The Australian fossil fuel companies claim that Australia has been tooslow to build more renewable generation and therefore needs todevelop new gas fields.

Why has Australia gone too slowly in building new renewablegeneration? Because the previous government was controlled by globalheating denialists and adopted planet-roaster policies -- whichincluded resisting building renewable generation.

If the government tolerates that as am excuse to allow more gasextraction development, it will lock the country into "solving" theproblem of failure to curb global heating by boosting global heating.

Another way to delay curbing global heating is by spending billionson fantasy solutions that have never been shown to work. For instance, carbon capture and storage. If that reduces what's available for the cheap andeffective solutions, it gives the fossil fuel barons what they want.

How Exxon chases billions in US subsidies for a ‘climate solution’ that helpsit drill more oil.