• ChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.world
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    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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      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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      1 year ago

      There won’t be anyone to sell those resources to well before 2050, so we have no choice but to transition. Thankfully, we have an absurd amount of renewable resources and iron ore and rare earth minerals will still be needed. And we can do a lot of “value added” type work by not just exporting raw materials but at least building part of the final products.