Question Time: Green Dreams, Grid Realities

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This dynamic Q&A session following the energy policy presentations features Alan Moran and Paul Vallejo fielding audience questions about Australia's energy crisis, political solutions, and international comparisons. The discussion reveals how politicians like Energy Minister Chris Bowen use selective data manipulation, claiming wholesale electricity price drops while retail prices continue climbing – with Moran explaining the long-term trend shows wholesale prices rising from $38 to $110+ per megawatt hour. Audience members raise critical points about Australia's energy hypocrisy: exporting coal that produces CO2 overseas while claiming domestic net zero progress, and the strategic implications of China benefiting from Australia's energy self-sabotage. The conversation explores practical nuclear implementation timelines, with Vallejo advocating for grid hardening against coronal mass ejections and maintaining existing coal plants during any transition period. A particularly illuminating exchange addresses the role of ESG investing and how proxy advisory firms like BlackRock use mutual fund voting rights to push ideological agendas rather than maximize shareholder returns. The session concludes with discussions about political engagement, the challenge of fighting rational ignorance among voters, and whether engineering organizations can be recaptured from net zero orthodoxy. Throughout, speakers emphasize that rapid economic transformation is possible – citing Argentina's dramatic turnaround under Javier Milei – but requires political will to slash regulations and unleash market forces.

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The gloves come off in this no-holds-barred Q&A session where energy experts Alan Moran and Paul Vallejo face tough audience questions about Australia's energy disaster and how to fix it. Watch politicians get exposed for data manipulation as Moran reveals how Energy Minister Bowen claims wholesale prices are dropping while they've actually tripled from $38 to $110+ per megawatt hour. Audience members deliver devastating insights about Australia's energy hypocrisy – exporting coal that creates CO2 overseas while claiming net zero success at home. The discussion explodes when speakers reveal how China strategically benefits from Australia's energy suicide, importing our cheap coal while selling us expensive renewables that destroy our manufacturing base. Vallejo advocates hardening the electrical grid against solar flare attacks that could leave Australia dark for years while highlighting that Big Tech builds nuclear plants in 5-6 years but Australia claims it takes decades. The conversation gets heated discussing ESG investing corruption, where BlackRock and other giants use your mutual fund votes to push woke agendas instead of maximizing returns. Find out why Argentina's Javier Milei transformed his economy in one year while Australia sleepwalks toward third-world status. This raw, unfiltered discussion covers everything from branch stacking political parties to why engineering organizations became net zero propagandists. Essential viewing for anyone who wants real solutions instead of political theatre.

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