Essay by Eric Worrall
Great exploding watermelons! “… Powell doubled down, saying he was not “100% convinced of the human population’s role” in climate change. …”
Queensland environment minister stands by ‘scepticism’ about human-induced climate change
Andrew Powell first said he was not ‘100% convinced’ 12 years ago while holding the portfolio during the Campbell Newman era
Andrew Messenger
Wed 11 Dec 2024 19.31 AEDTQueensland’s environment minister has told parliament he stands by his comments more than a decade ago that he was “a bit sceptical” about human involvement in climate change.
Andrew Powell returned to the environment, tourism, science and innovation portfolio last month, having held it under the former premier Campbell Newman in 2012.
Speaking to ABC radio in June of that year, he acknowledged climate was changing, but said that he “was still to be convinced of the degree to which we are influencing that”.
At a media conference the following day, Powell doubled down, saying he was not “100% convinced of the human population’s role” in climate change.
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During Wednesday’s question time, Greens MP Michael Berkman asked Powell if he “was still a bit sceptical of anthropogenic climate change” 12 years after the comments.
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The environment minister then said “I stand by those comments”.
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Berkman is still genuflecting to the need for reducing emissions, but in my opinion this represents a significant shift. Any senior Aussie politician pushing back against climate madness, even a tentative push back, is an encouraging sign.
The reality is the climate movement has been dead man walking for a while, it died the day their big tech sponsors realised they need an endless supply of cheap energy to remain competitive in the AI age.
The movement might stumble along for a while, some of our more intellectually challenged politicians still haven’t caught on. But within a few years even the slower politicians will catch on that all their green initiatives are withering and dying, that the money hose is now pointing in a new direction.
If you would like to know why AI needs such a crazy amount of energy, and why formerly green big tech companies are being forced to choose between embracing cheap energy or corporate failure, the following article delves into this in detail.
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