Comments on: Big polluters demand billion-dollar ‘ransom’ http://www.sustainableenergyblog.org/posts/2008/03/18/big-polluters-demand-billion-dollar-ransom/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JeremyC http://www.sustainableenergyblog.org/posts/2008/03/18/big-polluters-demand-billion-dollar-ransom/comment-page-1/#comment-162 JeremyC Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:04:13 +0000 http://www.sustainableenergyblog.org/posts/2008/03/18/big-polluters-demand-billion-dollar-ransom/#comment-162 The coal electricity generating industry keeps threatening that the lights will go out as well so why isn't the AFP investigating them wrt to statements that could be defined as terrorism related. After all whats-his-name Haneef never made any similar statements, innocently lent his sim card to his cousing and was run out of Australia. Why the double standards? Should these guys hold Australia to ransom. Fortunately garnaut is talking a lot about vested interests. If he keeps doing that perhaps they will stop their special pleading. In thiswhole debate about the generating industry and garnaut's suggestions for an ETS no one is commentating about energy efficiency. Could this be introduced using the water industry as an analogue i.e. everyone in Australia accepts that we need to be more efficient with water (well, except perhaps the IPA, Gerard henderson and Patrick Duffy) so why not with electricity. It will improve Australia's competitiveness anyway. The coal electricity generating industry keeps threatening that the lights will go out as well so why isn’t the AFP investigating them wrt to statements that could be defined as terrorism related. After all whats-his-name Haneef never made any similar statements, innocently lent his sim card to his cousing and was run out of Australia. Why the double standards? Should these guys hold Australia to ransom. Fortunately garnaut is talking a lot about vested interests. If he keeps doing that perhaps they will stop their special pleading.

In thiswhole debate about the generating industry and garnaut’s suggestions for an ETS no one is commentating about energy efficiency. Could this be introduced using the water industry as an analogue i.e. everyone in Australia accepts that we need to be more efficient with water (well, except perhaps the IPA, Gerard henderson and Patrick Duffy) so why not with electricity. It will improve Australia’s competitiveness anyway.

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