The horns of a rather large dilemma (a bystander’s outlook)

Congratulation to the Labour Party for winning the 2022 Australian federal election.

The vote to oust Mr Morrison’s government indicated that the platform of climate change was the way to win it and with the help of the greens and the independents (teals) you would think that everyone is on the same page to save the planet.

Climate change is important in the minds of the people who voted for the change until you start to realise that it does not have and it is not an easy solution.

The balance between reducing carbon emissions and keeping people's lights on at a reasonable cost is going to keep the new ministers up at night.

In countries like India, US, Russia and China the options are to stop using coal and keep people warm or turn them off and watch their people starve, freeze and fall further down the socio-economic ladder.

In a democracy, if you threaten people's economic capability and do not ensure the status quo then there is a good chance that you will not be elected.

Turning off coal-based power, reducing the number of power stations, increasing the cost of fuel and increasing the number of reusable energy sources is great until the sun does not shine and the wind does not blow and there is a war on.

The population of Australia has a reasonable expectation to have access to affordable gas and electricity but when that fails there is going to be a kickback from the lower-income earners when they cannot heat their houses, feed their children or get to work.

The rosy promises from the election will deteriorate into a harsh reality that renewables are great in principle, in reality, there needs to be further thought.

The juxtaposition between the labour parties' base constituents and the inner city trendies is another area where they are going to walk a fine line and stumbling is going to be a normal occurrence.

How do they keep both ends of the spectrum happy — if at all, it is possible and we will see in the near future.

The Labour Party can wail and whine about the state of the Australian economy but they did campaign on an understanding that it was in some serious problems and they have the solutions.

Governing a country is not an easy job.

Never has been and never will be.

Governing a country after a pandemic, well that is going to be tough.