{"id":283531,"date":"2023-10-16T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283531"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:11:15","slug":"after-the-voice-aussie-pm-vows-to-refocus-on-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283531","title":{"rendered":"After \u201cThe Voice\u201d: Aussie PM Vows to Refocus on Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Power prices are rising for using renewable green energy. Welcome to become a blackout nation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the resounding defeat of a constitutional plebescite to introduce racial segregation into the Aussie constitution<\/a>, Australia\u2019s Prime Minister has vowed to focus on green energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voice to climate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you hear me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judith Sloan<\/a>
14 October 2023 9:00 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister has flagged that, post the Voice referendum, his government will turn its full attention to the decarbonisation of the economy and the prospect of Australia becoming an renewable energy superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

By contrast, most of us are living in the real world, wondering how we can cover the mortgage and the bills, getting the kids to school on time and thinking about what\u2019s for dinner. Prosaic stuff to be sure, but beautiful thoughts about identity politics and climate change are generally back of mind, if at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

But what the surveys also reveal is that, notwithstanding people\u2019s concerns about climate change \u2013 economists call this elicitation bias or wanting to sound worthy \u2013 when it comes to bearing any additional financial burden to act on climate change, there is a marked reluctance to pay any significant price at all. The recent 20-per-cent rise in electricity prices, for instance, is well above the rate of increase that people are happy to pay for the sake of doing something about the climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.spectator.com.au\/2023\/10\/voice-to-climate\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Australia\u2019s green revolution appears to have stalled. Back in June WUWT reported there were no new financial commitments for the previous quarter, across all of Australia.<\/a> Coal plant operators are racing for the exit door, fleeing a jurisdiction where they are no longer welcome, but nobody is building enough dispatchable energy to replace the lost coal capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worse, the energy market is in turmoil. Albanese Government\u2019s response to a supply crunch driven energy spike in 2022 was to introduce politically expedient price controls<\/a> \u2013 which hasn\u2019t exactly settled market jitters about the profitability of investing in Australia\u2019s energy market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Australia heads into an El Ni\u00f1o Summer which promises scorching temperatures, with an East Coast grid which the AEMO admits is heading towards serious shortfalls<\/a>, it seems only a matter of time until Australia\u2019s East Coast experiences severe and prolonged blackouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Power prices are rising for using renewable green energy. Welcome to become a blackout nation. From Watts Up With That? Following the resounding defeat of a constitutional plebescite to introduce racial segregation into the Aussie constitution, Australia\u2019s Prime Minister has vowed to focus on green energy. Voice to climate Can you hear me? 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