|Energy Economist Alan Moran says Prime Minister Scott Morrison is "window dressing" climate policy through the hydrogen and carbon capture investment so Australia doesn't "show up empty-handed" to Joe Biden's climate summit. "He's basically window dressing for a government that's spooked it might be showing up empty-handed to the Biden meeting," he said.
"He's paying blackmail money for coal because he knows we can't divest ourselves of coal. It's the only basic level of competitive energy we have. "He's looking around at other things we can do to persuade the world we're doing as much as we're doing. In fact, we are spending a great deal on renewable largesse... roughly twice that of the US and six times as much as China.
At the the end there was a bit awkward as Bolt realised too many LNP criticisms were incoming.
No!?
We have already wasted HALF A BILLION $'s on this CCS DUD! Now another QUARTER OF A BILLION $'s WASTED. THE LNP ARE THE WORST ECONOMIC MANAGERS... Auspol
The presumption here is rubbish.
Is he wearing a dunces hat?