It seems pretty apparent to any sentient human being, that we canโt go on this way.
Allow me to ask this question:
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐% ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ? ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐% ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ?
Because that is exactly what has happened with electricity.
And that is on top of the other rises in electricity costs over the last 10 years plus.
With electricity soaring 23% in the last 12 months on top of all those previous increases, (๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ) and further considering that it was all due to government policy, driven by Chris Bowen, Iโm predicting several things will happen before the next election.
The one the thing with which I always credit the left, is that they are brutal when it comes to seizing and holding power by any means necessary. The ends justifies the means. Theyโll pivot on a dime.
They donโt hesitate and do exactly what they said they would do until it doesnโt suit anymore. Then pivot.
๐๐ก๐๐ฒโ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐.
๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐+ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ.
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ .
With that said, hereโs my prediction of what will happen before the next election if these rises continue and they will. Thatโs a promise Labor will keep.
1.. When the time is right, Bowen will be shoved aside. Pushed under the bus as it were and characterised as having gone rogue.
2.. The new broom will do one of two things. Totally junk net zero or severely modify the time line to 2050 or similar.
3.. Have a brief and perfunctory inquiry into nuclear which will come up as a positive and then seek to fast track 1, 2 or 3 nuclear power stations dotted across Australia.
Itโs called โ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ. Political reality.
In the opening sentence I wrote that โ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒโ and we wonโt.
The hammer will drop and the brutal politics of the immovable object and the irresistible force will dictate what happens. It always does.
In the meantime, the hapless Liberals who have had every opportunity to junk net zero and take up the nuclear mantle, even before the last election, but continue to dither, wring their hands and bite their lip, will once again ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐.