Peter Dutton has made a number of proposals regarding gas. There are scant research behind them. Rather amusingly after saying he would not release any modelling until later he demanded the government should release modelling on their proposals!
Okay here are some articles.
- dutton-unveils-plan-to-force-more-gas-into-australian-market-and-expand-production-in-major-pre-election-pitch
- we-calculated-how-much-duttons-excise-cut-would-save-you-on-fuel-and-few-will-save-as-much-as-promised
- how-cheap-is-peter-duttons-gas-and-how-does-it-compare-to-reckless-renewables
- opposition-misses-key-opportunity-to-deliver-cost-of-living-relief
I confess not to understanding the logic here. The two highest costs for energy are nuclear and then gas. He is saying he will cut the price of gas however gas has high extraction costs. Gas producers will have lower profits. Their incentive is to sell most overseas where they gain much higher prices. Price controls are very strange if you say you believe in market forces!
The argument against this is that gas producers are making super normal profits and the industry is not competitive however we have not heard this from Dutton.
See Tony Wood for late article
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