Peter Dutton ramps up nuclear power push and claims Labor down ‘renewable rabbit hole’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/07/peter-dutton-ramps-up-nuclear-power-push-and-claims-labor-down-renewable-rabbit-hole

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lordriffington@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 3y (5 replies)

Oh boy, more conversations next time I visit my dad. 😑

Makes me wish I'd never told him my new car is electric. Every time I visit it's a very steep ramp from "How's the car going?" to a 'conversation' about how bad renewable energy really is.

Marsupial@quokk.au · 8 pts · 3y (4 replies)

You can’t just tell him to get fucked?

TheShane@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

This is the way.

Along with flooring the accelerator, and hearing him scream like a little girl.

lordriffington@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Sure, I could do that, but for a number of reasons I choose not to.

Marsupial@quokk.au · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Your loss.

Enjoy being disrespected by someone for the rest of their life.

lordriffington@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y

That's a lot of assumption from very little information.

vividspecter@vlemmy.net · 11 pts · 3y

This tells you everything you need to know about Dutton's position:

Dutton will make the comments on Friday at an event organised by the Institute of Public Affairs, a Liberal-aligned thinktank that has publicly opposed curbs on coal-fired power and has lobbied against the net zero by 2050 policy.

kerr@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y

I swear, if conservative business groups owned renewable energy companies, we’d be net zero now.

TheShane@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Talk about being down a rabbit hole...

Voldemort telling the LNP think-tank (IPA) that nuclear is the natural progression from coal.

I foresee an extended period in Opposition, for these forward-thinkers!

minkshaman@lemmy.perthchat.org · 8 pts · 3y

He’s not wrong about mini-reactors being the next big thing, but he’s disingenuous because he won’t invest in the training, or invest in the infrastructure needed to support it safely.

b1_@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y

Just ignore him - he's a troll. The idea of Dutton overseeing the construction of a nuclear power plant in Australia is a horrifying thought.