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Victoria’s Liberal government pushing ahead with brown coal

Victoria announces plans to cash in on brown coal reserves ABC Radio National P.M. March 20, 2012 MARK COLVIN: A carbon tax was supposed to spell the death of brown coal but the Victorian Government has announced plans to export more of the energy source.

It’s announced plans to cash in on the billions of tonnes of brown coal in the La Trobe Valley. The Energy Minister, Michael O’Brien, says a number of companies overseas are developing low emissions technology for brown coal power
generation.

But one environmental mining engineer says it’s a fanciful suggestion and there’s no evidence of clean, brown coal anywhere in the world…. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3459690.htm

March 21, 2012 - Posted by | politics, Victoria

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  1. The fact the Liberals would suggest promoting Brown coal implies that they are idiots.
    It also suggests that they think that the Australians are idiots for buying into it.
    The Liberals were voted in so therefore most Australians are actually idiots.

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