Angus Taylor's gas plan is an astoundingly bad idea, on so many levels | Simon Holmes à Court

The federal government’s increasingly desperate and ideological energy market interventions are costing us all

On Tuesday evening as I was streaming BP’s annual energy outlook statement – wherein the oil “supermajor” explained that fossil fuels have likely peaked and energy growth from here on in will be renewables, renewables and more renewables – a news notification popped up on my screen: Australian minister for energy and emissions reduction Angus Taylor demands electricity sector builds new 1,000 MW gas fired power station.

An astoundingly bad idea, on so many levels.

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