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Comment on Intergenerational Report 2023: Australian economy built on rent seekers who produce nothing

ChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Another interesting fact is that coal and natural gas production makes up about a third of all the money coming into the Australian economy, yet it wants to claim being “net zero” by 2050. I say no way José!

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Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Given that mining (all mining) has always made up less than 10% of Australia’s GDP, how are you coming up with that ‘about a third’ figure?

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- w2qw@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  He’s talking about exports
  
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  - Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ahh that makes a bit more sense, but still even using those figures, coal is 15% of exports and gas 7.7%. Less than a quarter combined, nowhere near a third.
    
    We absolutely need to wean our economy off coal. I believe we can do it well before 2050.
    
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vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
There won’t be anyone to sell those resources to well before 2050, so we have no choice but to transition.

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- ChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Are you seriously discarding all those underdeveloped and developing countries which will not “hit the target” by 2050? If countries with millions of people they can’t even feed properly need coal or gas to simply keep the lights on, there will be a market and governments will look the other way while exporting hydrocarbons. It is what it is. Also, cobalt mining, look it up. Tragic stuff.
  
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