[HN Gopher] Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 c...
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       Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 climate talks
        
       Author : hncurious
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-09-13 19:23 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | bobbytit wrote:
       | The evil elites partying at the Met are the villains
        
       | erentz wrote:
       | Australia has the capital and engineering capability to solve
       | this. It's not afraid of spending money for example it's spending
       | $50 billion on a suburban rail loop in Melbourne alone that has
       | very questionable benefits (compared to alternatives). That would
       | comfortably replace half their coal fired generation with base
       | load nuclear for example. It would be very easy for them to
       | change course and decarbonize their grid here if they had the
       | political motivation.
        
         | user123456780 wrote:
         | Unfortunately our politicians are controlled by Rupert Murdoch
         | and funded by BHP/Coal...
        
       | rfd4sgmk8u wrote:
       | If you want a good video that shows the entrenched problem with
       | the fossil fuel industry that has the Australian political class
       | captured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZgoFyuHC8 (Honest
       | Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage)
        
       | bamboozled wrote:
       | It's hard to believe they're hanging onto fossil fuels so much.
       | Move on.
        
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