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@cokeefe9 @billshortenmp @BlockadeAus Is it hard to have a bit of nuance, and acknowledge that maybe both approaches have merit, and can happen in tandem? Or, in the face of disruption and delay (which is the point) do you want to argue that direct action is pointless, ignoring a long history of precedent.
@cokeefe9 did I hear you right on Nine, at 6:40~ on with @billshortenmp that regarding @BlockadeAus you wish we would "burn more coal just to spite them"?
Labor, Libs and Nats in heated agreement on their authoritarian bill to suppress forest protests right now in Vic parliament. I'm about to get up and present the #Greens view.
if we had a renewable energy storage target (REST) we’d have lower emissions & could pass on the polluting capacity mechanism.
nobody has given a good argument for a capacity mechanism to date — the calls come from the fossil generators plus those they’ve captured. #auspol
talk of a capacity mechanism will hit fever pitch next week.
we don’t need a capacity mechanism… we *might* need a storage mechanism.🔋
the sooner we expand storage the sooner we can close existing coal & gas.🏭
anything that prolongs the life of coal & gas must be rejected.
In this entire world not a single war criminal has been questioned for killing 1 million people in Iraq for no reason . Yet 1 man has been blamed and in prison for 10 years for showing a 10minute video about it.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH THE ELECTRICITY - IN THE SIMPLEST LANGUAGE POSSIBLE?
(A thread 🧵)
Today AEMO suspended the National Electricity Market (NEM). This sounds scary. and is in fact a huge deal, but we aren't about to be cast back to the stone age.
Sculpture as historical lens, into the pre-Climocene. Where else can these go?
- Great Barrier Reef?
- Kangaroo Island?
- Lake Chad?
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