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Election Coverage Flat White

Net Zero by 2050: nothing but a marketing slogan

8 May 2025

3:36 PM

8 May 2025

3:36 PM

A screen grab on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders during the election campaign showed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying words to the effect of, ‘I believe in climate change. That is why we are committed to Net Zero by 2050…’

Net Zero by 2050 is not an end in itself. There is nothing intrinsically valuable about reducing CO2 emissions to zero.

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