Quote:I pay the extra for clean energy, but do I think that it's being apportioned to pay for a clean source of energy? No. I suspect that it may be going to some kind of slush fund for whatever passes as clean energy research, including some half-hearted sequestration projects that don't have a snowflakes chance in hell of working out.
Yes obviously it has - a huge amount of cash has gone into research for "clean coal" - but it was announced yesterday that it can't be done. As if we didn't already know that. So now we have ATSE making noises about NP. I don't think we have any choice in this matter.
Rudd promises us that there will be no NP stations and he'll get out of any deals that Howard made, but he can't. Howard would have ensured all deals were tied up securely in his last term - that was his mission.
We've got the waste tip sorted out with Haliburton, the Railway's in place and in a matter of days we hear ATSE's recommendation for NP and learn that clean coal is not an option.
What happened to that idiot Garrett and his promises that every house in Australia would eventually have solar energy? It won't happen because the coal industry has too much to lose especially seeing as we have directors of BHP on the board of ATSE.
Whether we want it or not - we'll get NP stations and as far as becoming a global waste tip goes - what sort of legacy are we leaving behind for future generations? Who's going to guard this waste for the next half million years.
Uranium processing will also commence here - that was on Howard's agenda as well. The nuclear industry is very powerful and heavily subsidised. What it costs us, especially in environmental damage, is irrelevant as long as these powerful corporations continue to thrive and make massive profits for their shareholders.
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