Power to the people: it’s not an alternate universe, Australia can make energy a shared commodity | Peter Lewis
by Peter Lewis from Environment | The Guardian on (#65AP6)
Voters want energy networks that support the public good and governments to be accountable for power supply
Just for one moment let's teleport ourselves to a parallel universe where our energy network is a publicly owned asset that exists purely to support the common good.
In this universe, global conglomerates never convinced state governments in most parts of Australia that to build a viable national grid they had to gold-plate their networks and then sell them to the superior management teams in the C-suite.
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