Yeah, yeah. I'm sure those will be built around the same time that the stupid nuclear submarines they're so proud about turn up: the 12th of never.
The RWNJs hate renewables so, so very much that they simply can't help indulging in these bizarre fantasies.
It's all about putting off the end of fossil fuels, at the end of the day. Nothing more than that.
Whoops! When even the legacy coal-powered electricity industry doesn't want to invest in nuclear over renewables - which they are eagerly investing in now, to be fair - you'd normally predict that the right-wingers would back down.
However, modern "conservatives" can't back down on anything. It's as impossible for them to admit that they're out of touch with reality as it is to admit that experts and facts exist.
This is exactly the thing:
The Liberal/National coalition had almost 10 years in government to do something - anything - about energy and mostly failed.
Business likes stability. It doesn't care about ideology as much as many people think; it cares far more about profit, and that comes from being able to plan for the future with fewer risks.
These half-wits never understand that constantly moving the goalposts to suit their donors/lobbyists is destabilising.
And now, former Liberal Prime Minister - and not a little bit bitter from being knifed by his own party guy - Malcolm Turnbull gets a few punches in on his old mates:
He's right, to be fair, but never underestimate the capacity of a scorned politician to seek political vengeance on those who he believes did him wrong 🤷♂️