Reality Bites By Nick Cater

Reality Bites By Nick Cater

Running out of excuses

The anti-nuclear left cannot be serious about climate change

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Nick Cater
May 22, 2023
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More than 17 years have elapsed since Anthony Albanese gave a keynote speech to the Sydney University Labor Club ruling out nuclear power in the fight against climate change.

Nuclear power was capital-intensive and would take 12-15 years to come online, he argued. Instead, Australia should invest in what he called “the clean and proven alternatives”. “A …

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