Comment on Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target
Instigate@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I was so happy to hear about this! The Libs are digging their electoral grave deeper and deeper. I had an inkling that, because most of their seats lost at the last election were moderates, the remaining voices would all swing conservative and pull the party even further to the right. With this kind of rhetoric the Coalition isn’t going to be a viable option for government for at least another couple of election cycles.
I just really, really hope that votes for them move towards independents and other parties as opposed to bolstering Labor’s current lead.
zurohki@aussie.zone 1 week ago
The really stupid thing is that they aren’t getting into government in the next election and probably not in the one after, so the energy transition is going to be mostly done by then. The elderly coal plants that the LNP wants to pour money into are going to be gone.
Coal power stations wear out, and we haven’t built any new ones in 20 years or so. Many of them were built in the 80s and nobody’s looking to fund new ones.