‘Hard to believe’: Chris Kenny blasts Jim Chalmers for ‘dumbest’ take on nuclear energy

Sky News host Chris Kenny says it is “hard to believe” Jim Chalmers is the Treasurer after his speech about nuclear energy today.
Mr Chalmers slammed the proposal of nuclear into Australia’s energy grid - labelling it the “dumbest policy ever put forward by a major political party”.
“That may have been the dumbest little summary of our energy debate that I have ever heard,” Mr Kenny said.
“He could have been actually describing his own government’s plans to replace our fossil fuel energy system with renewables.”

[@mersinalou7397]

The dumbest thing ever put forward was voting in Labor anywhere .. get rid of them everywhere and forever .. never again

[@actualfacts1055]

Too many dumb arses in Australia unfortunately.

[@TheTramchannel]

Dumbest thing ever is voting for any politician

[@JoyMartin-rk4pm]

@@TheTramchannel Yeah, we always get one whoever we vote for. 🤔

[@briananderson7285]

The problem with voting is the government always gets in.

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Is there a competition between Chalmers & Bowen for Dumb & Dumber.

[@Lounge-ve5mb]

20, 10 years ago I would have said no to Nuclear, but now with the rapid decline of Australia under Labor I will support nuclear 100%

[@moystonadv3651]

and compared to 50 years ago and the advancements that are made since 2000 we are now on generation 3 and coming up to 4 ....they need to discuss and become aware , as ive taken the time to learn more about it, instead of watching the simpsons and basing it on that...all for it

[@maxfish4770]

​@moystonadv3651 was only saying about the Simpson's effect to wife, almost too silly to be true!

[@MarkHines-p8d]

I had the same view. I was against nuclear. Looking at what the renewables are doing to our landscape along with solar panels being constructed on farming land and the arrogance of the government for little consultation during the process, l am now for nuclear.

[@BelloBudo007]

@@MarkHines-p8d Likewise with me. I have Labor to thank for that. Although I do want a serious discussion before we plow ahead, it's looking the case that nuclear is the winner.

[@pwillis1589]

What data shows Australia in rapid decline? The IEA admits that once an energy grid hits 30% renewables (which Australia is already at) nuclear energy is unaffordable. If we had of gone nuclear 20 years ago before renewables then yes it might have worked, but not now.

[@steverogers9507]

Gee he is trying hard to badmouth the LNP policy, knowing well LNP have them by the Gonads. Jim is a full on Fiscal joke.

[@Peter-p5u8t]

Jimbonomics=inflation up and no "cheeepa elekwishhitty"⚡💡

[@PeterHolbrook-k8y]

Chalmers is supposed to be the treasurer. He can't even get that right. What makes him think he's got answers for any other issues?

[@kilburn1313]

@@PeterHolbrook-k8y What makes Bowen the Climate Czar...? I always wondered why they do one portfolio then switch to another, is it any wonder they are confused

[@peterbarnhoorn7879]

Chalmers can't have a civil debate about anything, condescending & arrogant right ! Total FW 😮

[@robinbrown8963]

The epitomy of a smug smartarse, doesn't give a rip about such an important portfolio as Treasurer. This flunker is taking the piss out of real Australian hardworking taxpayers.

[@Want0nS0up]

Arrogance and condescension Labor’s calling card. They don’t have policies and they could not manage a chook raffle.

[@carlososic4783]

chalmers has no idea.

[@aaronmoffatt4771]

And lasts 50-70 years longer than your stupid windmill or solar panels.should call them replacables constantly replacing them

[@Rosa-m5k2e]

Grim Jim is running scared he has just made the dumbest response to a nuclear Australian he made no sense

[@sirstiffpilchard]

Labor are running scared - very scared

[@colleenrichards5662]

And I’m REALLY glad, keep bloody running Labor…🤬

[@maxfish4770]

The propaganda has started turning up in the letter box, local member listing her "achievements" with pictures of Sleazy

[@seanjames3892]

You know your onto something when Labor turn to personal attacks and misinformation propaganda to fear the public to their view. They don’t want a fact based debate because they know they’ll loose and it’ll prove everything they’ve told us since they’ve been in power is a lie

[@danielmaher964]

Yes, that was a forced grin

[@viti8347]

Think of Chalmers every time you open your power bill, pay your mortgage and see your grocery bills go up with inflation.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@roadblock2792 : Be a lot cheaper than all those renewable subsidies and the massive power bills we have now. Look at France, cheapest power in Europe, Finland second. "Nuclear power brings down electricity prices by 75% in Finland."

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@roadblock2792 : Be a lot cheaper than all those renewable subsidies and the massive power bills we have now. Look at France, cheapest power in Europe, Finland second. "Nuclear power brings down electricity prices by 75% in Finland."

