Tony Abbott’s war on green extremists: WITH his statement that coal is “essential for the prosperity of Australia” and “essential for the prosperity of the world”, Tony Abbott has declared political war on the green activist campaign to shut down Australia’s cheap energy sectors and undermine our competitiveness… Abbott’s message is that if you want jobs, cheap energy and economic prosperity then you must oppose the ideological campaign to close down fossil fuels as soon as possible in the cause of renewables… He thinks Socialist Labor will be caught at the next election between supporting jobs on one hand and making concessions to the pro-green compulsion to punish fossil fuels and accentuate their decline on the other… Yet public opinion is likely to be equivocal. There is still much incomprehension in the community that recent high levels of health, education and welfare have been financed directly by the high terms of trade enjoyed by the resources sector or that a nexus exists between such prices and high living standards… The anti-fossil fuel movement in Australia can mobilise a loose yet growing coalition typically seen as including the Greens; a collection of non-governmental organisations, veterans such as Greenpeace, the Graeme Wood Foundation (with Wood having made the largest campaign donation in our political history to the Greens) and the Australia Institute; climate change activists in unions, universities and social media; foundations, wealthy individuals, philanthropists with deep pockets; and the margins of the Christian churches. This network is gaining in sophistication, money and tactics… The IEA predicts that by 2035 fossil fuels will meet 76 per cent of world energy demand and renewables will meet 18 per cent. It says China’s demand for coal continues to rise despite its commitment to renewables, Last year China added three times more new coal-based electricity than wind and solar combined. China is not getting out of coal; but it is getting into cleaner coal.... More than 1.3 billion people across the world have no access to energy, and fossil fuels will be pivotal in filling that gap… With Socialist Labor pledged to resurrect carbon pricing and the Greens running hard against fossil fuels, Abbott takes his stand on a competitive economy and cheap energy. But the politics won’t be easy. I do think we should help Abbott win this battle. Workers, rationalists, humanists and Christians who believe God gave man dominion over nature should finally wind back the suffocating power of the green pagans who threaten our reason, jobs, wealth and security.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 03:39:58 +0000
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