Noel Towell
Australia's clean energy research efforts are heading for "the valley of death" if Parliament passes the Coalitions's omnibus package of cuts, according to leaders in the sector.
Hundreds of researchers around Australia, including dozens at both the Australian National University and the University of NSW, will be faced with the dole queue if cuts to Australia'™s renewable energy research agency are passed by the Parliament, according to one of the sector's pioneers.
Deep cuts to the funding of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, contained in the Turnbull government's omnibus "œbudget repair" bill before the Parliament this week, is an "existential threat" to clean energy innovation in Australia, Professor Andrew Blakers says.....To Read More...
My Take - It's interesting to watch the greens squeaking about this. It's interesting to watch them make claims that have no basis in reality regarding the value or benefits of "alternative" energy. Also...can you pick out the logical fallacies?
One more thing....the term "clean energy" is a misnomer. It's not "clean", and it's not economical or sustainable without massive government financial support in some form. If that wasn't true - then they wouldn't be crying so hard. If it was economical and sustainable they wouldn't need government support.....some businessman would already be doing it......profitably.
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