My god, how much harm can one industry-captured think tank do?
The east coast is locked in a perpetual energy crisis in part because the gas cartel-sponsored Grattan Institute recommended no domestic reservation when LNG export terminals opened.
Rather than address the crisis, the VIC government has undertaken the pointless and expensive distraction of forcing households off gas, also recommended by the gas cartel-sponsored Grattan Institute:
Premier Jacinta Allan has been accused of lying and misleading the Victorian public over the future of gas in Victoria after new laws were quietly introduced to the parliament designed to phase out gas in Victorian homes in the future.
Gas advocates have slammed the state government over its gas policy after it was revealed that clauses within the Building Legislation Amendment and Other Matters Bill 2024 would allow the regulator to enact bans on new gas connections in new homes and also ban plumbers from installing new or replacing gas connections in existing homes.
Gas advocates say the state is effectively phasing out gas by stealth and was misleading Victorians after appearing to back gas on Monday.
Bizarrely, Grattan’s own paper shows the endeavour will achieve nothing for climate mitigation, nor will it reduce the gas shortage in any meaningful way.
The reason is Aussie residents’ use of gas is infinitesimal versus industry, power, and the gas cartel:
Gas export cartel member Origin Energy sponsors the Grattan Institute. Its energy analyst is a former Origin executive.
Stop listening to Origin/Grattan gas cartel propaganda!
