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You can politically thank The Greens for no nuclear power plants in Australia (apart from Lucas Heights, medical). Ironically, their 100% outright, non negotiable no nuclear policy has pushed heavy carbon emitting coal power plants for the last 30 years until the recent policy shift of winding them down in lieu of solar.
Is this true? Greens sometimes have influence in balance of power, but ultimatly they are a smaller party with limited influence or policy making decisions. Logically that view seems to look at one side of the position only, if they had the power to stop nuclear you'd have to think they also have the power to significantly reduce/replace coal, which hasn't been the case. Generally doesn't seem fair statement to me bu…
Re: Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
#61No. It's not true. The Greens as a party didn't exist when the Australian Labor Party resolved to ban uranium mining and join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Pact in the mid 70's. The various Australian anti-nuclear movements (plural) largely arose and thrived during the late 70s and 80s. Public opposition to nuclear energy started to wane in the 2000s, accelerated by concerns relating to climate change.