[@trentiify]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 You willing to wait 30-40 years for nuclear power in Aus to finally become cheaper per kw than it is now? Small modular nuclear costs around $400 per kW, nuclear costs $240 per kW and renewables cost $140 per kW on average globally. Wake up mate, we don't even have the legislation or the industry anywhere in the country.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@trentiify : France has the cheapest power in Europe. Nuclear power is cheaper than expensive renewables in Germany and the UK. "Nuclear power brings down electricity prices by 75% in Finland."

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@trentiify : "Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 6 took only 39 months for completion." I'll wait the average of 8 years to build a nuclear plant.

[@SteveViljoen-z3v]

If that's the best "treasurer" Australia can offer .... you're SO SCREWED !!!

[@davidcruse6589]

Yes we are

[@colleenrichards5662]

@@davidcruse6589 We SURE ARE…!! 😡😡

[@area51isreal71]

For a moment there I thought Chalmers was talking about his governments decisions.

[@connorduke4619]

You're actually right - he was!

[@YvonneCrean]

Didn't we all?

[@connorduke4619]

It's called psychological projection. Freud would have a field day with the Narcissistic lair in the government front bench.

[@Rod-rx4go]

Go Mr Dutton Australia needs to move forward

[@tonyleeannesmith9762]

Glad Peter Dutton putting forward Nuclear power. Renewable are not sustainable or cheap. If you want net zero emissions and you want energy that is cheap and reliable, Nuclear is the way to go.

[@hannahmondry4678]

It WAS the dumbest summary of that topic. Unbelievable.

[@tonyheron3228]

Unbelievable reply school kid antics

[@floweringpassions7462]

"the dumbest policy ever put forward" apart from Labor's mad "we are going to run an industrial economy" on the vagaries wind and solar

[@gsmall6101]

Chalmers still has his training wheels on and has no clue just like his boss.

[@geoffreykeithbrown945]

quite so my life long labor vote is very shaky

[@lesliewatt9344]

And just to think they have given themselves a pay rise. Total idiots

[@colleenrichards5662]

DISGUSTING MOB…!!! 🤬😡

[@robinbrown8963]

U mean TOTAL THIEVES?

[@janellesmart6332]

Jim Charmers is Talking about Chris Bowen, surely

[@JuneCahill]

Dutton for PM get rid of the useless one we have now and the clueless Bowen neither of them know what they doing fancy charmers talking about anyone being dumb??

[@joycelynbennetts]

Thank you David.

[@espoton]

France has 56 Nuclear Reactors.

[@TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Most still near the border with Germany in Alsace ?

[@espoton]

@@TennesseeHomesteadUSA Don't know where they are. Just aware they are there. 56.

[@floweringpassions7462]

and low CO2 emissions

[@gore1089]

And the most expensive energy in the world

[@lukeclifton4392]

…and Australia supplies France nuclear AND takes back the waste for disposal!!🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@lesblack413]

Well said David!!

[@kitdyer8968]

Well done peter dutton good bold move decisive ill vote for him

[@ionbocse846]

Federal Treasurer…arrogant, considering his own ineptitude

[@jamesaustralian9829]

The more labor say net zero, and renewables, the higher our power bills go.

[@BigFerg-hf6uv]

So Grim Jim and Albonzo are right and the rest of the world is wrong on nuclear. What a clown 🤡 show. I know which way Im voting. Bye Albonzo

[@colleenrichards5662]

AND don’t forget to add ‘Blackout Bowen’ as well..😡😡🤬

[@BigFerg-hf6uv]

@@colleenrichards5662 True I can't believe I forgot that angry little A$$ hat !!

[@Wombat-y7t]

Mr Dutton, about goddamn time.

[@RB-fr6tv]

Well done, Dutton!!

[@scarborough100]

I'll just hold my breath and wait for Albos cheaper electricity NOT. These Labor clowns couldn't run a meat raffle at the local RSL.

[@kymlevi2746]

No to the voice and yes to nuclear.

[@knight2425]

No to Albos lies on both accounts

[@trudiramien4284]

Mr Dutton keep going you are on the right track you have all our family vote dont stop

[@KingsleyThomson-j1w]

Chalmers can talk,,,he is the dumbest treasurer Australia has ever had in the dumbest government government we have ever had he and his cronies have screwed the Australian economy and reputation and security,,,they don't have any credibility!!

[@davannaleah]

Jimbo!.... why don't you just ask Germany about that!..... or France!... just for starters..

[@rob6543]

Well us Australians will talk soon 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👏✅

[@gregbuckenara8063]

Albanese "Fuck Head Fred" and his Muppets can Kiss their Arses Goodbye at the Next Election. And it can't come Quick Enough.

[@patrickdoolan4553]

Trouble is Australia should have built nuclear power 20 years ago.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Chalmers getting very defensive and running scared from the LNP common sense approach.

