Climate deniers called cranks and crackpots insulted, but then they say things like this- Video n transcript at Heating Planet blog

"We're being asked to do a gazillion things and for what, it's not going to stop the rain it's not going to stop the sun. Why are we on the carpet ride? They demonize anyone who disagrees." WATCH Sky News Australia Sep 21 report "Chris Bowen labels critics of climate agenda ‘cranks and crackpots’" AI generated transcript below

Let's move on now because energy 0:01 minister Chris Bowen, well, he's going 0:03 to be joining the prime minister in New 0:04 York to announce Australia's 2035 0:07 emissions reduction target to the world. 0:09 Before jetting off, he went on the ABC 0:12 and repeated Jim Chararma's charge that 0:14 those who disagree with the government's 0:16 climate change catastrophism are cranks 0:19 and crackpots. 0:21 Do you think those who say we should 0:22 abandon Paris, drop the net zero target 0:24 are um cranks and and um crackpots? I 0:29 think there's both. I think there's 0:31 there's people of bad faith in 0:33 Australian politics exploiting this 0:34 issue. The National Party, you know, 0:36 they are, in my view, betraying readrill 0:38 Australia, which there are people with 0:39 genuine concerns and issues which need 0:41 to be worked through and we've got to 0:42 communicate to those people and correct 0:44 the disinformation that people like 0:45 Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan and Colin 0:48 Boyce National Party this week MP this 0:50 week said climate change isn't real. 0:51 Denied climate change member of the 0:53 alternative government of Australia. 0:54 There are people who engage in climate 0:56 change denial uh who just ignore all the 0:58 science and I think that's deeply 1:00 unfortunate. I don't have any respect 1:01 for that. 1:02 So there you go. But Chris Bowen 1:04 repeatedly refused to agree that 90% of 1:06 the nation's energy would be supplied by 1:08 renewables within the next 10 years as 1:11 recommended by the climate change 1:12 authority. 1:14 Certainly shows what's possible in the 1:16 women's game now. Um if you play with 1:18 the right tempo and the right 1:20 Okay, that was obviously that was not 1:22 Chris. Unless he's changed. 1:24 Unless he's changed. But uh no, there 1:26 you go. But no, he did say that he's 1:28 he's refused to put a timeline on any 1:30 further target. Meanwhile, Barnaby Joyce 1:32 accused Chris Bowen of pursuing a vanity 1:35 target, which is exactly what it is, to 1:36 which climate change authority Matt 1:38 Keane replied that people living through 1:40 floods and fires would disagree. 1:43 Net zero is devastating for our economy 1:46 and will have absolutely zero effect on 1:48 the climate. It's really important. 1:49 Everybody understands it. It has no 1:51 effect on the climate whatsoever. All 1:53 it's doing is a sort of vanity project 1:55 that us and some European countries are 1:57 participating in. 2:00 Well, Barnaby Joyce called this a vanity 2:02 exercise. I don't think that the uh 2:05 fishermen in South Australia that are 2:07 getting smashed by an algaoom think this 2:09 is a vanity exercise. I don't think the 2:12 thousands of people who lost lives and 2:14 livelihoods uh during the worst floods 2:17 our country's our country has ever seen 2:19 up in Lismore or the worst bush fires 2:21 that our countries have ever seen in the 2:23 Black Summer bush fires. Um I don't 2:26 think they think this is a vanity 2:27 exercise. Uh 2:29 please spare us. Why should Australia 2:31 James do all the heavy lifting when we 2:33 emit 1% of the world's greenhouse gases 2:36 yet we're being asked to do a bazillion 2:38 things? And for what? It's not going to 2:39 stop the rain. It's not going to stop 2:41 the sun. Uh and what we just sitting by 2:44 waiting for this what climate change 2:45 Armageddon to hit us. I mean, give me a 2:47 break. Seriously. Firstly, point about 2:49 Bowen. He repeatedly refused to agree 2:51 that 90% of the nation's energy would be 2:53 supplied by renewables in the next 10 2:54 years. So then what exactly is the point 2:57 of being on board this magic carpet ride 2:59 fantasy to net zero? If you cannot set a 3:01 target, if you cannot guarantee that 3:03 one, our energy bills are going to go 3:05 down. Two, you can't actually put a 3:07 price on it. Three, you can't even 3:08 guarantee a target. Then why are we on 3:10 the carpet ride? Secondly, he's talking 3:12 about the National Party are in, he goes 3:15 in my view, betraying regional 3:16 Australia. Has Chris Bowen set foot in 3:19 regional Australia to actually know 3:20 what's going on? I'll give you a hint, 3:22 Chris. Right now in New South Wales, in 3:24 a regional town, you've got wind 3:26 turbines 250 meters tall being proposed. 