Great comments from a terrific former PM in 'Herald Sun' on Wednesday 8 September 2021:
FORMER prime minister JOHN Howard has slammed a United Nations call for Australia to phase out coal production, saying he was “cynical” about lectures from international bodies about one of our most valuable export industries.
On Monday, UN climate official Selwin Hart told an audience at an ANU leadership forum that industrialised nations needed to stop using coal by 2030, with the rest of the world to stop by 2040 to avert “a global climate catastrophe.”
However, Mr Howard, speaking on the approaching 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, said “it never ceases to amaze me that people want to destroy one of the most valuable export industries that this country has, which also has the benefits of helping to lift the living standards of still quite underdeveloped countries”.
Speaking about the possibilities of renewables to replace coal, Mr Howard said: “Renewables have become a lot more attractive because of the subsidies that have been provided by requiring people to use them.”
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