The Greens seem unable to grasp the renewable shortfall

We are learning the truth about the Greens.

The Greens want even more renewables (“NSW election: Greens hand ALP $1.5bn ransom note”, 22/3). All significant European countries have invested trillions in renewables in the past decade yet, as Bjorn Lomborg says, renewables contribute just 1 per cent of global energy.

In Australia, BP’s 2018 statistical review of world energy states 61 per cent of our electricity came from coal. The reality is that most of the power in your house, small business, office or factory is coming from coal.

As the BAE report exposed last week, Labor’s 45 per cent emissions reduction target will require the closure of six coal mines and push up the cost of electricity by 50 per cent.

Kevin Begaud, Dee Why, NSW

Thanks to Andrew Bolt for ripping the mask off Richard Di Natale and the Greens, stripping them bare for all to see and exposing their Orwellian ideology. The Greens branding has always been a foil, a wolf in sheep’s clothing for social and cultural Marxism. We were watching the ugly face of the Left and of the putative joint prime minister because the minority Greens tail will wag the majority Labor dog.

We learnt two things from Di Natale. First, any speech, thought or opinion that runs counter to the Left, that Di Natale represents, will be regarded and legislated as hate speech. Second, no level of chaos and opportunity is beyond leverage and exploitation as the Left scrapes the bottom of the barrel and subscribes to the maxim that you should never let a serious crisis go to waste.

Jim Ball, Narrabeen, NSW

Headscarf signalling

I watched New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wearing a headscarf, I opened my newspaper the see a female police officer wearing a headscarf, and I note that New Zealand women have been asked to wear headscarves to show empathy with their Muslim citizens.

This is the type of behaviour that triggers madmen such as the Christchurch killer to commit atrocities. I believe that all Muslim women who live in democracies should discard this object of oppression, in a sign of support for Muslim women around the world who do not have this choice.

Ian Porter, Subiaco, WA

Alternative to Gallipoli

Given the insulting comments by the Turkish President, why would anyone now want to attend the Anzac Day service in Gallipoli?

I suggest we cease support for services in Turkey. Instead, initiate a replacement event in Albany, Western Australia, the port of embarkation for our soldiers who went to Gallipoli. It has a fantastic new Anzac museum looking out towards King George Sound, it is a good looking city just a few hours’ drive from Perth, with regular bus and air connections. It is already well set up to cater for visitors, but can be expanded as the event grows in popularity.

People can celebrate the service in an Australian city with first-class amenities where nobody will threaten to send you home in a coffin.

Gary Carter, Leeming, WA

Mocker was wrong

The Mocker (online, 21/3) included errors of fact about me that warrant correction. The headline of the article asked, “Why is Tim Soutphommasane so silent on Michael Daley?” The article asserts I did not make “either criticism or comment” about Daley’s remarks about Asians with PhDs.

This is wrong. I made criticisms of Mr Daley on ABC TV that were subsequently reported by ABC radio and the Nine newspapers. When I pointed this out via Twitter, you saw fit to change the headline of the article, and amend the body of the article, yet not to issue a correction.

Tim Soutphommasane,
Sydney University, NSW