3:28 It's literally ripping regional 3:30 communities apart. Over in Victoria, 3:32 they have allowed people if you if you 3:34 say no to transmission workers coming 3:36 onto your property, then you can be 3:38 fined. So, these people are coming on 3:39 there to connect solar and wind to the 3:41 grid. And guess what? If you refuse, 3:43 because of course it's razoring up your 3:45 land, too bad, you're going to get fined 3:47 tens of thousands of dollars. But Chris 3:49 Bowen will tell you that the Nationals 3:51 have absolutely no idea about regional 3:53 Australia. 3:53 There's a whole lot of problems with 3:54 what the government is doing. Firstly, 3:56 they're not going to meet their 2030 3:58 targets, which begs the question, why 4:00 set 2035 targets that are particularly 4:02 ambitious. You're not meeting the ones 4:04 you've got. Second, as you mentioned on 4:06 the key question of cost, the government 4:08 doesn't want to talk about what this is 4:10 going to do to our energy bills. In 4:11 fact, Anthony laughed during the press 4:14 conference when asked to nominate a 4:16 figure and then became tet when asked 4:18 again. And he just told reporters, well, 4:20 refer to the report. And as you said, 4:22 Denica, we produce 1.1% of the world's 4:25 emissions. If we got rid of all of those 4:27 emissions today, it would make zero 4:30 difference to the world temperatures 4:32 because the world is continuing to 4:33 increase its emissions. So the only 4:36 difference it's going to make is to our 4:38 economy. And one more point, the 4:40 discussion on this topic continues to be 4:42 infantile. We saw earlier Chris Bowen 4:44 saying yes, there's crackpots and uh 4:47 what was the other thing? Cranks. Um I 4:49 was going to say crackheads, but uh Same 4:51 same. Um they they continue to demonize 4:54 anybody who dares to disagree or have a 4:58 debate. And one more point on that. It's 5:00 shocking that the leader of the Liberal 5:03 Party seems scared of having a debate 5:05 and has delayed any kind of conversation 5:07 for a year while they do research. 5:10 Meanwhile, Chris Bowen is getting away 5:12 with this because there's no opposition. 5:13 Well, the thing is that Chris Bowen, 5:15 even on Friday, James, he was asked 5:16 several times by Sky News reporters 5:18 actually, "What does this mean for 5:20 energy bills in this country?" He could 5:21 not answer. He kept just saying, "Refer 5:23 to the modeling." The prime minister was 5:25 asked the same thing. He said, "Refer to 5:26 the modeling." Remember what the 5:27 modeling told us last time, it told us 5:29 that our power bills would go down $275. 5:33 Fast forward to this year's election. 5:34 Suddenly, oh no, that was Repex 5:36 modeling. That was irrelevant. That was 5:37 to the the modeling of the day. So, 5:39 Labour cannot be trusted with this 5:41 modeling line, but that is that that's 5:42 what they're going with now. 5:44 They can't be trusted with it. They 5:46 don't trust it. Otherwise, they don't 5:47 know that. Well, that's the thing. They 5:49 don't know. But I agree with you. 5:50 Said a $1,000 decrease in prices over 10 5:53 years. It's there in black and white, 5:55 but antidi 5:57 own advice. 5:58 Exactly. And that's why he's scared. 6:00 But, you know, I do agree with you. Who 6:01 else is scared? It's Susan Lee. And this 6:03 if this is not more evidence for the 6:04 Liberal Party to drop net zero alto 6:07 together, nothing will because you've 6:09 got the fumbling Labor Party. They don't 6:11 know what they're talking about. Now is 6:13 the time to set the standard. Get the 6:15 get the ball rolling now. Put an agenda 6:17 forward and put a campaign forward, 6:18 James, to to go to the next election 6:20 with clear policy differences. Well, 6:22 that's that's what I think. They went