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\"Craig<\/p>\n

In the wee hours of this morning, Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly continued his attack on Australians opposed to coal, opining it was a crime against their country.<\/p>\n

Craig Kelly has been at the forefront of the Monash Forum’s<\/a> push to boost coal’s image<\/a> and see new coal-fired power stations built in Australia. The Forum’s hearts and minds campaign kicked off recently with an interesting “coal fact sheet<\/a>” geared to promoting there are a bunch of coal fired power stations being built elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Aside from some rubbery figures and missing the point that just because someone else in engaging in a particular pursuit it doesn’t necessarily mean you should too, it turned out the information on the fact sheet was drawn from a source that also stated coal power capacity is in a squeeze and the global coal fleet will begin to shrink if current trends continue.<\/p>\n

Say what you like about Craig Kelly, but no-one can deny his commitment to his cause – these sorts of revelations are just water off a duck’s back. He rumbles on regardless.<\/p>\n

Early this morning, Mr. Kelly seized on a report published on The Australian<\/a> stating thermal coal exports jumped 20% in terms of value in 2017\/18 and are expected to remain steady for the next year. However, it also said thermal coal exports would ease the following year.<\/p>\n

Still, Mr. Kelly saw this as very good news and proving that thermal coal wasn’t in decline. Furthermore, he said<\/a> anti-coal talk was treasonous.<\/p>\n

“To demonise our nation\u2019s one number export earner – that without we\u2019d be unable to afford our world class hospitals, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged care, etc, etc – is an act of treason.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To oppose the use of an energy source that has wreaked so much havoc on the planet and human health when there are other cleaner and renewables sources available, and for that opposition to be called a crime against your country, is a bit rough. That Australia has been profiting handsomely from being a Typhoid Mary of sorts should provide pause for thought rather than just unabashed pride.<\/p>\n

As chairman of the backbench environment and energy committee, Mr. Kelly should be aware that coal kills – and that’s a fact<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tony Abbott’s Jaw- Dropper<\/h2>\n

Craig Kelly is by no means Robinson Crusoe when it comes to “did he really just say that” comments in relation to coal. Ex-Prime Minister and fellow Monash Forum member Tony Abbott apparently let fly with a ripper last week while being interviewed by Alan Jones.<\/p>\n

As reported by RenewEconomy<\/a>, Mr. Abbott is quoted as stating:<\/p>\n

“We are damaging our economy in an attempt to save the planet in 100 years\u2019 time, and I don\u2019t think our children will thank us if we damage their future in order to make the world a bit colder for our grandchildren.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Where to begin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Early last week we mentioned the Monash Forum was about to launch a hearts and minds campaign to lift the image of coal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coal Power - Monash Forum Fact Sheet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/coal-power-monash.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/coal-power-monash.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/coal-power-monash.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/coal-power-monash.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22192,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/craig-kelly-renewables-coal-mb0622\/","url_meta":{"origin":22624,"position":3},"title":"Craig Kelly On Anti-Renewables, Pro-Coal Warpath (Again)","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Fools, liars, \"eco-zealots\" and \"useful idiots\" - some of the terms Liberal backbencher (and it seems energy expert) Craig Kelly has used in the past few days to describe renewable energy supporters. Any visit to Craig Kelly's Facebook page is always an interesting one and he was quite busy over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Craig Kelly - pro-coal, anti-renewables","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/craig-kelly-renewables.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14973,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kelly-liddell-power-station-mb0205\/","url_meta":{"origin":22624,"position":4},"title":"Craig Kelly: AGL Speaks With Forked Tongue On Liddell Power Station","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly has accused AGL of being deceitful with regard to the Liddell Power Station stoush. Pot, meet kettle? The argy-bargy over the future of the Liddell Power Station is continuing. AGL's CEO publicly states he wants to shut down the coal-fired clunker in 2022, the Turnbull Government\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Craig Kelly - Liddell Power Station","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/liddell-agl-kelly.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/liddell-agl-kelly.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/liddell-agl-kelly.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/liddell-agl-kelly.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20403,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/kelly-liddell-renewables-mb0522\/","url_meta":{"origin":22624,"position":5},"title":"Kelly Compares Replacing Liddell With Renewables To A Dog With Rabies","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NSW Liberal MP Craig Kelly has said replacing Liddell Power Station with solar panels, wind turbines and batteries is \"as dangerous to the economy as rabies is in a dog\". His comment came after rumours of Chinese company Shandong Ruyi eyeing AGL's clapped-out, coal-fired, emissions-belching Liddell Power Station, which AGL\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Craig Kelly and Liddell Power Station","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/craig-kelly-liddell.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22624"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22631,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624\/revisions\/22631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}