Canavan: 'If you knew the cost of net-zero emissions you wouldn't buy it'

If you knew the cost of net-zero emissions, you definitely wouldn't be buying it because "it is astronomical," according to LNP Senator Matt Canavan.
It comes as Australia faces increased pressure to commit to a net-zero target by 2050 ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
“There’s no modelling that I’ve seen done, none of the advocates that I’ve seen out there for net-zero emissions or harsh emission cuts have put forward the figures to the Australian people and said this is what it is going to cost you,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Alan Jones.
“And if you don’t know what something is going to cost, don’t buy it.
“If you did know the cost of net-zero emissions, you definitely wouldn’t be buying it because it is astronomical.
“There is this temptation at the moment because some people think net-zero sounds good, it sounds like fairy floss, maybe we should just do it because we want to get elected again but I believe we’ve got to stay true to our principals and values.”

[@figjamraskoli2787]

imagine if you will, a world where people believe that the temperature of the planet can be changed by giving money to the government

[@seymourbutts7348]

If you knew the cost of voting in the Liberals you would never do it. Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@dreamusmenus3759]

@@seymourbutts7348 Buddy, I appreciate the effort but these people don't give a shit.

[@jfin3192]

The biggest climate changer is the Sun.

[@dreamusmenus3759]

@@jfin3192 Holy shit you've never taken an 8th grade environmental science class. Emissions make it harder for solar energy (The heat from the sun) that hits our planet to leave our atmosphere, thus heating up the planet.

[@helimark6161]

@@dreamusmenus3759 Sorry but in fact it is the opposite! The more cloud , dust and smoke there is the less sunlight reaches the earth.So pollution keeps us cool, ergo, the big chill after the meteorite hit the earth killing the dinosaurs! cause of Extinction of the dinosaurs.

[@beepeepeabody2690]

Gosh, where were these guys at the end of the ice age? They could have saved the world from global warming! We could still be living on ice! Damn this climate change! I'm hot

[@collinblack_60103-]

In reality it was only the northern hemisphere that experienced the ice age, the southern hemisphere was hotter. I reckon it was the nuclear weapons that caused this so-called global warming crap.

[@timhicks2154]

Going Net Carbon Zero is immensely costly and immensely pointless.

[@paulmoulton7248]

China wants you to go to net zero, so do what they say. Nobody (in power) can say no to China.

[@90swerethebest10]

And those invested in it pushing it will get filthy rich. 💡

[@PeteH0121]

Not for the billionaires who are profiting from it either way it isn't!!!

[@bananaman420]

I got renewable (not just net zero) power for 21c Inc gst at home, so it looks like you're wrong.

[@seymourbutts7348]

Have you considered the costs associated with voting in a Liberal government that works directly for Murdochs interests????? Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@darryl5537]

Thank you Alan Jones. We are all sick of the lies

[@cont7628]

Mate he is the one lying he gets paid thousands of dollars to say this

[@whoarethebrainpigs]

well why would you watch and believe anything this shithead said,,his track record says it all

[@darryl5537]

@@whoarethebrainpigs Educate yourself. just look it up.

[@darryl5537]

@@cont7628 You don't have to agree, just look it up and educate yourself.

[@cont7628]

@@darryl5537 I have educated myself using more than just Sky or Fox news

[@brehpotsirhc]

WE ARE IN A SOCIALIST DOWNWARD SPIRAL, IT'S TOO LATE TO EVEN DISCUSS ANYMORE!! R.I.P. COME LORD JESUS COME NOW‼️❣️‼️

[@dreamusmenus3759]

What in gods name do you think socialism is...

[@mickeyh1961]

@@dreamusmenus3759 slavery

[@dreamusmenus3759]

@@mickeyh1961 Reading these comments has made me decide living on an earth with you all is not worth dealing with the fucking stupidity.

[@naughtyponyracing]

Only millionaires and billionaires can afford this the rest of us are Phuqued

[@collinblack_60103-]

Did you mean phucked!🇦🇺🤠

[@naughtyponyracing]

Tried to make it look French Canadian lol

[@lukeh321]

No youtube, wikipedia is not a credible citation.

[@Erectmygreenhouse]

Yep, every video about climate or C-19 - here's a link to YT's source. I know of researchers who would be sacked if they cited Wiki in their work

[@anthonyhalifax1027]

Why is that?

[@scana1979]

Look up Wikipedia’s ‘climate doctor’ who edited thousands of articles to an alarmist stance.

[@klokoloko2114]

Not all Wikipedia articles are the same quality ! That climate change article from Wiki is high quality and featured, you think KZbin would use it without knowing that. Only 0.1% articles on KZbin are features and page have a star and is locked so nobody can edit it. You clearly generalizing it without knowing facts.

[@klokoloko2114]

@@stewy2909 Try to edit that climate change page, it's locked !

[@blinkybillist]

You know it is all nonsense when all the "experts" keep flying all over the planet on a regular basis when you simply can use things like Zoom. Perhaps Alan Jones can ask that to one of the "experts"

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Maybe Alan could tell everyone why the world's climate is changing.

[@blinkybillist]

@@turnerfamilyinozi I could tell everyone that - the climate has been changing since day dot

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

@@blinkybillist Yes it has. But what is causing the present changes?

