Dick Smith’s ABC radio rant against renewables overflows with ill-informed claims | Temperature Check
by Graham Readfearn from on (#6S12Z)
Millionaire points to Broken Hill's blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe
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For 15 minutes on Sunday morning, ABC local radio listeners were treated to a rant from Dick Smith as the millionaire attacked Australia's transition away from fossil fuels, claiming renewables would make electricity unaffordable and cause sweeping blackouts.
It seems we have been sold a pup and we are not getting the full truth all the time," responded Ian McNamara, the host of Australia All Over. There are lots of people who will back you up."
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