[@Hardwick989]

Shouldn't he be doing his own job. And the rest of them. They're getting very worried and defensive.

[@petert24turner71]

Atomic generators will cover maybe several square kilometers as coal stations now use. However renewables cover thousands of square Ks and killing good arable farmland. What is the point of cooking dinner when there are no farmers left to produce food.

[@leslieboardman-z5c]

Grim Jim get over it your power plans have cost Australians lots more money and black out Bowen what a waste Labor party has to go

[@PhilipRanson-d5t]

We have been waiting for this moment,an opposition party that works together will soon be the next government.Can barely wait.

[@actualfacts1055]

Why stuff around with solar, wind, batteries, gas and more transmission when you can build nuclear on existing coal power station sites ??????????

[@brucejay1409]

Labor ranting about being fiscally irresponsible....$450 m chucked down the drain on the Voice fiasco and the same amount again pissed up against the wall with a private jet for Fudd😂😂😂

[@mattk-kf9fx]

The dumbest thing to do would to stay on the current labor energy trajectory. Wow finally someone to take the country on the right path with an actual plan..

[@anthonywilson8998]

Have thesepeople looked into the cost and problems with battery backup for the avoidance of blackouts. Intermittence is not acceptable especially if you. Get rid of petrol.diesel,gas, oil. Stoppages would destroy every service in the country. Base load security is impossible without constant supplies like gas or nuclear.

[@PaulRiley-ev9it]

key mistake is thinking that the transformation is a 10 year problem. Its a 20-30-50+ year programme to get to net-zero. Even then the replacement of materials from hydrocarbons must be addressed, together with steel, cement & aluminum manufacture. The renewable life cycle is typically 20 years, so nuclear can be second wave to replace gas too. Unavoidable as wind/solar cannot supply 24/7 power requirements, and batteries are not practical at the huge scale required. Finally there is no integrated planning across Eastern States Governments, power Companies and Federal Government.

[@johngeier8692]

Net Zero is prohibitively costly, impractical and totally unnecessary. It is based upon ridiculous popular delusions.

[@gregedelman176]

That was him Spin doctor Jim he is full of it just like Albo lies broken promises how can we trust him lost all respect and credibility when his lips are moving he is lying

[@Rod-rx4go]

Well Jim you would know all about dumb

[@briancurtin1216]

The dumbest thing ever put forward is believing and voting for Labor.

[@joeburgio2216]

We need new ideas and a leader not leader who's got no balls to standup for australia.

[@garyjones4001]

The problem with renewables you never stop renewing them I think they are best used on houses

[@jennymills3147]

Ill be interested to see the next round of federal opinion polls. Go, peter dutton 😊

[@YvonneCrean]

This will carry on with Labor daily

[@davidcruse6589]

Was he confused and talking about renewables Because it sounded actually like whats happening with renewables are doing Not nuclar power

[@christinecavanagh5906]

Omg! This govt is such an embarrassment 😳

[@Peter-p5u8t]

I thought Jimbo would have at least a modicum of understanding of energy supplies, but alas, i was quickly proven wrong 🤔😂buffon bowen & jimbo are a pair of 🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vernonwhite4660]

Chalmers cannot manage inflation & Treasury doubt he has a clue on Nuclear😅

[@NeutronStar-r7r]

1 kg of coal runs a washing machine from 6 hours. Available 24/7 1 kg of oil runs a washing machine for 9 hours. Available 24/7 1 kg of renewables runs a washing machine for less than 1 hour. Available only when the wind is blowing and the sun is shinning. Nominally 30% of the time in Australia. 1 kg of Uranium runs a washing machine for 2000 years. Available 24/7. WARNING - The washing machine may not last 2000 years. I wonder which energy source makes sense.

[@rodwat1]

Vote the ALP out of office

[@conradpoppert1598]

This came out off mouth which just got 3 pay increases

[@LizVENVILLE-ti8mp]

What politicians have invested in solar and wind farms, this is the true area of contention. I want a royal commission regarding this as it is a conflict of interest

[@mikefitzpatrick6618]

How does chambers account for our rising power prices with his policies

[@evil17]

Easy, it is always the oppositions fault.

[@marktanska6331]

Libs have made a start, now we need to get rid of "net zero" and then we are talking.

[@gregbuckenara8063]

To All Climate Change Activists. Climate Change is Just a Fantasy. A Figment of the Imagination. So Wake Up and come back to the REAL WORLD.

[@verosso2788]

The gaggle of activist sphincters currently running this beautiful country will always argue against nuclear as they could never admit to being so very wrong about their successful campaign to ban nuclear in Australia 25-30 years ago. These inflated ego's are the same reason we cant have (and always avoid) any sensible conversations about energy in Australia.

[@joelwilliam6216]

The arrogance is repetitive, but still so unbelievable!