[@JIMDEZWAV]

WHY SO SERIOUS _ HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE NEW CLIMATE FRIENDLY CAR ? - IT'S CALLED - THE GRETA - IT RUN'S ON VIRTUE SIGNALLING - HAS AN ENGINE THAT GOES - BLAH BLAH BLAH - WHEN YOU RUN IT - AND A HORN THAT SCREAM'S HOW DARE YOU ! - WHEN YOU PUSH IT 🤪

[@kendaniel8601]

@@turnerfamilyinozi The weather!

[@barryjackson2351]

we are always told do not put your eggs in one basket, renewable is one basket

[@kevt6151]

A basket case!

[@rubygreta1]

Alan is 80. Biden is 78. But in terms of brain power, Alan is 40 and Biden is 99 (apologies to the 99 yo's out there who still have their full faculties).

[@davidcat1455]

Joe Biden is the president of the United States. The most powerful country in the world. Alan Jones is a radio talk show hack. In a backwards sh!t hole that the governor of Florida just compared to Communist China. I know which one is smarter and it ain’t Jones.

[@rubygreta1]

@@davidcat1455 You missed my point (to be expected from a Democratic fan boy). JOE BIDEN IS SENILE. ALLEN JONES HAS ALL HIS MARBLES. GET IT?

[@davidcat1455]

@@rubygreta1 Never voted left-wing in my life. Looks like you missed MY point. There’s about as much evidence that President Biden is senile as there is of voter fraud in the last American presidential election……….None.

[@toby9999]

@@davidcat1455 There was some voter fraud. Unlikely to have been enough to swing an election, nowhere near it, but some.

[@davidcat1455]

@@toby9999 You are probably correct. I used a little bit of hyperbole to refute a jerk who I will bet has never met either Joe Biden or Alan Jones and was basing his statement on his political affiliations rather than facts. What’s really scary is the governor of Florida (who will possibly be the next US president) comparing Australia to China and questioning whether America should be a ally of Australia. If Ron DeSantis becomes president and withdraws military support from Australia then we will become part of the Republic of China. Like it or not. So all these rabid right wing morons who think Republican good Democrat bad better pray that that particular Republican doesn’t get into power. Becoming part of the Republic of China is a pretty high price to pay for” owning the libs.

[@markanderson9772]

Welcome back Alan. We missed you and need your experience.

[@aup10]

So you miss the man arrested for soliciting sex, from other males, in a public toilet! This is not a secret, his arrest is well documented. This is the man you missed?

[@klokoloko2114]

Mark you .. AU people like to blame China for their today high emission but AU with 50 times less people is second coal world producer that export all their coal to china. What a double standards ! *AU* *stop* *your* *export* *of* *coal* *to* *China* !

[@aup10]

@George Mann LOL. It's not a fallacy, or you can't smear a person, when the facts presented are accurate! I also find it pathetic how climate deniers always want to call the other side 'greenies'? So centrists like me can't be concerned about the future of our children? Okay, let's debate climate change and the inconvenient facts the deniers always want to overlook. Firstly, Australia could easily develop its own renewable energy technologies and export them to the world. We live in an enviable location for every possible form of green energy. We could create our own manufacturing capabilities (i.e jobs) and the income and benefits alone would far exceed what coal ever will. Secondly, the deniers always talk about the cost of transitioning to renewable energy. They never factor in the cost of doing nothing? Every time there are hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, fires, floods, or god knows what else, the damage bill from these events amount to billions. Not to mention other possible environmental issues we can't even predict. Remember, we only have one planet, and if we screw it up, we can't just decide to pack up and move to another! Idiots like Alan Jones (cough, cough, and you) won't be around in 10-20 years, so you don't care. If you're are a climate denier, or simply don't care about the consequences, then you are nothing more than a selfish prick.

[@aup10]

@George Mann Wow, you like throwing around figures without context or relevance! Here's a fun fact, renewables can't be too worthless as you are trying to suggest? Most energy providers want to invest in renewables!! Origin and AGL, who make up nearly 50% of Australia's energy supply, both are already transitioning to renewables. This is why AGL is closing its fire-powered coal plants in the near future. These are profit-driven companies, so their actions instantly crush any argument that wind and solar are worthless or not profitable. But as you wanted to point out, the biggest problem for wind and solar at this time is storage capacity and meeting peak demands. But the good news is that battery technology is quickly improving and will eventually overcome these limitations. This is why they call it 'transitioning'. Wind and solar would be supported by other forms of renewable energy such as hydro, ocean, and bioenergy. Let's take Germany as an example. There renewable energy, lead by wind, has almost bypassed fossil energy as its main source of power! Now consider that Germany's landmass is rather small compared to Australia, so we have infinitely more possibilities than them! But once again and more importantly, you simply overlooked the damage we are doing to this planet by continuing to burn fossils. There is no point in having a 'modern civilization' when the planet is uninhabitable. Please go bore other unintelligent people with your nonsense.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

