking whether there\u2019s any point to the \u2018Grand Plan\u2019, at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That Australia\u2019s energy policy is a debacle is not news. However, the fact that the Labor\/Green Alliance has absolutely no hope of meeting their net-zero carbon oxide gas emissions target is news of the kind that the modern Australian Soviet will not take well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"495\" data-attachment-id=\"277800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=277800\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Vintage-Chinese-Propaganda-Poster-Chairman-Mao-School-is-Great-Classic-Canvas-Paintings-Wall-Posters-Stickers-Home.webp?fit=1600%2C1096&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1096\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Expert \u201cEveryone knows Australia will miss\u201d the NetZero target \u2014 only 4 renewables projects approved in last Quarter<\/strong><br>Jo Nova Blog<br>Jo Nova<br>24 August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"277804\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=277804\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1be22eb7-a958-43a1-bb35-f47905d61e62_1280x720.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone who can add up in Australia knows it can\u2019t work, but the climate of fear stops them saying so. Last month a senior energy industry executive told the&nbsp;Australian Financial Review&nbsp;quietly that&nbsp;everyone believes [the 2030 target] will be missed, but nobody wants to say it.&nbsp;Apparently, even executives are being coerced into silence for fear of retribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The insider referred to the \u201cdiscretion\u201d Ministers have on project approvals. It\u2019s like a national mafia racket: \u201cNice business you have there \u2014 shame if you couldn\u2019t get the permit\u201d. So the Labor Party sets itself up to fail by silencing the people it could be listening to \u2014 as if the electricity will still be there when the turbines stop turning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To put the size of the moonshot in perspective, even Federal Climate Change and Energy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/companies\/infrastructure\/australia-must-build-22-000-solar-panels-a-day-for-eight-years-20221122-p5c08m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Minister Chris Bowen himself<\/a>&nbsp;said the nation must&nbsp;\u201cinstall 22,000 500-watt solar panels every day for eight years along with 40 seven-megawatt wind turbines every month\u201d.&nbsp;In toto, we are supposed to build&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/companies\/wartime-effort-origin-fears-consumer-backlash-to-energy-transition-20221122-p5c0dv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">44GW of \u201crenewables\u201d by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of this frenetic pace, renewable energy investment ground to a near halt in the last quarter in Australia. What was a rolling $1.2 billion quarterly commitment slipped back to just $225 million as we run out of land near interconnectors, and approvals are delayed for new transmission lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We \u201cneed\u201d some 10,000 kilometers of high voltage lines, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2023\/06\/who-needs-farmers-the-greens-create-10000-km-of-high-voltage-transmission-line-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">farmers are angry the giant metal towers will devalue their properties,<\/a>&nbsp;make it harder to farm, ruin their views, and increase fire risks. Other people are starting to wonder if we should carve up national parks with tower lines too. The real cost of all the infrastructure that unreliable low density energy needs is just starting to burn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then to top it all off, an expert analysis has spotted a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/politics\/62bn-black-hole-in-labor-energy-plan\/news-story\/7c239abf1f1bb2886734e7c9b71c80d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;$60 billion dollar hole<\/a>&nbsp;in the magical Renewable fairy plan, which, if correct, amounts to about $5,600 in costs for every household in Australia that no one has budgeted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/companies\/energy\/way-off-the-pace-just-four-green-energy-projects-reached-sign-off-20230822-p5dyj3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Way off the pace\u2019: Just four green energy projects reached sign off<\/a><br>Angela Macdonald-Smith,&nbsp; AFR<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only four renewable energy projects reached financial close in the three months to the end of June, extending a dearth in commitments to new wind and solar farms just when the buildout is supposed to be accelerating to allow polluting coal generators to shut down. The low level of project go-aheads \u2013 for reasons including planning approval delays and grid bottlenecks \u2013 came after no wind and solar projects at all reached financial sign-off in the March quarter, the Clean Energy Council says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The addition of just 348 megawatts of capacity into the development phase in the April-June period \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Rystad Energy analysis, between 3.5 gigawatts and 4 GW of new utility solar, wind and storage needs to start construction every year to reach the 2030 target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But new financial commitments slowed to $225 million of projects, well down from the rolling quarterly average over the past 12 months of $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They wouldn\u2019t need to be bullies if it wasn\u2019t such a bad