Energy minister says Australia’s remoteness means it cannot match European countries yet in producing electricity from renewables
Josh Frydenberg has pointed to South Australia’s intermittent power issues as evidence that the rest of the country is not ready to transition out of fossil fuels, calling the state Australia’s “great experiment”.
The minister for the environment and energy appeared alongside Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the chief executive of Save the Children International and the former prime minister of Denmark, on the Q&A panel on Monday night.
When will we design our energy policy to replace our dependency from fossil fuel? @JoshFrydenberg & @HelleThorning_S respond #QandA pic.twitter.com/Kb47X9U8Z3
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.@HelleThorning_S says we can’t back out of this. We will have a better future if we stop using fossil fuels. @Yunus_Centre agrees #QandA pic.twitter.com/spxUg07AHE
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How can the growing inequity in wealth distribution in the West be addressed? @Yunus_Centre & @HelleThorning_S respond #QandA pic.twitter.com/Gtyw5NGCgr