@@aup10 You really need to do some research. AGL and Origin have lost billions in the last two years as a direct result of renewables. Our local commercial solar works was the third largest in Australia when it was commissioned only two years ago, its been sold twice in that time and the value of the company had to be written down. The output was reduced by 18% due to increased cloud cover in the past year, along with the fact that it was struck by lightning and had inverter problems. Who would have imagined, they are not only weather dependent but vulnerable to the elements too. And who in there right mind would sell 99% of their 'predicted' output? Really, no margins? The solar panels on this industrial installation are of the thin film variety, cadmium/tellurium. It was built over two waterways. We live in fear of a severe hailstorm. Fire too has always been a part of the regions, a big one near here in 2017 took out 35 homes and thousands of stock and native animals. Most of the fires start from human carelessness. We had four that required the fire brigade last year, all within five kilometres of the solar works, two started from flicked cigarette butts, one from a fencer doing welding, and one from a camp fire that hadn't been extinguished properly. It's not uncommon for fires to 'start' in solar installations, this solar works is 4 kilometres from our beautiful historic town. The previous owners of our solar installation had a big fire in a commercial solar works in America, much bigger than ours, 30% of the installation was out of action for more than twelve months. I can't help but wonder what additional environmental damage was done there given they were the same type of panels as ours. You bang on about renewables as though they are a good thing. Yet you know absolutely nothing about them. You simply believe the marketing, 'clean, green and cheap.' There is nothing in those three words that is true. Including the existing solar installation, a recently approved 400MW solar works complete with 200MW BESS, added to that a proposed 500MW Solar, 500MW BESS plus 63 wind turbines each at 280 meters in height. The turbines equate to 441MW and also come with 441MW BESS batteries. Also included in the proposal is 11 kilometres of high tension wires. And just so you know these batteries, even though they make the Hornsdale batteries look like miniatures in comparison, are only meant to stabilise the grid. They still could not operate for more than a few hours at best in the times of no wind or sunshine. And during the times of extended still, and cloudy weather, they will not recharge quickly. On top of that they only last around ten years! They are an environmental catastrophe. All of this renewables infrastructure will take up 110 square kilometres of quality agricultural and grazing land, beautiful countryside. A large proportion of it will be bulldozed flat flat and fenced off with high fences, displacing kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, emus and other native animals. The smaller species of native animals can't escape. I don't know why people assume that we have no trees, shrubs and native animals out here. We have two endangered species within these sites, a Long Eared bat and a Barking Owl. But don't worry about them, the developers buy certificates and that makes everything OK. Their homes will potentially still be destroyed and the 63 wind turbines which at 280 metres tall, and taller then most of the skyscrapers in Sydney, might take them out too. But hey, you get your short lived, part time, cheap?? energy. Don't even get me started on the slavery, including child slavery and the environmental devastation that is occurring as a direct result of renewables, batteries and EV's mining and manufacture. You have no idea of what the rapid growth of the global renewables industry is doing to the environment and the people of developing nations! Wake up! We are saving no one. What are you personally sacrificing for your ideology? What are you having to give up? And it's all for nothing. There are no benefits, only destruction. Just so you know, none of the countries who have 'invested'? in renewables have done well out of it. Germany has the most expensive electricity in the world, South Australia and California isn't far behind. The UK and the EU share grids, the EU is pissed off with the UK over Brexit, so they put up the prices of the power the UK purchase from them. Germany calls on the nuclear power from France and gas from Russia, though there's a bit of conflict between those two at the moment. The UK call on France, Spain and other European countries for their energy shortfalls. All of these countries have nuclear power, Australia is the only member of the G20 that doesn't have nuclear energy. We will have no one to call on for energy shortages. Renewables have been around for decades, around the globe, and there are no success stories. The countries most heavily invested in renewables have sent their manufacturing industries to China. That's why China has been let off the hook by the UN in regard to emissions. Emissions haven't been reduced, they've been exported. Emissions have been increasing on a massive scale in China because they manufacture most of the world's renewables. These countries, including us have sold out to the Chinese. We have exported our industrial knowledge and the associated jobs. Our renewables subsidies are going directly to China and to multinational conglomerates, billionaires from around the globe. There is no broad investment, even the Australian content jobs are short term. Our 87MW solar works has one full employee, so they say, supposed to be a security guard. Do some research. I could add so much more to this, but it's supposed to be a comment. Don't believe the marketing or the propaganda.

[@benjamin8011]

Huge opportunity for Australia to build a stable, sufficient and relatively low cost energy supply based on high quality domestic resources.

[@offwiththefairiesforever2373]

Amen

[@hotelierid9029]

Welcome back Alan 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 missed you a lot 😁

[@davidcat1455]

That’s like missing herpes. Or so your wife told me😂😂😂😂

[@DBS6567]

the amount of Co2 in the atmosphere is 0.4%, globally. of that amount , man made Co2 is 3%of that 0.4%, this is bollox, it's making the rich richer, and the poor are paying for it.

[@tombradshaw5164]

0.041%, but it's an irrelevance anyway. CO2 emissions is just being used to frighten people who don't understand atmospheric science (about 99.9999999999% of the world's population).

