Chris Bowen and his eco-maniac Labor/Green/Teal mates have just now quietly acquired the official ALP policy weapons needed to mount a serious campaign to kill off Australia’s major sources of energy and foreign income, coal and gas. With gas now acknowledged as the vital element in Australia’s masochistic move out of its cheapest and plentiful energy source – coal – the Bowen blitz on gas puts our economy in jeopardy, our budget outlook in tatters and our Asian allies’ energy security at risk.