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Ever since the Abbott Government came to power in September 2013 they have done all they can to destroy my country's renewable energy industry because it has been too successful in competing with the coal industry.
In doing so they have made all decent Australians, who want their country to be a respected member of the world's nations, ashamed of their nation.
The Abbott government has made Australia an outstanding example of what a nation should not be in the twenty-first century.
Future generations will look back at Australia and ask, "how could those people have been so short-sighted, so uncaring, so selfish, so stupid, so corrupt, so blind?"
Fortunately, I can say that my state, South Australia, has a much better record than the nation as a whole. It has gone from practically no renewable energy in 2003 to about 35% wind energy and 5% solar in 2015 (45% wind and 26% solar, 71% total renewable energy generation, in the year to 2023/11/09). Another small but very bright spot is the Australian Capital Territory, which has a target of 90% renewable energy by 2020.
How much more could be done in this country with its wonderful wind and solar resources if there was a political will! Instead of leading the world in exactly the wrong direction, we could be setting a wonderful example of ethical behaviour and at the same time have a thriving economy based on leading edge renewable energy industries.
At the time of writing Australia was ranked 57th of 61 countries in a climate change performance index. If our present government has its way we will be 61st.