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| Our continued "extractivist" behaviour is considered"good for humanity" by Australia's PM, Tony Abbott. |
Fossil fuels,
including coal, have just one roll of the dice left.
And, interestingly it’s not about winning; rather, it’s
about being a bridge that will enable humanity to put in place a range of
renewable energy sources that will meet its base-load needs.
Naivety, or is it ignorance, innocence, hubris or stupidity,
prompted Australia’s Prime Minster, Tony Abbott, to heap praise on coal at the
recent opening of a coal mine.
A story in today’s Melbourne
Age headed: “Coal is 'good for humanity', says Tony Abbott at mine opening”
the PM said: “Australia's coal industry has a "big future, as well as a
big past" and predicted it will be the world's principal energy source for
decades to come.”
The Age reports
that, “The Prime Minister's comments, which angered the environmental movement,
came at the opening of the $US3.4 billion ($3.9 billion) Caval Ridge Mine in
Central Queensland, a joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi. The mine will
produce 5.5 million tonnes annually of metallurgical coal and employ about 500
people.”
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