00:00The Diggers and Dealers conference began with a warning about Australia's energy future.
00:09Delegates told net zero by 2050 won't be possible.
00:13If we subscribe to a collective delusion, and not just an overly ambitious goal, but frankly an impossible goal,
00:19it doesn't result in optimal policy outcomes.
00:22Mining has been built on the back of heavy machinery powered by fossil fuels.
00:28The push towards net zero has seen the introduction of electric machinery,
00:33and lithium and gold miners in WA are stepping up their use of renewables to replace diesel generators.
00:40For remote mine sites, renewable makes good economic sense as well.
00:45But technological hurdles remain a key sticking point to the net zero goal.
00:50I'd like to think we can get to net zero in a commercially savvy way.
00:54This concentrated solar thermal though still has some ways to be developed.
00:59So we want to get there of course, but we want to do it in a commercially savvy way.
01:03And despite the gloomy outlook for reaching net zero emissions from keynote speakers,
01:09the Federal Government says it's still committed.
01:12I don't mind people having their opinion. I don't share that opinion.
01:15My opinion is we should strive for net zero by 2050.
01:18I know it's the State Government's ambition, it sure is the Federal Government's ambition.
01:23The Government hopes all the miners in this room will help get them there.
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