Letter to the Editor: Net zero at any cost?

DEAR News Of The Area,

UNSEEN by city and suburban eyes, much of the forests and farmland of our country, from far-north Queensland to Tasmania, are being devastated by uncaring multi-national renewable-energy companies, at the invitation of an ignorant Australian government.

Approval of the Robbins Island wind project is the latest and greatest in the procession of desecration, which in total far exceeds the Franklin Dam issue of the eighties.

This begs the huge question – where are the so-called Green organisations?

Not a word from them on the biggest environmental destruction issue in the history of modern Australia.

The Environment Minister Murray Watt assures us that the environmental values of Robbins Island, a globally-significant wildlife sanctuary and critical part of the Siberian-Australasian bird migration route, will not be affected by the 100-turbines, the four quarries, the 1.2kilometre-long bridge to the mainland, the worker’s camps, and all the associated roadworks and infrastructure.

This must qualify for the Tell-a-big-enough-lie-for-long-enough-and-they-will-believe-you award; or maybe Australians just don’t care anymore – net zero at any cost?

Yours Sincerely,
Peter DINGLE,
Urunga.