Dancing with Whales: The Lore-Fare Twist
Posted on 07 Sep 24
by Tony ThomasIn Uncategorized
“Sometimes parts of the [whale] stories are lost. Someone might get a part of a story but there’s a missing link, then in will come a fabrication to fill in the gap. This is something I could never do to my old fellas.” — Yuin Elder, the late Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison, Gurrawul the Whale
Whales are handsome and impressive creatures. It’s a pity they’ve been weaponised by green-left and Aboriginal-identifying zealots. These lobbyists are out to destroy Australia’s gas production, especially from new offshore projects. They co-opt and embellish ancient whale lore and songlines to stymie offshore gas proposals.
This whale-based campaign is no trivial matter. As The Australian put it a week ago, the east coast energy market is facing a perfect storm of higher global LNG prices, gas shortages, spiking power bills and blackouts. The Opposition claims Australia’s energy market is just “one unexpected event away” from an economy-destroying collapse. The campaign is not even successful in its own terms: in the past 40 years our primary energy sourcing from fossil fuels has merely crept back from 94% to 90%.[1]
This essay will first explore the lore and its green-black-red reincarnation as lore-fare. I’ll then list a few cases, and check out campaign group Friends of the Earth. There’s no conclusion as this battle rages from week to week.
https://cliscep.com/2024/09/07/dancing-with-whales-the-lore-fare-twist/
