Exports will suffer if power sector sticks to coal, Creecy warns

SA’s just energy transition plans do not suggest a rapid phasing out of coal as the country’s primary fuel source for energy generation.

However, without a gradual transition to low-carbon energy, which would include a move away from coal towards renewable sources of energy, the country will struggle to export goods and services that have a large carbon footprint, says minister of forestry, fisheries & environment Barbara Creecy...

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

So where is the alternative...? There will be nothing to export otherwise....

Better to stick with diesel then?

Well they seem to have moved to diesel.

I’m 100% convinced that the people in Govt lack some sort of critical thinking or they are being told what to say 😂😅🤔. Thungela, Exxaro, Glencore all made record profit in coal exports so one begs to think what is Creecy on about 🤦🏽‍♂️

Creecy is clearly smoking some of her legal weed.

Let’s just don’t export coal than!.

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