Quarterly Essay 33
Quarry Vision
Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom
By Guy Pearse
PB $16.95
Release Date: 16 March
ABC Radio National’s Peter Mares in conversation with Guy Pearse about Quarterly Essay 33 Quarry Vision.
Date: Thursday 19 March
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start
Venue: Experimedia, The State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St, Melbourne.
Tickets: Free event, all welcome. Please book through admin@blackincbooks.com
Australia’s response to climate change must truly baffle outsiders. Why do our leaders pretend that they are leading the world in the battle against global warming? When do environmental risks outweigh economic benefits? Why dig deeper when the rest of the world is looking for alternatives to coal?
This is an essay about “quarry vision,” the belief that Australia’s greatest asset is its mineral and energy resources – coal above all. How has this distorted our national politics and stymied action on climate change? In this powerful essay about the national interest, Guy Pearse dissects the Rudd government’s climate change response: from the Garnaut report to the silver bullet of “clean coal” and beyond. He exposes the shadowy world of the carbon lobbyists; how they think, operate and advance their agenda. He discusses the future of the coal industry and challenges the economic orthodoxy. Quarry vision, he argues, is a trap and a blind faith we can no longer afford.
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