Reposted for Earthweal open link weekend #66. I wrote this in October 2020 in response to the Australian government’s announcement of a “gas lead recovery” from COVID19.
This idea of a gas lead recovery... put your money on a drill bit and watch it sink spinning into the dark earth beneath the dark sea. It augers well. We're spiraling, Australia, into this gassy pit... Back in black, just as they promised.
Out of the Cave 
I can understand your frustration here.
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Thanks. In a recent cryptic crossword I did with my parents, the clue was “MIRCLE” and the answer was “gutless wonder”. 😃. I think this is a great name for many Aussie politicians.
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Clever use of word play and metaphors. Well penned annoyance!
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Thanks. They’re still banging on about gas. Calling it “blue hydrogen” now. 🙄
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When we are all on electric cars I wonder what will happen to the discarded batteries. We never seem to think things through!
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I am sure my husband would have answers for you. I think they’re relatively recyclable.
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Ah, okay!.😊
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It’s bizarre – industry and consumers are turning their backs on these technologies, even the banks are refusing to loan for them… wtf is going on with our politicians…? Oh yeah, donations… The resources sector is our NRA.
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Yeah. It’s depressing. Somebody told me that the gov’t has a massive contract signed for purchase of huge quantities of gas. Signed before Scomo’s “miracle” victory. And they’re too scared to just throw that money away so they keep making up new reasons to need gas.
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It saddens me that these people are seen as representative of Australia.
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Yes. It’s pretty ironic really. I mean technically we’re a democracy. But as I heard on a podcast recently (actually about Britain but just as relevant here), politicians ought to be about people not power.
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I think it says a lot that they crave it so much. Realistically, power should not be so lucrative that anybody would particularly want it. But they queue for it.
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Exactly. It’s a failure of our style of democracy. Or of capitalism?
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yep ultimately we see what capitalism foes to the environment, I think the two are diametrically opposed. As for democracy we have all developed forms of democracy which ultimately are not democratic. I don’t know your system well but I’m sure it must be loaded somehow.
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I don’t know how this is going to end up; it’s certainly a contentious issue 😦
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Yeah. My friend just suggested that as an outlet for my confessed grumpiness (since my cancer diagnosis), I should use the anger to write letter to politicians. It seems like a good idea… even if I never send them.
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it will be good if you sent the letter though 🙂
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Yes. 🙂 We’ll see.
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