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The lens through which this debate has been conducted has everything to do with preferred belief and nothing to do with reality. Belief statements such as those being put forward by the protagonists cannot be either proven or shown in error as they are belief statements.
Good science, on the other hand, is never hamstrung by belief, science, good science is always unfettered by belief. Your arguments seek to link Science with preferred belief.
Ray, you may want all our electricity generated by Green preferencing New Age Pixies but as of this moment in time, if you want electrical power and you want a lot of it 24/7 and you want that power cheap, burn coal. Australia's latte drinking set is dependant upon those Coal laden ships that leave the Port of Newcastle every 1/2 hour.
At this juncture your breathlessly waiting to pounce and denounce the gross and politically incorrect position of proposing that Coal is burnt to generate power. Coal is dirty, Gas is a viable and affordable alternative that will keep the lights on even when the Pixies run out of puff and the windmills stop turning.
It's impossible for everyone to be employed in a Public Service job. We actually need to generate some income. Certainly, we can do as we are currently doing and mortgage our Children's, Children's prosperity against ever-expanding National and Individual debt but even that desperate ploy has an end date.
As of this moment, the harsh reality is.... We have the most expensive electricity in the developed world. This make manufacturing more difficult, it makes business more difficult and has delivered chilblains upon my Mother Inlaws toes.
South Australia, that great economic powerhouse of our Nation may decide to use AA batteries for everything conceivable purpose, that does not make using AA batteries a good idea. When you run a deficit the Piper must at some time be paid, the realities can be hidden by sleight of hand borrowing from the National Grid, but at some time, most likely a hot day this Summer, it will turn to crap.
Good science, the science that changes the world, leads us literally out of the darkness isn't dependent upon argument, it stands on its own two feet and is a beacon for all. All this talk of batteries has the decided whiff of Hyperloops and Monorails and as for benevolent Capitalists, the Easter Bunny will be delivering presents this Christmas.
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