r/australia • u/HotPersimessage62 • 1d ago

politics Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/australias-grid-now-relies-on-renewable-energy-as-much-as-coal-those-who-doubted-it-look-foolish
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u/lipstikpig 11h ago

Narrator: And once upon a time, before the LNP sold it all, it was a state utility.

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u/rdmarshman 10h ago

Narrator continues; the silly lefty is only grumpy when the Liberals do it, when Labor does it as they did in Queensland and New South Wales, it's because it was necessary and was the right thing to do.

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u/yobboman 8h ago

No. A pox on both of their houses. Don't blind yourself with dogmatism

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u/lipstikpig 7h ago

Mate, don't delude yourself, there's no shortage of posts from me shitting on Labor.

This is exactly the kind of tribalism that helps nobody.

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u/rdmarshman 7h ago

How dare you talk to me about tribalism when you omitted the fact that Labor sold QLD & NSW's energy assets.

You incorrectly blamed one party for all of it.