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Leading article Australia

King Coal’s reign not over yet

21 July 2018

9:00 AM

21 July 2018

9:00 AM

When it comes to power generation, only two things matter. One, ensuring a sufficient and reliable supply of electricity to power Australia’s homes and wealth-generating businesses. Two, ensuring that the power generated is as cheap as possible.

Everything else is secondary, including the level of carbon emissions. Yet obsessing about reducing those emissions above all else is not only folly, it is national policy.

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