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| Coal Mine in the Hunter Valley, NSW, 2011. Photo: Max Phillips [CC BY 2.0] |
With cost-of-living pressures really
starting to hurt Australians, Labor’s green dream would be a complete nightmare
if it wasn’t for coal.
When then Treasurer Scott Morrison brought a lump of coal
into the House of Representatives, the
left-leaning media were quick to respond:
‘What a bunch of clowns, hamming
it up – while out in the real world an ominous and oppressive heat just won’t
let up’.
Fast forward to 2023 and Labor’s budget surplus has little
to do with sound economic management, and much
to do with unexpectedly high prices for exports of fossil fuels. And this
is despite Labor’s running mates, the Greens, doing
everything to demonise coal and gas.
In the real world, it takes more than just dreams to power
the nation.
Here is my latest article in The Spectator's Flat White, Labor's Coal-Fired Green Dream.
"Without coal there is no green dream."
— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 24, 2023
Michael de Percy lays down another authoritative piece on energy policy, in which he analyses the enormous economic benefits the fossil fuel industry brings to Australia: https://t.co/cCdBMNQdpa