Scotty From Marketing Finds It "Disappointing" When People Link Climate "Policy" W. Horrific Fires

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Scott Morrison has rejected criticism of the Coalition’s climate change policies amid the ongoing bushfire crisis, as a growing number of MPs privately concede that the government needs to do more to match the rising tide of concern over the issue. As firefighters continued to battle out-of-control bushfires across four states on Friday, the prime minister said it was “disappointing” that people were conflating the ongoing fire crisis with Australia’s emission reduction targets.

“We don’t want job-destroying, economy-destroying, economy-wrecking targets and goals, which won’t change the fact that there have been bushfires or anything like that in Australia,” Morrison told Sydney radio, 2GB.

“The suggestion that there’s any one emissions reduction policy or climate policy that has contributed directly to any of these fire events is just ridiculous and the conflation of those two things, I think, has been very disappointing.”

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But as the prime minister fends off criticism for the government’s climate policies, a growing number of MPs are privately conceding that more needs to be done to match the growing level of public concern about the links between climate change and Australia’s drying climate. An update from the Bureau of Meteorology released on Thursday showed Australia recorded its hottest and driest year on record in 2019, with temperatures 1.52C above the long-term average. MPs say that the view being pushed by Labor and the Greens that the Coalition is not doing enough has penetrated, and will be politically damaging at the next election unless Morrison charts a more ambitious course.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/10/australian-pm-scott-morrison-rejects-criticism-of-climate-policies-as-mps-call-for-more-action

[bronxiteforever]

1. K&R. There is a new marketing slogan for Scotty

“Come to Australia and see how close to hell you can get”

[delisen]

2. Clever. Hell's Foyer until Scotty and his minions are retired.

I have been stunned at how clueless this man is--but he is deceitful enough to plead his case for more coal mining contracts as needed for "jobs" when he must know it is for profits.

[bronxiteforever]

3. +1 He is really clueless & Rupert's pawn

[Boomer]

5. Bought and paid for

It's especially convenient to deny reality if you're gaining financially from that belief. In the end, it doesn't really matter if he's sincere or not; the damage is the same.

The calculation was that the bill for this treachery wouldn't come due until 2100, when Morrison and his ilk would be safely dead. Unfortunately for them (and all of us), the timeline has accelerated considerably. It's obvious that he hasn't adjusted his strategy yet. He's still clinging to the "not on my watch" predictions. Surprise! Scotty, you're it.

[Farmer-Rick]

4. Wow. He sounds like he is deep into denial

I bet in his private moments he admits global warming because you have to be an idiot not to notice the warming everywhere.

To him, this denial is a political choice. It means the filthy rich can continue to make huge profits in the very same manner they have always made money.

It's one of the features of a collapsing capitalist economy. Stagnation due to a rejection of methods and process that are better, more efficient and less damaging. A rejection of progress for fear of loss of continual accumulation of wealth.

Eventually progress wins out. Let's hope it wins before Australia is nothing but ashes.