Decoding the government’s energy-speak. Does the blather ring true?
The PM’s messaging is very carefully cobbled together, but experts say it comes dangerously close to misinformation.
The government’s new emissions road map is built on a lot of assumptions. Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor have woven a narrative about gas and “emerging technologies” that allows them to avoid talking about renewables.
But underlying this narrative are a whole lot of claims experts say come dangerously close to misinformation.
“[Morrison] is using language very carefully in ways that if you pull it apart it is technically correct but creates a misleading impression,” the Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood says.
Read on to learn what the experts think of Scott Morrison’s words on energy.
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