The new Energy Minister Chris (Bobo) Bowen has taken a swipe at a Coalition proposal to explore nuclear electricity amid Australia’s energy crisis, labelling it a “complete joke” that after nine years in office they’d suggest “the most expensive form of energy” to make power prices cheaper. (LINK – AFR)
Is Australia’s Energy Minister lying through his teeth? Or is he just really ignorant of the facts of energy prices?
FINLAND introduces Nuclear power and brings the country’s wholesale energy prices down by “75 per cent”.
Sky News May21, 2023
Sky News host James Morrow says Finland’s adoption of nuclear power has brought the country’s wholesale energy prices down by “75 per cent”. The Australian government refuses to change its position against nuclear energy production despite the recent acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. “We can’t use those same nuclear reactors, that same technology, to power our nation,” he said.