jackspratt wrote: Sorry Reverend, but I haven't misquoted you.
You stated (and I paraphrase) that "the debate around ........ renewable energy ...... have (has) been controlled by the Loony left for far too long"
I then linked to a credible poll which shows that "84% of Australians support the statement that “the government should focus on renewables, even if this means we may need to invest more in infrastructure to make the system more reliable”.
I find it hard to see how 84% ( no matter how you try to discredit polling methodology) can all represent the "Loony left". - another loaded term, I might add.
They certainly do constitute a very large majority however - with the remaining 16% representing the silent minority.
I love these types of polls supposedly conducted by the “independent” think tanks.
Just structure your questions in order to obtain the conclusions you are seeking.
There was nothing stated as a preamble to any of the questions put in the poll which may lead a respondent to answer differently.
Were they told that of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, humans cause only 3.4% percent of annual CO2 emissions and of that amount Australia’s contribution to annual CO2 emissions is only 1.3% of the 3.4%? That is 0.0442%. That nothing Australia does in respect to reducing CO2 emissions can ever have any material impact on world climate change and of the projected net job losses, after compliance with the regulations.
I didn’t see any mention of the real price tag associated with attempting to reduce such a small part of the atmosphere on something that Australia cannot control.
Were the respondents to your poll advised that renewables can never be replace baseload power or that Australia’s current baseload requirements have already been substantially compromised and that we would all be subject to an increasing number of phased blackouts around the country if we go down this road. That commercial investment would be severely compromised without any guarantees relating to future baseload energy supplies.
Were they told the real cost of renewable energy and that our electricity prices would likely double again from current levels if renewables are the only alternative to be considered? Were they told that the subsequent increases in power prices be likely leave their children and grandchildren having to pay prices that would simply be unaffordable.
Were they told that with nuclear energy we could have zero emissions and dramatically reduced prices and substantial new infrastructure investment in our country?
If the poll had provided sufficient information or an alternative for Nuclear Energy before asking the questions then I suggest the support for renewables would be nothing like the results of the poll in question.
In their election manifesto Labor wanted 50% renewable energy for electricity generation by 2030, but wait for it The Greens want 100% by then.
The “Pollsters” tried to make the “Average Australians” believe that Labor had all the support in the last election in respect to climate change, gender identity and political correctness and failed miserably.
If you don’t learn from history you will continue to make the same mistakes.