[@bustertornado5433]

Given that the Permian Extinction (which completely wiped out 80-95% of all species on Earth) was caused by a CO2 level of somewhere from 0.05-0.4%, I would say there's a pretty big reason to worry, especially given that we've gotten to the lower end of that scale in under a century.

[@pampennyworth]

There isn’t a fuel shortage in Britain. Scaremongering media caused the problem. However, we do have a lorry driver shortage.

[@andybateman3924]

I am retired and have held a hgv licence since 1974, which means I have to pass a medical each year. I passed my medical on July 17th and applied to DVLA on the 20th. My hgv licence expired on September 10th and I am still waiting for them to renew it. Though technically I am able to drive trucks as I have applied for renewal the supermarkets won't accept it.

[@pampennyworth]

@@andybateman3924 too many dvla staff still working from home. Is your cpc still in date? That’ll be the next shortage. Not enough instructors. I’ve had my class 1 since 2006. I work for the NHS. Blood Transfusion Service. Great to find a employer that is more than happier to cover the extra costs.

[@James-gj2lo]

It's hard to change energy policy when politicians are invested with the current.

[@AximandTheCursed]

I'd rather we run the current though some of these politicians, personally. Might just clear out the tosh in their heads!

[@2Sherm]

Sure...who wants affordable and reliable energy anyway?

[@2Sherm]

@@marcopolo1134 It's called sarcasm.

[@phase3ute]

Hard to tell all the sheep that they are getting g scammed with figures with coal and renewable energy we are far from a wealthy country and every country that uses newabke energy are much wealthier than us

[@aeroshack]

What on earth has energy shortage got to do with lack of petrol delivery drivers in UK? The UK has plenty of fuel at storage facilities, just not at the pumps.

[@stevencarter7031]

Thank god for you and Mat to be our voice

[@JohnnyPeacock1959]

Boris's forthcoming speech to the Conservative party conference is so predictable.

[@dennism7813]

Thank God for people like Alan Jones and Sky news Australia. So many voices are disappearing. These are the end times and people need to think carefully about how they spend their time. Eyes wide open please.

[@jfin3192]

Canavan for PM! He is sooo sensible! Scomo must not backflip on his stance on emission policy 2019. You wonder what has happened to him, like Boris. I won’t vote for him again if he backflips just for popularity.

[@gordiebrooks]

It’s all about extracting as much money from everyone !!

[@robs2203]

As the human impact on the climate (temperature) is negligible, all the climate management campaign is only about the world industrial and economic restructure.

[@jumboegg5845]

hey Rob I think your rationale is based on the belief that 1 degree warming seems negligible. In fact 1 degree warming represents an absolutely massive increase in the world's temperature. One degree warming has very little to do with the temperature you feel on a day to day basis.

[@robs2203]

@@jumboegg5845 The global warming and cooling of the Earth climate is a cycle spanning many millennia. So does the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, to which entire human activity contributes (as estimated) only below 4%. It is not only that the temperature measurement was inaccurate over the referenced timespan, but the ability of the CO2 layer trapping the heat was also overestimated, and it still cannot be correctly evaluated. This is where the quite a rational opinion of the minuscule impact of humans on the climate comes from. There are many scientific (independent) analyses published on the subject. Cheers.

[@jumboegg5845]

@@robs2203 The current warming is occurring rapidly, not over the millennia. When you understand statistical method, you understand the increase to be real (very small probability of the change being due to error). Having a precise value for the change, beit 0.5 degree C, 1C, 2C, is less important. The most important to understand is that a 1 degree C change is absolutely massive, so any fraction of that is significant. The yearly 4% CO2 you mention, is accumulating, year after year after year. The other yearly 96% was in balance, it is removed from the atmosphere through natural processes. We have also disturbed that balance, so some of it not being removed.

[@robs2203]

@@jumboegg5845 If that is your understanding of the subject, good luck. But I still suggest you to look into some popular science works on the global warming controversies...

[@jumboegg5845]

@@robs2203 The current warming is occurring rapidly, not over millennia. When you understand statistical method, you understand the change is real (very small probability of it being due to error). Whether the change is precisely 0.5C, 1C, or 2Celcius, is not so important, the important thing to recognize is that 1C is an absolutely massive change, so smaller changes are still highly significant. The 4% CO2 you mention, doesn't sound like much but it is accumulating year upon year upon year, slow process over decades. The other 96%CO2 was in balance, it is removed from the atmosphere by natural processes, But we have disturbed that balance, so some of this 96% is also accumulating.

[@timhicks2154]

Burn more coal. Plants need extra CO2.

[@bananaman420]

Would you live near a coal plant?

[@joshsmyth130]

But we are cutting down all the trees. Do you see the problem there.

[@petergouvignon8048]

Climate emergency where??????????

[@Jezballz]

In Greta's empty head:-)

[@JonGetc]

The world is going to end in less than 10 years! Have you not been listening over the last 60 years... Oh wait, WHAT? 🤤😉

[@axle.australian.patriot]

@@JonGetc Oh 😮 What? the world hasn't ended yet... I thought it was over...

[@DJ-yj1vg]

So our population is roughly 0.36% of the world's population (25 / 7000 million) or 1/280. Yep I think we'll make a big difference to the climate...

