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Australian Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen speaks to media following an energy ministers meeting in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 28, 2022. (AAP Image/Diego Fedele) Commentary
Australia Energy Minister Chris Bowen left the country on the weekend to attend COP27 at the luxurious location of Sharm-el-Sheik on the Red Sea, Egypt.
Leaving aside the huge carbon emissions just for getting himself there, one would have thought that presiding over the steepest rise in energy prices since records began should be headache enough for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ensure Bowen stays home to deal with the crisis. Remember, Albanese was elected on a promise to cut power bills by $275 (US$176) a year.
Even Greta Thunberg is giving COP27 a wide berth this year.
As Nick Cater wrote in The Australian , Labor should be looking for plan B.
However, the government’s insistence on sticking to a path determined before the exposure of the renewable energy sham in Europe is reckless in the extreme.
Cater tellingly notes that the “Putin-ate-my-homework” excuse won’t work for long; neither will Bowen’s promise to bring prices down by installing 22,000 solar panels a day and 40 wind turbines a month for the next eight years.
Cater adds: “Presumably he hasn’t factored in the $20 billion the government is about to spend upgrading the grid to facilitate the development of mega wind and solar generators. Nor has he taken note of the soaring price of steel, copper, lithium and other minerals necessary to produce and connect solar, wind and batteries.”This wouldn’t be the first time.For example, let’s go back to 2008. Then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had the best poll numbers of all time. His assistant treasurer was Chris Bowen, and his brilliant scheme for keeping a lid on cost of living pressures was “Grocery Watch.”It was an unmitigated disaster at […]
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