MISPLACED IDEOLOGY FUELING ALBANESE'S VENDETTA AGAINST GAS

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has this thing against natural gas. He has a vendetta against it, one which is only tempered by the political reality that he is not a one person government, and that the Labor Party is a broad church of different ideologies, including to do with the issue of "green energy". 

 The strangest part of all is that Albanese is upping the anti a lot more against gas than the much more environmentally polluting coal. Yes, he and Labor were elected on a platform to confirm to internationally sanctioned targets aimed at greatly reducing "greenhouse emissions" which primarily, we're always being told, is the main cause of climate change. 

Which in essence, is fairly legitimate, it's not kook. Every Australian, including Albanese, including every senior member in his cabinet who is on the "anti gas bandwagon", has a right to having a personal opinion about what climate change really is.

Personally I think it has a lot more to do with the destruction of thousands of football fields of rainforest in Brazil and other parts of equatorial earth than it does to do with the household and industrial use of gas in Australia. 

But maybe, and probably, Albanese would disagree with that statement. If his position was specifically aimed at greatly reducing our reliance on coal and he was presenting a pragmatic "mixed energy solution" to meet power supply demands in Australia by promoting the utilisation of all other sources of energy, including renewables and including natural gas, then Albanese could claim to be a visionary. A leader who knows when to be practical, and when to be an idealist. 

As far as Australia's precarious energy crisis is concerned, what we need from Albanese and Labor is a level headed response and sensible policy to match. 

Not an ideologically driven witchhunt against natural gas, like Albanese is engaging in. He is literally demonizing the stuff, while advocating for wind power, as an example, which might I say, thanks to the wind turbines which create it, is responsible for killing a lot of bird life, creating substantial localised electro-magnetic disturbance which impacts on both humans and animals living nearby, and in some instances, has been the cause of much bushland destruction to make way for the turbines. You call that "green energy"? I certainly don't. 

Natural gas, which contrary to popular belief, is not a "fossil fuel", isn't perfect,it creates some pollution, but it won't cause the apocalypse to take place. Multinational gas companies are already retreating from Australia, basically giving the finger to Albanese, and pulling the pin on new exploration. 

As far as gas goes, Australia is fast gaining the reputation as a place to avoid as much as Mozambique. In other words - stay right away, you're not welcome. 

Yes, offshore gas drilling in places such as the Great Australian Bight, the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and of course, the Great Barrier Reef, must forever be banned. "Fracking" in any proximity to aquifers on land should and must be prohibited - everywhere. 

If natural gas can be harnessed in a manner in which there is no risk of contamination to adjoining subterrane and aquifers, then it's alright by me. But Albo might need some convincing.