Chris Uhlman’s eloquent unpacking, parsing and studied analysis of key words, phrases and euphemisms of the treasurer is indeed as illuminating as it is disturbing and it seems that we have to start reframing and thinking about this insane pursuit and attachment net zero through the lens of a mass psychological disorder.
Self harm is bad enough but national self harm and deliberate, irreparable damage to our tax base and our very economic stability with malice aforethought by an academic and political elite is treachery writ large.
Their fingers must be prised off the levers before they can do further damage.
Basically what we’re dealing with is an admission by the treasurer, when you tease and pull his words apart, strip them of their pedestrian intent to deceive, that the goal is to totally destroy the tax base of the nation.
We are crossing a red line Australia.
As Einstein noted: “𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭”
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“….Why do so many politicians fail even the most modest of tasks?
Here, let’s descend from the heights of Milton’s poetry to ponder a single prose sentence buried deep in the text of a speech to the National Press Club by Jim Chalmers:
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬.”
This line didn’t attract much media interest at the time, probably because it sounds so bland.
But is it? What could it mean? To measure the true weight of these words, we first need to decode them because they are written to conceal.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 “𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬.
Let’s assume that’s what the Treasurer meant when he used the word resources. For Australia, the fossil fuels that count are coal and liquefied natural gas.
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞.
𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐍𝐆 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 $𝟏𝟔𝟎𝐛𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟒, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 $𝟐𝟖𝐛𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐍𝐆 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐎𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞.
So, seeking the Muse’s aid to illumine what is dark in the Treasurer’s words, let’s recast this sentence as:
“𝐁𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭.”
If the Treasurer had said this, it’s a fair bet his speech would have generated more headlines. The more literary among you might be able to render this statement in blank verse. Feel free to have a crack in the comments section.
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬.”
𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐩 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲.
𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐧𝐨.
The Energy Institute has just released its annual Statistical Review of World Energy, a publication that for more than 70 years – first under BP and now independently – has served as the gold standard in documenting global energy production and consumption across every nation and fuel type.
And what did it show? That in 2024 the world burned more coal, oil and gas than in any previous year, surpassing the record set in 2023. That about 82 per cent of the world’s total primary energy demand was met by fossil fuels. That the rapid growth in wind and solar generation is not replacing hydrocarbons but merely adding to the world’s ever-increasing demand for power.
It also recorded that 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 “𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞.
𝐀𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
𝐒𝐨 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩, 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 “𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐝.
It comes in now neardaily reports of rising electricity prices, business collapse and the evaporation of green hydrogen dreams.
𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝.
A blind poet could tell you that we are on a highway to hell.