Ditching "Net Zero" as a policy

has been a long time coming for the present Opposition. It is the right move. People are beginning to realise that it is an unattainable goal under the present Government's "renewables only" policy. It always was but the "climate change...climate change" mantra and the endless talk about both "Net Zero" and "climate change" in the media had (and still has) many people convinced. 

Ditching the policy does not mean doing nothing. It may actually mean doing much more. We may need to do much more but if we are not hamstrung by the "renewables only" idea then more may be done.

I wonder about all this. I wish I had the time and the energy to really fight the big business interests that are the drivers behind the "renewables only" push. I can put my paws to the keyboard of course. There is the occasional letter in the paper. I write here. I talk to people. 

Will people, the people we vote in to parliament, listen to us? I am beginning to doubt that. We are told we live in a democracy, that the "will of the people" is what matters. We are told we can change things with a change of government, that what "the majority" want is what matters. 

I am not sure I believe that any more. We voted against a national "Voice" to parliament in a very expensive referendum. We voted against putting something potentially very powerful and very divisive into the preamble of our Constitution. It was the right thing to do but now a neighbouring state government has gone ahead and done a similar thing at state level. They did not consult the people, just a small group of political agitators. The consequences of their decision are yet to be felt. They have handed a potentially very powerful tool to a small group and it may well, despite protestations to the contrary, end in tears and harm done. 

Now our state government is saying they want to do the same thing. They do not have a mandate to do this. It is an idea that, like "Net Zero", is being driven by a small but powerful lobby with its own agenda.

We are so worried about the effects of social media on children we are banning their use of it. While we are doing this we are allowing the media to tell us that we need a "renewables only" power supply and that a Voice for a minority along with a "multicultural" approach to everything will save our social fabric. 

Is it time to start thinking for ourselves instead?