That's because we let all the industries go offshore, for the promises of Neoliberalism. That should never have happened either.

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Taiwan and perhaps other Asian countries that successfully make stuff don't expose their industries to this, the government sets a fixed energy price for them rather than leaving them at the whim of speculators.

Here in England we now drag the coal over on smoke spewing ships from Japan and Australia, rather than mine it here. The sum total of CO2 is higher than if we just mined it here. Net zero box ticking.

Audley and the Sutherland Shire was pristine growing up in the 80s. What's changed?