You’ve got to hand it to the Australian government — when they commit to something, they really commit. Even when it’s completely bonkers.
Take Net Zero by 2050. It’s the shiny new goal every government wants to plaster on its press releases to show how virtuous and forward-thinking they are. The problem? For Australia, it’s a painful, self-inflicted wound with zero benefit.
Let’s break this down.
The Costs We’re Copping
1. Skyrocketing Energy Prices
We used to have some of the cheapest power in the world. Now? Power bills are biting everyone, including households, manufacturers, and small businesses. Why? Because we’re ditching cheap, reliable coal and gas for intermittent renewables that need endless subsidies and backups.
2. Grid Instability
Wind and solar might look good on paper, but the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow. Our once-stable grid now lives on the edge. And every blackout or “load-shedding” warning is just another sign we’re powering into chaos.
3. Industry Exodus
Energy-intensive industries — such as aluminium smelting, steel, and fertiliser — are shutting down or relocating overseas. Why run a business here when you can get cheaper, more reliable power elsewhere?
4. Lost Jobs, Lost Communities
As the industry dries up, so do the towns that depend on it. We’re watching generational jobs vanish in places like the Hunter Valley and Gladstone — sacrificed on the altar of climate symbolism.
5. Environmental Own-Goals
Here’s the irony: covering landscapes with wind farms and solar panels is not environmentally friendly. It chews up pristine land, kills wildlife (especially birds and bats), and requires massive new mining operations to extract rare earths and other materials. Where are the greenies when koalas are booted from their trees to make way for a solar farm?
6. Billions in Taxpayer Handouts
Subsidies for renewables, storage schemes, transmission lines to nowhere, hydrogen fantasies… All funded by us, the taxpayers. While China builds more coal plants and laughs at our economic masochism.
The Benefits? Practically Zilch.
Let’s not forget this one crucial fact: Australia accounts for just 1% of global CO₂ emissions.
You could shut the entire country down tomorrow — turn off every power plant, ground every plane, ban every ute — and it wouldn’t make a dent in the climate curve.
China emits more in a week than the United States does in a year. India, the US, and other countries are ramping up their use of fossil fuels. While we sabotage ourselves for feel-good headlines, the rest of the world keeps burning.
And don’t be fooled by the “we’ll lead by example” nonsense. No one’s following us — they’re too busy securing their energy security and lifting living standards.
Virtue Signalling on Steroids
This whole Net Zero push isn’t about outcomes — it’s about optics. It’s about politicians playing to the UN crowd, scoring media points, and pretending to be climate warriors while regular Aussies pay the price.
We’re wrecking our economy, destabilising our grid, kneecapping our industries, and trashing our own environment — all for a goal that won’t change the climate by a single degree.
Madness, pure and simple.
If you want to watch the breakdown that inspired this, check out the video:
Let’s stop the madness and start using a bit of common sense again.
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