And yet it will all come to nothing.
Renewables have already turned a corner within the population. And the high fuel prices have just sped its general acceptance up.
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
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Its about wringing every last cent out of those stranded assets. They could take a loss and shift their imoney elsewhere but it would be brutal if potential buyers look at the regulatory environment and go nope. They know they are going to lose it all eventually but it's about the next quarters results and the quarter after.
So this is what they have to do. Cost of business. Subvert democracy. Get people to vote for fascists, pedos, crazies, crooks. Anyone who wouldn't have a chance in a sensible world if it wasn't for the fossil fuel money beaming crazy bullshit into people's heads 24x7. Crooked politicians, influencers and media are all lined up for their payout.
It's pretty telling that the only way the anti-renewable arguments get any traction now is when attached to the "woke ideology" strawman. They have completely lost the scientific and economic arguments.
works though, look at the LNP in Qld. Shit canned the electric tram extension on the Gold Coast, to be replaced with buses, shit canned the move to electric buses and just ordered 630 diesel buses, during a diesel crisis ;)
They spent the first 12 months in Government running around like headless chickens, responding to climate change amplified weather catastrophes.
This is the best Qld has...
They don't have a choice do they? They want more money. They make more money if they subvert democracy with a bunch of bullshit deflections and divisiveness. The sooner we remove our dependency on fossil fuels, the sooner we get back to normal politics. But the faster we move the more they are going to spend resisting.
Weirdly the thing that will finish it all is going to be the free market. The world is increasingly moving to cheaper, better products regardless of environmental legislation or fossil fuel lobbying. When the technology and manufacturing is there this stuff flips. The law of the jungle can be cruel.
I really hope so, because although people have taken to rooftop solar with gusto, there's still quite a lot of pushback against large-scale renewables in some regional areas.
‘In some regional areas.’ - Yep. And it won’t change a thing. There’s no political power in those regions anymore. It’s all consolidated in and around the main population hubs.
That said. It would be good governance to subsidise farmers to switch to renewables. As they do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to keeping us fed and watered…👍
Totally agree. Mind you, those that host renewables on their land get paid quite well.
I sometimes look at the ideological splits in regional areas and wonder if these people are being led to irrational hatred of renewables to make sure that the early movers reap the most benefit. Surely that last stick in the mud core group of farmers are going to see far less yield off their solar projects than the ones who have siezed the initiative. I wonder how many anti-solar pollies have family that have already pounced and don't want to see their profits take a hit once every man and his dog is feeding power into the grid.