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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh boy, more conversations next time I visit my dad. 😑

Makes me wish I'd never told him my new car is electric. Every time I visit it's a very steep ramp from "How's the car going?" to a 'conversation' about how bad renewable energy really is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can’t just tell him to get fucked?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, I could do that, but for a number of reasons I choose not to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your loss.

Enjoy being disrespected by someone for the rest of their life.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of assumption from very little information.

[–] TheShane 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is the way.

Along with flooring the accelerator, and hearing him scream like a little girl.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

This tells you everything you need to know about Dutton's position:

Dutton will make the comments on Friday at an event organised by the Institute of Public Affairs, a Liberal-aligned thinktank that has publicly opposed curbs on coal-fired power and has lobbied against the net zero by 2050 policy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I swear, if conservative business groups owned renewable energy companies, we’d be net zero now.

[–] TheShane 9 points 1 year ago

Talk about being down a rabbit hole...

Voldemort telling the LNP think-tank (IPA) that nuclear is the natural progression from coal.

I foresee an extended period in Opposition, for these forward-thinkers!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

He’s not wrong about mini-reactors being the next big thing, but he’s disingenuous because he won’t invest in the training, or invest in the infrastructure needed to support it safely.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Just ignore him - he's a troll. The idea of Dutton overseeing the construction of a nuclear power plant in Australia is a horrifying thought.