If you weren’t yet convinced that cost is the new battleground in the push to extend the life of fossil fuel use in developed nations, Australia included, here is the latest line of attack from Nationals leader David Littleproud – he doesn’t want the UN climate conference being hosted in Australia because of the ‘cost’

This is pure insanity and nothing more than a vanity project for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen,” Mr Littleproud said.
Right now there are Australians struggling to put dinner on the table but Labor would prefer to flit away more than $1 billion on a Conference of the Parties (COP) Summit, just so Labor can grandstand and the Prime Minister can mix with other world leaders.
This should not be at the taxpayers’ expense and as far as I am concerned, if Turkey still wants to host the Summit, they can have it.”

Summits usually receive sponsorships and costs are offset by the investments and yadda yadda.

But the point is that Littleproud doesn’t care about any of that, or even giving facts – he just cares about throwing as much mud into the water as possible. Just as he is trying to do with pushing the bullshit about the energy transition costing $7-9 trillion a year – that was based on a flawed report looking at INVESTMENT does not take into account the returns on investment, was based on modelling that assumed the same level of fossil fuel reliance and doesn’t mention that the cost of business as usual, or doing nothing, is JUST AS HIGH.

It’s the new battleground in the fight to delay the transition and keep reliance on fossil fuels going for as long as possible.