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Fossil Fuel Industry Accused of Shifting Goalposts on Renewables
Original: The Fossil Fuel Industry Keeps Shifting the Goalposts How denial tactics have evolved as renewable energy succeeds... Th
Commentary circulating online argues the fossil fuel industry keeps moving the goalposts as renewable energy outperforms past predictions. It revisits 2013 Australian Senate debate, when Barnaby Joyce dismissed a 5% solar target as impossible — a target later surpassed. Writers say climate denial tactics have evolved from rejecting renewables outright to questioning their scale and reliability, as solar and wind success makes outright denial harder to sustain.
Why now: Renewable energy's continued growth is renewing scrutiny of past fossil fuel industry claims and denial tactics.
Barnaby Joycefossil fuel industryrenewable energyAustralia
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- The Fossil Fuel Industry Keeps Shifting the Goalposts How denial tactics have evolved as renewable energy succeeds... The 5% solar target that was "Never going to happen" During the Senate debate on Renewable Energy on 6 February 2013, Barnaby Joyce claimed: "For us to get even… · envirocomms5.wordpress.com@envirocomms5.wordpress.com · 9
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