[@k9-unit-australia275]

I wish i could go back to the 80s. I so miss waking up every day to normality. Normal people, normal behaviour etc. i wake up every day lately with absolutely nothing to look forward too. Lockdowns, lunacy, nut job politicians. I am literally so sick of it. The stuff never ends.

[@ladybug591]

Adsie ----what are you doing about it - sounds like you need to group up and start fighting back. Have a go.

[@simplycrypto1021]

Net Zero means nothing burns. Not even a campfire or a lighter. So stupid.

[@stephenadams2397]

Imagine the irony if COP26 experiences power cuts and have to use diesel generators to keep their conference going.

[@dawnb7457]

Glad you’re back Alan! 😎👍🏻

[@rohjoe1969]

Matt Canavan for PM! A voice of sanity in an ocean of idiocy. What a deadset legend.

[@lynneades4632]

Mr Canavan, we need you across the ditch!

[@coldunn1921]

I'll say this again ,Know This:- There is NONE , that's NO -ONE, in this world who can change the winds. We can adjust our sails and get on with life with our Greed and corruption. Put Up Riccardo Bosi. For PM> with Aussie Cossack and see the change.

[@hernanposnansky4830]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIOUk3ejmLOjl5o You said it

[@nevilletaylor7654]

We need to have an open honest examination of the extent of mankinds contribution to natural cyclical climate change

[@timhicks2154]

Compost the Green Party!

[@seymourbutts7348]

Have you considered the costs to the Australian economy associated with voting in a Liberal government that works directly for Murdochs interests????? Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@timhicks2154]

@@seymourbutts7348 - I agree. I’m not from Australia. But I watch what happens over there with utter bewilderment

[@caincotterill5493]

Doesn’t Kerry know how to Zoom call??🇬🇧👊🏼

[@nathanmillington7328]

Mother Earth is priceless. Shame on those for destroying it for money. Shame

[@timhicks2154]

All about taxes, nothing else.

[@seymourbutts7348]

If you knew the cost of voting in the Liberals you would never do it. Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@blusymmonds630]

The stupidity of this is that we will raise prices for power in Australia, which will send more of our industry to china where they will have to build more coal fired power stations to power it. Even if we slash emissions it will not reduce the emissions

[@ladybug591]

It's not about fake Emissions of nothing harmful - so why even think in such terms. Empty talk, empty meaningless phrases - that's what we argue about now. When you stop talking with any respect for these fake emissions then you will have an argument. It's about the destruction of our culture, the killing off of so called non-essential people, non-essential jobs, non-essential humans - that's what these elites want. They want only enough people on this earth to serve them. We are too dangerous in large masses for them to control - they blatantly wish to cull our numbers. Wake up. They use the idiotic sheep-like people who go on about saving the earth from emissions to bring about our own destruction. We need better arguments than to go along with their propaganda! Stop these lunatics from destroying our power supply - that's what the subject is all about if you are a sane person. Use the power they are most afraid of and that is mass uprisings. Talk is cheap, the arguments are weak and they are winning if we keep letting these totalitarians continue to suppress everything we do and think. Regards.

[@seymourbutts7348]

Have you considered the costs to the Australian economy associated with voting in a Liberal government that works directly for Murdochs interests????? Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@mathewthompson8878]

NEVER GOING GET ZERO EMISSIONS I BE MORE WORRY ABOUT THE SUN THAN ANYTHING ELSE

[@danjoseph7515]

Not a surprising statement at all coming from Maurice Strong, the principal architect of the green movement.,......for Big Oil!

[@darrylrowe8193]

Unfortunately you have the Bull by the tail!! Strong's IPCC, Global Warming Fear Charade was never ever about Science and all about giving their United Nations New World Order momentum for the 21st Century, Maurice Strong's IPCC, 800page UNFCCC Agenda21, behind Strong's 1988 IPCC Global Warming Fear Charade, Signed by Paul Keating in 1992, the United Nations extension of their 1975 Lima Declaration Voted FOR by Senator Don Willesee!! Ratified by Senator John Button in 1986, Committed all Industrialized Countries to at least a 25% Reduction in Industry by the year 2000, to developing Countries!! Agenda21 has since been reprinted as the UNIPCC Sustainable Development Agenda21,laws, policies and bans, deceitfully sabotaging our countries Industry, Economy and Free-enterprise!! Ratified by Rudd in 2007 as the united Nations 1997 Kyoto Protocol!! Rarified by Turnbull again in 2015 as the Paris Accord!! These Charlatans know, It is Scientifically Proven Impossible for CO2 or the Greenhouse Effect to Cause Global Warming!!!!!!!!!

[@hendo4984]

Australians are getting screwed from behind and the Gov has got us worried about zero emissions. Whats next to worry about? What about all of the people that are now homeless due to lock downs to start with.

