Blackout Quotes

“Any notion of the responsibility of governments to lead and solve the challenges faced by society had collapsed. Coal-fired power was no longer a giant machine for making electricity: it had become a symbol of happier times, when electricity was cheap and political correctness didn’t ruin everything.”
― Matthew Warren, Blackout: How is Energy-Rich Australia Running Out of Electricity

“Businesses realised that in addition to the reputational risk of investing in greenhouse-intense assets, they faced policy risk from potential impairment of assets in the future by climate-related laws and even liability risk from future class actions.”
― Matthew Warren, Blackout: How is Energy-Rich Australia Running Out of Electricity