Sometimes we have laws, and sometimes it's the wrong time for them
A judgement today in a minor NSW court banned a coal mine in the hope of making storms and floods nicer for our great grandchildren. Curiously, it was not the much hated thermal coal mine, it was a coking coal mine – the stuff we use in making steel. It takes 600 kilogram of coal to make one ton of steel and Australian coking coal is considered some of the worlds best. It follows that either the world uses less steel, or it buys the coal from somewhere else. Does the judge have something against steel? Let's melt down wind turbines and solar panels instead.
Most likely the world will buy the coal from somewhere else. It will likely be less pure and more polluting with few environmental controls or workers rights, but hey-de-ho, Judge Preston is not there to worry about environmental global concerns. It's not like he's a judge in the NSW Land and Environment Court. Oh…
Effectively, an Australian court decided to increase global pollution by blocking a clean coal mine. As usual, there is no scientific or legal consistency; No principle apart from impressing [...]
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