[@algernoncalydon3430]

How these alternative energy things really work. When Obama threw money out there to stimulate the economy the local school district applied for some of that money. They got a grant for a biomass heating system. They had it installed and it worked. It didn't save money as intended, but it did actually work, which was highly unusual for anything in the district where failure was the standard. So the district decided it wanted to be the First in the Nation to heat and power a school with biomass. They spent over $700,000 to make a jill-poked steam system to power the school. Theoretically this system would replace $250,000 in fuel oil to heat the school and offset $200,000 in electricity which came from diesel powered generators from the power company. It took two years to fix the problems and then it only produced $25,000 worth of electricity. Now it produces $20,000 and displaces $200,000 in heat. What is spent on this money saving biomass? No one knew for over ten years because the district kept the budget secret, even from the person who ran the biomass project. But a few months ago the district didn't check their board report before publishing it, probably because the three people who were supposed to check over the reports were too lazy to bother, so the biomass budget was published for the first time ever. They spend $800,000 a year here in Tok Alaska to fund a biomass that displaces less than $250,000 in costs for electricity and heat. That's how alternative energy is a success, spend $800,000 to replace $220,000.

[@gavinivers8941]

Perhaps Sky News would like to interview Patrick Moore, former CEO of Greenpeace, who says this is all rubbish

[@jackmorgan1677]

Isn't the Murdoch media 'all rubbish'? And is Patrick Moore a scientist, what would he know? Isn't the science 'settled'? Why not listen to 'experts' from The Guardian?

[@danielhartwig6333]

We are all ready a Communist Dictatorship in Australia 🇦🇺, where have you been living since lock down! Major parties and politicians who have any sole need to consider which of the minority parties are going to lead Australia away from the current Communist Dictatorship! Also all who have participated in this communist dictatorship will be held accountable! Our diggers didn’t fight for freedom of this country to allow what has happened and heads must fold and lengthy imprisonments if not executions need to take place.👊🏻👁🇦🇺✝️🙏🏽🔥

[@piotrd.4850]

Especially, if anyone understood anything about climate, and knew that NET-zero emissions don't give us ANYTHING in terms of tackling global warming (not some 'climate change').

[@dugundug1336]

if politicians are so energy brilliant , why haven't they invented a way to burn coal without any emmissions? or give a billion $ prize for someone to think a way to convert coal directly into heat without smoke.

[@HelloThere0414]

Yes, "Heat with, No smoke"!!!

[@spooderdoggy]

In America we have one experimental coal plant that catches all its emissions. It’s emissions free. You know what? The Federal government never allowed it to go commercial because greedy politicians along with corporate allies did not want to go this route. So, they shut it down and there it sits. See, anything is possible if you want to see it through.🤔🇺🇸

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

@@spooderdoggy Nobody is interested in providing actual solutions. Why do you think they created this fake problem in the first place?

[@dugundug1336]

@@spooderdoggy we need to convert politicians into heat and stop them from blowing smoke and mirrors

[@spooderdoggy]

@@dugundug1336 🔥🤣🤣👍🏻

[@Blacklab99]

It’s no surprise that Australia in nervous about the outlawing of coal, since it’s crucial to its economy. Only time will tell who’s right on the subject. Staying away from this conference is a form of cowardice. He should be there, if only to convince the rest of the world they are wrong.

[@jackmorgan1677]

Hahaha! Convince the rest of the world they're wrong! Hahaha! They're all indoctrinated zealots and 'believers', hopelessly lost in their own dogma and propaganda.

[@navret1707]

This is all about redistribution of wealth. Government policy - whatever the problem, to fix it just throw money at it. A. LOT. OF. MONEY.

[@paperclip612]

Very comfortable living to be made for those on the Climate Change MYTH AND DELUSION bandwagon.

[@bobsteel1981]

I will say that the UK's food / fuel issues are not because of the climate crazies: the fuel is due to a lack of drivers causing a couple of dozen of our thousands of petrol stations to be short and the media whipping people into a fear frenzy, and there isn't a food shortage - just some products are unavailable due mainly to the lack of delivery drivers, though some of it is due to the general freight issues. The main reason for the lack of drivers in both cases is because a lot left the country rather than be locked down, and there is a massive backlog of approving / testing new drivers due to the lockdowns. In other words this is entirely an issue caused by an overzealous response to the pandemic.

[@dapto8876]

I thought we installed smart meters so we could turn off power to those who want to cripple our society.

[@jennypiper377]

RSVP DO YOU OR YOUR STAFF EVER BOTHER????????????????????????DEFENCE NDIA NDIS HAD TO DO IT MYSELF????THANKS FOR IGNORING US?

[@anthonymorris5084]

Look outside your window right now. That's what 100 years of climate change, and 40 years of climate hysteria actually looks like. Benign and manageable.

[@darrenc8776]

I'm glad here in Britain we have shown you how not to run your country

[@chrisellis1232]

Re UK and food on shelves, this has nothing to do with energy availability and all to do with lack of HGV drivers due to poor treatment and cheap eastern European drivers, please get your facts straight Sly News 😡

[@beagle30]

You are right that it is about HGV drivers but the main problems are 50,000 cancelled HGV driving tests, 40,000drivers retiring and also a 400,000 shortage of drivers in the EU.

[@chrisellis1232]

@@beagle30 spot on Ray, all planned? 🤔

[@Therav1]

8kw of solar and 24Kw of batteries cost me less than electricity will over the next decade, oh and my retailer sells the power I create as renewable energy to customers at 45+ cents a Kw, scammers.

