anyone handy with animations? here's my rough outline:

zoom to photo angus taylor. voice: "minister for emissions reduction has done more to slow down emissions reduction than anyone else."

cont…
zoom to his wife: "hard-right warrior #LouiseClegg reckons australian plebs need more blackouts so that we might better appreciate coal. lou is on the board of hard-right think tank sydney institute… run by gerard henderson"
zoom to gerard: "widely referred to as gollum, gerard periodically emerges from his crypt to grumble about everything good. gollum hates @climate200, having written about it twice in two weeks…"
zoom to @climate200: "climate 200 raises funds to help community groups win david-and-goliath battles that'll install MPs passionate about climate action, rooting out corruption and addressing the treatment and safety of women."
"every time gollum attacks @climate200, the donations flow in… 105 new donors in just 3 hours this evening. thanks gollum!"
"@climate200 plans to support the community independent (to be announced) in #hume, between goulburn & camden in NSW.

bringing us back to lyin' ol' @AngusTaylorMP, who'll lose his job if the local campaign is successful."

fade out, followed by @climate200 logo & URL.
music for "circle of life" by @eltonofficial swells up. not a dry eye in the house!

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17 Oct
.@parnellpalme's column today warrants some comment in reply.

firstly, the trope that there aren't many direct jobs in renewables once the construction crew has left town…

read on for why this is a misconception…

smh.com.au/national/when-…
the example given by @senbmckenzie is the moree solar farm, which apparently only has 5 direct employees.

that's very few, but it's a small facility… it only generates ~0.15 TWh/yr, or 33 employees/annual-TWh.
kogan creek coal power station has 111 direct employees and generates ~5.2 TWh/yr, or 21.3 employees/annual-TWh.

(older coal power stations are much less efficient. eg. yallourn in victoria has 500 employees for 8.9 TWh last year = 56 employees/TWh.)
Read 17 tweets
15 Oct
i'm really cross about gov't propaganda claiming australia "has made good progress in reducing #emissions".

[i added the emojis because the taxpayer funded ad is just so misleading]

everybody knows @AngusTaylorMP & team habitually lie to us, but do you know *how*? 🧵 #auspol
the main source of carbon emissions, and therefore global heating, is burning #FossilFuels — and we've done next to nothing to wean ourselves off them.

putting land management aside for a sec, over the last 15 years (since FY2005) australia's emissions have dropped by only 2.9%.
sure, we've made decent progress reducing electricity emissions (by replacing coal with renewables), but it's largely been undone by increases in "stationary energy" emissions (largely gas used for heating) and "fugitive emissions" (methane leaked by coal & gas companies).
Read 8 tweets
1 Oct
📣 i am so pleased to announce that former independent MPs @TonyHWindsor & @RobOakeshott1 have joined @climate200’s advisory council.

they will be an invaluable “sounding board”, helping candidates with the “traps and opportunities in the policy area and at the ballot box”.
rob and tony were outstanding local members and when the moment came in 2010 they took their duty to australia seriously…

working methodically with both parties they took a tough decision, one that played very well for australia.
not only did they usher in climate policy (with @Greens and @WilkieMP), which abbott/hunt tore down, but they played a critical role in establishing ARENA, the CEFC and the parliamentary budget office.

@JohnDaley_has credited the PBO as one of 🇦🇺’s biggest democratic reforms.
Read 4 tweets
28 Aug
☢️it doesn't help the nuclear power 'debate' that the industry can be very "loose with the truth".

eg. 1: @NuScale_Power gives clear impression its product is available now — though it won't be fully licensed before 2024/5, with pilot plant *maybe* 2030.

eg. 2: @SmartEnergy1 claims that the nuscale modules in their proposed #CFPP project have flexibility to ramp up/down to complement renewables — yet project investors have been advised recent design choices limit load following capability.

eg. 3: @SmartEnergy1 claims the LCoE of their #CFPP project is US$58/MWh… neglecting to mention that this is a *target* assuming a $1.4bn grant, PTC subsidy and concessional finance.

real cost will likely be closer to $85/MWh, maybe higher.

Read 5 tweets
24 Aug
📢 it’s time to share a *big* project i’ve been working on.

…and ask for *your* support. 🙏

#Climate200 is aimed squarely at restoring integrity to politics and delivering the climate action that australians want. 🧵

climate200.com.au #auspol #ausvotes #independentsday
firstly, on climate…

the closer we get to november's #cop26 climate conference in #glasgow, where most nations will outline their stepped up net-zero CO₂ plans…

…the clearer it becomes that @ScottMorrisonMP will not — cannot — take the climate action most australians want.
the recent IPCC report issued a 'code red' climate warning.

for many the main message isn't new, but a potent reminder that our gov't is in deep denial.

morrison’s response to the report was to blame china, to deflect attention from australia’s lost decade of climate inaction.
Read 24 tweets
15 Aug
is it significant that @ScottMorrisonMP’s tik tok account acknowledges the climate crisis?

(if “its part” is ~nothing, then he’s also right about australia doing its part.). #auspol
yes, he has tik tok:
i take it back… the “scott_morisson” #TikTok account seems — weirdly — to be a fan account!

misspelled account name, not verified… 🤦‍♂️

who would do this!

vm.tiktok.com/ZSJnTsDVq/
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