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Originally Posted by lazjen
We're going for both feet being shot off here. No real support to get off the fossil fuel "drug" either when we have the resources for it and the clear benefits for everyone if we do it right...
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Australia has never looked to the future in terms of energy needs. Any country with a decent navy could block supplies and bring Australia to its knees without even firing a shot.
20 years ago we were one of the largest producers of solar panels in the world. We could have been world leaders in that space. Instead, we hobbled that industry and it went elsewhere. Pity, would have been a nice fallback position for when coal began its inevitable decline.
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