[@jumboegg5845]

You are starting to appreciate the problem Alan. It is well known that net zero emissions means drastic changes. Every aspect of our lives is heavily dependent on fossils fuels. A massive expansion of the world's economy in recent decades has all been done on the back of fossil fuels. We now need to make drastic changes, because we failed to start the transition several decades ago, in a slow orderly rational manner. Maybe all of the modelling is a bit inaccurate, and we still have a good 100 years or so to make the transition. That would be great but is very wishful thinking. There is no denying, the world's environment is finite, we are making an impact, and something has to be done. It is argued that Australia's contribution to the problem has been relatively small. But what options do we have? Do very little and let the rest of the world fix the problem "they" created? Australia is 13th largest economy in the world, we have become very wealthy on the back of the world's economy, and we have a duty to be part of the solution. Alternatively, we could isolate from the rest of world, become relatively self-sufficient, and watch what happens from a distance. That scenario would suit my lifestyle, but it still means major changes in the way we live in Australia.

[@brettweary8491]

Absolutely Guys

[@timifumi46brown91]

ill be voting for coal and clean green nuclear power to keeping australia safe , green and jobs and while keeping the lights on..

[@dansmith2863]

The best way to lower carbon emissions is to go nucular, and if the majority of cars does go electric then we need to burn more fossil fules to produce the electricity for the cars. The amount of energy needed for millions of cars is massive and cannot work with our current electricity supply. Nucular is the middle step needed because current renewable energy and storage of that unreliable energy is not sustainable.

[@lindacovington8246]

2¢ SOLAR & WIND A JOKE 🤣

[@barryjackson2351]

if the whole earth went nuclear power 50yrs ago we woudnot be in this mess now

[@mootamoonta261]

In my opinion I find Sky News Australia much better than Sky News UK.

[@MrJohndl]

Matt whould be PM...forever.

[@richard8181]

Matt Canavan for PM

[@zympf]

Earth is cooling .. refer to the NOAA satellite data

[@beagle30]

Frost affecting the Brazilian coffee harvest now blamed by the GUARDIAN as climate chaos, they can't bring themselves to blame cold weather.

[@zympf]

@@beagle30 Guardian = leftist rag

[@ryanjosephlock]

What happened to sky's/newscorp's new position on climate change as touted in the media inquiry? Seems to have only lasted about a week.

[@ghostofdre]

Their policy is to appeal to the lowest common denominator, fortunately their base is shrinking. Hopefully more peiple are trlurning to independent media sources making Murdoch less relevant. Australia should never have gotten rid of cross media ownership regulations. The cost of not going net 0 will result in a society very different to as we know it today within the next 100 years, that's the harsh reality of the future. The challenge of net 0 is developing solutions to problems, we can develop solutions and it presents a massive potential of wealth for those individuals and companies that can deliver, that's capitalism not communism. Stop living in the past and start looking to the future, we don't need to bury our heads in the sand, we can reach net 0 and we can propsper and devleop new industries in the process.

[@adzboy88]

@@ghostofdre Foxtel viewers have doubled in last 12 months.

[@quickaccessdeliverynsw5400]

Go Allan, keep up the good work and insight, love it and reality.

[@nitrofreakmanho]

What do you think the CV Passports are actually for people?? You will be tracked, and your energy consumption will be controlled via these passports. Cash will be gone, and you’ll only be paid with energy credits, which will be barely enough to sustain your life( all based on the algorithms that are tracking you and your consumption, which will be forcefully shrunken down by big brother ) #ResistTyranny

[@kathyguinn4567]

Nobody can change the weather except the heavenly father above. People ask the good Lord help and believe and it should be done.

[@davidjma7226]

Didn't NZ just conduct modelling Net Zero and find that it rooted their GDP by 17%?

[@parabot2]

This all ties in with the id card , Social credit score , you will have carbon allowence's ( It's a massive deal , they will steal your freedoms and your children's ) You wait and see .

[@SilentButDudley]

Literally, the only feasible solution to reduce greenhouse gases available to us right now is nuclear power, but the same politicians against oil and natural gases are vehemently against nuclear power.

[@petermathieson5692]

Canavan = common sense.

[@geoffreyreeks2422]

This politician is typical of the Liberal Party politicians in that they say that they are against socialism, they say that they are for small government, they say that they are for small business, they say that they are for free enterprise and YET THEY DO THE OPPOSITE. The Liberal Party does more socialist things than does the Labor Party. That is why I left the Liberal Party and joined the United Australia Party. Regards, Geoff. Reeks

[@bulldogwings54]

These monsters are arrogant! They don't even try to hide their agenda. They just tell everyone what they are going to do with ipunity.

[@davidspafford940]

A rather biased view of UK Wind Energy - yes its vulnerable to a low wind period but for Autumn thru Winter to Spring it's producing 10GW+ (10.49GW at this moment - 34% of demand). The more it gets built out the more diversified and resilient the supply. Adding in more Solar + Battery Storage to cover low wind-periods and Nuclear to supply the baseload and we have a long term solution. Australia has enormous potential for solar and wind many times the UK's potential and with a good geographic spread + batteries & Nuclear a great long-term solution!

