The pond is running late today, but when offered the choice between fawning sycophancy and triumphalism in the Pravda style or root canal therapy, inevitably the pond preferred to go to the dentist.
The pond took one look at "Ned" braying in his usual way about the progressive media, and the bouffant one berating Labor, and only saw an ocean of mindless time-wasting.
It didn't get much better down the page ...
The pond decided that, if was going to have its dose of reptile triumphalism for the day, it should go with the official lizard Oz editorialist version ...
Indeed, indeed, suddenly renewables are a source of international fame ... and yet was it only a few days ago that the reptiles blessed us with this celebration of coal?
Why there's a bit of saucy coal-loving denialism to set before the king.
Back to the lizard Oz editorialist, and the triumphalism gets even bigger and grander, the unseemly boasting up to Toad of Toad hall level ...
Of course the Crannster travels perfectly well with beefy Angus and his delusional hope for brown coal, mentioned yesterday, because the reptiles can't let go of their climate science denialism, nor their fear and loathing of renewables, nor their crusading love for dear, sweet innocent coal ...
One last bit of idle boasting by the lizard Oz editorialist ...
Oh go and speak in tongues to imaginary friends ... we know the real game ...
Here's the Terminator speaking in 2018 in parliament ...
I thank Senator Di Natale for that question. Firstly, it is a matter of fact that coal is, and will continue to be, an important energy source for Australia and, indeed, for many countries around the world. What our government supports is effective action on climate change in a way that doesn't gratuitously harm Australian families …
I don't believe that even the Labor Party would be suggesting that we walk away from all coal as an energy source for Australia.
And now back to the nooks and crannies of denialism to get the last bit of the Crannster's rant in favour of coal ...
Luckily the infallible Pope was on hand to infallibly summarise the state of play ..
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Yes, that'd be about right, though the pond hasn't thought of M Hulot in ages ...
And so to a bonus, also culled from the weekend issue, so that the Cranster could make way for the Riddster as a bonus ...
Ah, good old group think, never on view in the lizard Oz, except when all the group thinkers gather around to sup on the kool aid ...
Oh "the so-called 'experts'" are at it again, and a brave, heroic independent scientist is at it again, which is to say that without his input, all will be lost ...
Pardon the pond for thinking that with his invaluable input, all might yet be lost ...
Luckily there was a Rowe to call on for the wrap-up, with more Rowe here, showing the sycophants and the enablers, their team hard at work down coal mine ....
Did someone say triumph?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.crikey.com.au/2021/03/16/oz-readies-aims-backfires-hatchet-job-activist-lawyers/
Terry McCrann? That's a low bar, even for you Dorothy Parker.
ReplyDeleteOh c'mon Merc, McCrann taught Mathias Cormann everything he doesn't know about economics.
DeleteJust out of idle curiousity, do you perhaps recall back in the late 1980s when McCrann had a hissy fit over Kenneth Davidson and flounced out of The Age and back into the welcoming arms of the Melbourne Herald ? Oh, those were exciting days.
There's no bar so low, no gutter so filthy, that the pond won't crawl under or descend into, in order to follow a reptile dedicated to preaching the joys of coal...
DeleteIf you happen to be interested this expands on the Beefy Angus brown coal to hydrogen scam:
ReplyDeletehttps://reneweconomy.com.au/fossil-hydrogen-is-coming-time-to-learn-what-it-will-look-like/
And this is just an interesting reflection on the last big energy transition:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/06/Horse-Dung-Big-Shift/
Oh yeah, the great horse-dung era. Tons and tons of fertiliser, fresh made every day just waiting to be collected and distributed.
DeleteAnd roll on grey, brown, blue, green hydrogen - the 'coal' of an even newer era.
Thinking back a bit, we still had quite a few horse-drawns in my mid-late teenage years: milk and bread deliveries, and even the occasional ice-deliverer (back before refrigerators became the fashion).
DeleteAnd the folks who then got out into the streets with their brooms and buckets and collected up any droppings for spreading on the garden, usually around the bases of trees or spread out on flower beds.
Aah, the ways we were !
The bread delivery lady (seemed like an amazon at the time) used to let us ride on the Clydesdale. If you let him turn the corner he was on the home run to the stables and there would be no stopping him. A brilliant auto drive set up though, she would run into each property and he would just plod along the street.
DeleteIt shows how misleading it can be to look at the whole period of transition. Most takes place in a decade or so but the old tech can be useful enough to linger on in niche applications until all the technical support dries up (farriers, horse troughs etc). Sail is probably another good example - it must have been cheaper on some routes.
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ReplyDeleteSo that Aussie Sprout Matthias Cormann
ReplyDeleteIs the OECD’s brand new foreman
But here in Australia
He’s a climate change failure -
And we’re not even sure if he’s human!
So with a little help from the reptiles, Peter Ridd has turned into an expert in education which clearly qualifies him to go for "a trainwreck like our education system". Oh how terrible for all the Aussie kids to be grievously under-educated, and how public spirited of Ridd to point it out. He's really just a Donnelly "thinkalike" isn't he - both of them egregiously ill-educated and unable to recognise their own failings.
ReplyDeleteBut what he's really on about is: "I have been proposing an Office of Science Review that would audit scientific evidence upon which government policy was based."
Oh yes, that would work a treat, wouldn't it; with Ridd as Commissioner for Scientific Review no doubt. And in the meantime, he's found his true home with the reptiles.
Someone with insider knowledge tells me this was the entire problem with Ridd. He considered that he should be the arbiter of all things in his own area of expertise but should also be free to make criticisms of all other areas without really building a case.
DeleteIt sort of shows through in his scribbling doesn't it.
Personally, I kinda reckon the entire problem with Ridd is Dunning-Kruger: he just really doesn't grasp his own very obvious ineptitude. Not that he's a complete noodlenut, but ...
DeleteAny'ow, now he's found a home amongst a whole alien species** that he can identify with, and they with him. And yes, it shows through in his scribblings just as blatantly as it does in theirs.
** at least I hope it's a species and not just a minor variant breed.