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\"clive<\/a>

Thumbs up for Solar? Or not?<\/p><\/div>\n

Well the big solar news this week was provided by a Big Man. Big Clive to be precise. Yes finally the message of sustainability, affordability and keeping the environment for future generations was played out through the mainstream media. More precisely through Big Clive Palmer’s endorsement of his W.A. Senate PUP candidate’s ringing praise for the 20 percent renewable energy target.<\/p>\n

Splattered all over the front pages and on our national broadcaster was the man famous for bloody big holes in the ground, Titanics, grandiose press conferences, collecting mining leases and pouring billions into the formation of his very own lobby group…er political party.<\/p>\n

Great news then that the Man who, with other political parties, will hold the balance of power after July, supports the 20 percent renewable energy target eh readers? More than that but he also considers the current Abbott government review of the RET by a bunch of climate sceptics an expensive waste of time.<\/p>\n

Excited? You betcha (in the words of a famous U.S. stand up comic and part time vice-presidential candidate).<\/p>\n

Perhaps. And there’s definitely a perhaps not.<\/p>\n

You see The Big Man’s a clever politician\/lobbyist who plays political hardball better than Vlad “The Poo” Putin. His sudden conversion on the Road to Damascus (near Perth?) may be influenced by the fact that his Palmer United Party is fighting a rearguard political action against the Greens and others in the re-run of the WA Senate election to be held on April 5.<\/p>\n

As our regular social media contributor Colin Spencer pointed out: With the other minor parties preferencing against PUP, perhaps the move is a calculated effort to appear green, or at least greenish, to entice wavering Green voters away from the fold?<\/p>\n

Then again this may be a touch unfair to Clive. Perhaps the Man With the Bloody Big Holes in the Ground may suddenly have warmed (sorry) to the idea of a 20 percent renewable energy target and genuinely considers the current review (stacked with climate change sceptics) by the Abbott government a terrible waste.<\/p>\n

In which case expect to see The Big Fella on the ABC’s 7.30 Report in a tie-died t-shirt, flared and ripped jeans, sandals and guitar singing “Give PUP a Chance”.<\/p>\n

It is wise to point out here that both the Australian Solar Council and Australian Conservation Foundation have delivered negative assessments of PUP on renewable energy. The agencies cite massive “contradictions” at the heart of the Palmer United Party with regard to renewable energy and will be advising WA voters in a scorecard to be mailed out to voters before the election.<\/p>\n

And with that mental image and series of contradictIons to finish, I call on your comments readers, either on Big Clive’s shenanigans, the 20 percent renewable energy target, the Abbott government’s stacked review or just an general opinion. Make your voice felt either here or over at our Facebook<\/a> or Google Plus <\/a>Pages. Don’t forget our new Pinterest <\/a>social media excursion either!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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