[@Wombat-y7t]

well, Mr Littleproud may have just redeemed himself…..

What a goose!

[@lonnie224]

I want electricity & food so I will vote for nuclear.

[@haych2489]

Ol’ Grim should stick to worrying about how to reduce our power bill by $275 before spouting more misinformation/disinformation

[@mikefitzpatrick6618]

Very little of the renewable power is put into the power grid that we use

[@sweetpea7715]

What Labor is saying makes me think the opposition is the way to go.

[@martino2794]

Sweden has a population of 10M and has 3 nuclear power plants supplying 30% of their energy

[@johnmcleod6571]

And sell it to their neibours @

[@patrickdoolan4553]

Queensland LNP grow a backbone.

[@YvonneCrean]

Yes he should have held his tongue

[@lesbrown1710]

Peter Dutton has the ALP in a dilemma.

[@rickman2267]

Chalmers has no idea, vote him out

[@milosradovanovic5280]

I do totally agree with David, definitely 🌎🐖💯🤗🇦🇺👍🇺🇸❤️

[@lynettemahoney1710]

The people will decide in the next election if nuclear is a dumb idea

[@patrickdoolan4553]

Wind and solar is a milking cow for the rich , wind and solar will make Australia beholding to the rich to line their pockets.

[@YvonneCrean]

Yep

[@graememcdonald5121]

Chalmers will not be around much longer so he’s irrelevant

[@olddog-fv2ox]

Finally, some common sense. Finland just brought a new nuke generator online, and the price of electricity crashed

[@politenessman3901]

$8.5 Billion a nuke plant (CSIRO costing). or $1.5 TRILLION for the ALPs net zero plan to the end of the decade, a further $8 Trillion out to 2060 (Uni Melb, Uni Qld and Princeton costing). $1.5 Trillion will get you 176 nuke plants, that run 24/7. We need less than 10 nuke plants

[@StephenWard-cs4ft]

Who wrote that speech, he really didn't understand what he was saying.

[@YvonneCrean]

Quick un-thought of rant

[@RumperTumskin]

IMO the worst economic/ideological policy has been gifting land and resources from the public domain to groups of "first nations" individuals

[@martino2794]

Britain has 5 nuclear power plants with more presently under construction

[@garyjones4001]

Charmers is qualified for nothing sounds like he was talking about labour's policy's

[@garyjones4001]

Let's move Australia in to the real world make Australia great again

[@origprankster]

Labor's Voice vs Coalition's Nuclear Energy .. which policy means generational change? 🤔

[@TheRoswellCode]

Who wrote that spiel for Jim? :)

[@Chrisbryant-q1j]

Paid 630 in two years a primary child could right better

[@robinbrown8963]

The same speech writer SHITTER SHORTEN overpays for BS.

[@YvonneCrean]

God only knows

[@mckenziehellenann]

Probably one of the 11 media consultants on the payroll or maybe the speech writer recently employed by Bill Shorten for $650,000 a year !!

[@charles8425]

This is the greatest proposal from an Australian political party in my lifetime

[@lydia3098]

This week, i haven't been able to rely on the weather to dry my washing, let alone generate renewable electricity. The sun hasn't been hot enough and barely a puff of wind.

[@thinking4902]

What the hell was Jim talking about, what a lot of nonsense, and he is in charge of our money!

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

FFS. It is not Nucular, it's "Nuclear".

[@MichaelNorris-lp3ki]

Homer Simpson 😅

[@marcusrwalker]

Net 0 means, another 0 at the end of your bill.

[@rJBowker007]

Oh boy, those comments from Chalmers wont age well….

[@EmceeFuzz]

Look. Fools mix with fools.

[@garrygraham]

I am a semi-retired teacher. I would be prepared to move to any of those 7 towns and keep teaching if they take up the opportunity to lead Australia out of the darkness with a nuclear power station. Rather than not wanting it in my own backyard like the greens/teals, I would be proud to contribute to a town smart enough to take up this wonderful opportunity.

[@BobHawkeREAL]

Vote LNP Don't be like the ALP voters here 😊 Who would ever want to be so low? 😎

[@Peter-p5u8t]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bellongia1]

Just spent three months in VIC, I think there were three days of sunshine.

[@davidjohn8589]

The dumbest thing is Jim Chalmers opening his mouth and talking

[@the10rev]

David Littleproud is an impressive leader. He is measured, sensible and respectful. Such a stark contrast between the shrill scaremongering of Chalmers, Bowen and co, who DO NOT offer anything else but immature "the sky will fall" rhetoric with no factual evidence to the contrary. I reckon Littleproud and Dutton have astutely read the electorate and have offered an alternative way forward by insisting that nuclear options should be part of a sensible, MATURE, discussion. Keep it coming.

[@mckenziehellenann]

He's a very good speaker..😊