Labor's ‘energy trainwreck' is ‘getting worse'
Sky News host Peta Credlin says the Albanese government's 'energy trainwreck' is 'getting worse'.
'If, and it's a big, big if, the government's planned increase from the current 40 per cent of our power from renewables to 82 per cent in just five years is ever going to work, we desperately need more gas,' Ms Credlin said.
'Gas is the only way to keep the lights on when the sun drops or the wind disappears in a largely renewables-powered grid.'
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