Morrison is dangerously wrong on gas, and needs to wake up to new technologies

It’s when prime minister Scott Morrison thinks he’s being really clever that he reveals the true level of his ignorance.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison at The National Press Club.

Remember how pleased Morrison was with himself when he brought in that lump of coal into parliament, thoughtfully provided (and lacquered) by the principal coal lobby whose top two executives now serve as his key advisors? It made you wonder what, if anything, he understood about the science of climate change.

Remember how pleased Morrison was with himself when he compared the Tesla big battery in South Australia with the Big Banana and the Big Prawn? It made you wonder what, if anything he understood about new technologies and the transition before us. Ditto with the pig ignorant dismissal of electric vehicles in the last election campaign, when he claimed that they would destroy the Aussie weekend.

Now, the prime minister is at it again. Now less smug, and more defensive, “Scotty from Marketing” is still pushing the barrow for the Minerals Council and its pet projects, the giant boondoggle of “carbon capture” and its call to frack the nation in the pursuit of more gas.

Read the story from RenewEconomy by Giles Parkinson  - “Morrison is dangerously wrong on gas, and needs to wake up to new technologies.”