idea\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/companies\/energy\/meeting-2030-energy-targets-close-to-impossible-20230704-p5dlmm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Meeting Energy Targets close to impossible&nbsp;<\/a><br>Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow, AFR,&nbsp;July 10th, 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026others are much more blunt behind closed doors: \u201cEverybody believes [the 2030 target will be missed] but nobody wants to say it because of what might happen \u2013 people are too frightened of some kind of retribution,\u201d one senior energy industry executive said, pointing to the level of discretion ministers have in decisions on east coast gas activities, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JPMorgan analyst Mark Busuttil calculates that only 628MW of new renewable capacity came online in the first half of 2023, including only 53MW of solar capacity in the June quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $60billion dollar black hole arose from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2023\/07\/playing-now-accounting-trick-destroys-national-economy\/\">\u201cSunk Cost\u201d Accounting Trick<\/a>&nbsp;where costs were calculated \u201cafter 2030\u201d assuming all the pumped hydro, batteries and transmission lines were built and paid off already:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/politics\/62bn-black-hole-in-labor-energy-plan\/news-story\/7c239abf1f1bb2886734e7c9b71c80d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$62bn black hole in Labor energy plan<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Jesse Malcolm and Geoff Chambers, The Australian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to new analysis conducted by Australian Resources Development executive director David Carland, Labor has failed to bake in $62bn in budgetary spending required to lift&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/politics\/snowy-hydro-20-bosses-get-45m-in-bonuses\/news-story\/62c8a053ca5f9ff846a72268110d87e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renewables<\/a>&nbsp;from 20 per cent of the nation\u2019s energy production to the government\u2019s stated 56 per cent target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Carland\u2019s figures estimate that a range of projects \u2013 including Snowy 2.0, Tasmania\u2019s \u201cbattery of the nation\u201d plan and various transmission expansion projects \u2014 would be significantly more expensive if they were costed correctly, taking into account annual government subsidies and projected cost escalations and delays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sunk Cost Trick was a way to hide costs that will be added to electricity bills by stealth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opposition energy spokesman Ted O\u2019Brien used the analysis to attack Mr Bowen for misrepresenting the GenCost review, which the Energy Minister has used to support his claim of renewables being the cheapest form of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLabor is either wilfully lying to the Australian people about the true cost of its transition or it has absolutely no idea how Australia\u2019s energy system operates. It\u2019s time for an honest debate about the true cost of Labor\u2019s radical energy experiment,\u201d Mr O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRenowned energy experts have revealed that Chris Bowen has purposefully buried a $60bn black hole in its energy plan that \u2026 Australians will ultimately pay for through higher energy bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a bargain we could spend 0.0001% of this to audit the foreign UN committees that say we have to spend<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2023\/08\/suddenly-australia-needs-1-5-trillion-dollars-on-energy-moonshot-quest-for-global-weather-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;$5 Trillion to \u201cfix\u201d the weather<\/a>. Scientists are behaving&nbsp;very&nbsp;badly:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2014\/08\/hiding-something-bom-throws-out-bourkes-hot-historic-data-changes-long-cooling-trend-to-warming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hiding data<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2014\/09\/manns-trick-to-hide-the-decline-still-shocking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declines<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2013\/01\/australia-was-hot-and-is-hot-so-what-this-is-not-an-unusual-heat-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">history<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2019\/02\/history-keeps-getting-colder-acorn2-raises-australias-warming-rate-by-over-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adjustments&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2015\/06\/if-it-cant-be-replicated-it-isnt-science-bom-admits-temperature-adjustments-are-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">methods<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expert climate modelers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2022\/09\/climate-models-not-good-enough-to-invest-my-superannuation-in-says-modeler-prof-andy-pitman\/\">don\u2019t want their own pensions bet on climate models<\/a>, why should yours be?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/joannenova.com.au\/2023\/08\/expert-everyone-knows-australia-will-miss-the-netzero-target-only-4-renewables-projects-approved-in-last-quarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Jo Nova Blog<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"277797\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=277797\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0img_2814\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0img_2814.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That Australia\u2019s energy policy is a debacle is not news. 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