Ben Oquist
"Malcolm Turnbull's innovation agenda has never been a comfortable fit
with a dependence on coal. An old industry reliant on digging up black
rocks and burning them under cauldrons for power is surely an industry
ready to be 'disrupted' by photovoltaic, smart-grid and battery
revolutions."
" we have a Prime Minister pursuing a big innovation agenda. However, a Prime Minister on the side of innovation will of course have to be on the side of renewable energy."
This is the first thing that jumped into my head when I heard an LNP leader talk about innovation and I would like to thank Ben Oquist for stating it so eloquently. Innovation in a retrograde direction is not innovation. The future world economy will be sustainable, protecting finite resources and using renewable energy sources. Innovation into technology which uses fossil fuels is a dead end.
We seek a 2C world or 1.5C if you are a low-lying land holder. This can only be achieved if fossil fuel deposits stay in the ground. This government has re-approved the Galilee Basin coal project and continues to allow CSG fracking on prime agricultural land. You can't have it both ways.
Innovation in one direction while deliberately undermining that innovation is oxymoronic and counterproductive.
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