[@chairmandan1794]

Matt don't follow ScoMo down the rabbit hole!

[@nevilletaylor7654]

Climate Emergency? Like a Pandemic Emergency?

[@jasonb3935]

If austraila gone net 0 but india and china does not help one bit

[@Generizzy]

Soon as I clicked on this video, an ad on climate change from Oxfam played. When will they ever learn the world is not dumb.

[@alantaylor6844]

I,m 71, live in England and I,m sick and tired of the minority of minorities being given the air time to tell us all that "the end is nigh" . The energy problems have been exasperated by the destruction of the mining industry back in the 80ts by the then Conservative prime minister Maggie Thatcher for political reasons!!!. . Surely scientists by now could have found ways of burning coal with less harmful emissions, and these huge wind turbines being erected at an obscene and insane rate to generate power are as I understand it, being subsidised by the taxpayers, cannot be used if it's too windy and obviously don't work if there's no wind, and have a shelf life of 25 years.... What a futuristic joke.

[@anthonymorris5084]

Don't forget the unprecedented plant and animal habitat destruction that's about to take place when they begin to bulldoze every single jungle, forest, desert and farmland to lay hectares of solar panels.

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

Well here we are 8 months later, freezing, electricity and gas and petrol through the roof and still climbing. Have we learned anything?

[@TCM215]

I think too many people have realised it's bullshit

[@seymourbutts7348]

No, sky news is bs propaganda- FACT Have you considered the costs to the Australian economy associated with voting in a Liberal government that works directly for Murdochs interests????? Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@fringedweller5425]

Net zero carbon is easy with net zero population

[@terrymcintyre5739]

That’s the plan Georgia Guidestones God has a better plan

[@roberthenry3685]

why would they want to transfer wealth if not to use against the people and the australian police are taking to this new brutality like a duck to water

[@ronfesta771]

Me thinketh are you sure this guys a., politician because he seems to be talking too much.......common sense!@!?😝🤪😜😎

[@davidcruse6589]

When this shit fails all involved should be held accountable politicians scientist and corporates who have taken tax payers money under false pretences and jailed for life and stripped of all their assets

[@johnadams3730]

Germany as lots of coal fired power stations and it gets its coal by open cast mining.

[@kabbalisticteddy]

I like that a lot. In case I heard it right... TALK AS EVERYBODY TALKS. DO AS YOU PLEASE, IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY. That's probably not what the gentleman wanted to say. But that's my view.

[@jeancarbone209]

If a little crazy is good, then a lot of crazy must be better. Insanity is clearly the goal of these politicians.

[@clintclintonforshortbonser736]

Same as the voice. Don't know what it will cost, don't buy it.

[@1lorijb]

And they all know it won't change the climate or our weather only chang's were the wealth go's. And just think of all the trees and plant that have to cleared to put more turbines and solar up.

[@bonnielavalle6557]

God promised that all four seasons will be working until the END DAY. God is in CHARGE of the climate, NOT a government! I believe GOD not the govt. Do you?

[@joshsmyth130]

Canavan is another one who needs to take a long walk off a short pier.

[@instrumentalplay8098]

What's good of money if you're dead

[@kresimirkocijancic1008]

Michael Moore *** PLANET OF THE HUMANS *** EXPLAINS IT ALL. ! !!!

[@seymourbutts7348]

Have you considered the costs to the Australian economy associated with voting in a Liberal government that works directly for Murdochs interests????? Google- Australian GDP per capita to clearly see when Murdochs lapdogs started to govern for Murdochs interests. How is it possible that we've had a LNP government, since 2013 that has added $427 billion to the national debt all while reducing the Australian GDP per capita from $68,150 in 2013 to $52,825 in 2020. (Pre pandemic) Yet we kicked out a government that increased the Australian GDP per capita from $40,960 in 2007 to a record highs of $68,150 in 2013 at the expense of only $199 Billion in comparison. Important note-most of that debt was used as quantitative easing to counter the effects of the GFC with great economic success. Why?? Why is there no non stop headlines about the state of the Australian economy anymore from the Murdoch press. Could it just so be that in 2013, we voted out a government that was working in the interests of the middle class and voted in a government that is solely working for the interests of Rupert Murdoch. Could it just so be that in 2013, Murdoch created the biggest fear campaign in Australias political history because the ALP government at the time proposed a super profits tax on profits over 200 million. These devastating results could not of come about without very effective propaganda that makes the middle class citizens vote outside their own interests and into Murdochs. The economic crisis that we are seeing now is 10 times as bad as the economic success we enjoyed in 2013 but because Murdoch has his lap dogs in power and he's super profits are untouched he is never going to let his viewers know the truth. He wants he's personal LNP lapdogs in power even if it means the total destruction of the Australian middle class.

[@Larry-Livermore]

Why don't you make it 200%? That's a lot better that 100%.

[@politicz1973]

Note that Alan Jones was saying nothing about this net-zero the other day and taking the News Corp line. All of a sudden he rushes in on the coatails of Andrew Bolt who has been a lion of late.

[@paulwalker9014]

AJ mocks the scare tactics, then proceeds to scare the pants off his followers by crossing to Matt Canavan. Comedy gold.