The Australian’s Adam Creighton says the government is right to get involved in the energy sector, however it’s gone wrong in choosing to “build a gas power station in an area that is filled with coal”. His comments come after the federal government’s recent announcement to build a new power station in the New South Wales Hunter region if the private sector doesn’t step up and bring forward a plan to replace the Liddell coal-fired power station over the next seven months.
"We’ve got the situation where there are three large players and they all cheer on higher prices, they don’t want more supply, so I think the government does have to get involved,” Mr Creighton told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “Where I think the government’s gone wrong with this, is choosing to build a gas power station in an area that is filled with coal, with some of the richest coal reserves in the world, in the Hunter Valley.
Adam_Creighton He's also a liar and wrong, coal is trash, gas is death, we are all going to fucking die, TheWorldIsOnFire
Adam_Creighton If bullshit was electricity, Victoria’s Fuhrer Adolf Andrews would generate enough power for the entire planet! 🤨
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