Intense winds as Cyclone Narelle hits Far North Queensland
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Australia: Category 4 Cyclone Narelle Makes Landfall in Queensland
Is Australia sleepwalking into a climate catastrophe or sabotaging its economy with green energy hysteria?
Above: An aerial view of Cyclone Narelle off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on March 19. Image credit: NASA
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Climate-concerned narrative
Cyclones like Narelle add another layer of danger on top of an already strained risk landscape. Ignoring these compounding threats means dangerously mispricing the economic devastation heading straight for Australian cities. With wildfire risk nearly five times greater than the U.S. baseline, and climate warming set to drive damages up by 58%, the solution clearly lies in bringing warming down before it's too late.
Climate-skeptic narrative
Australia is hemorrhaging $16 billion a year in renewable energy subsidies while productivity crumbles and energy reliability tanks — which is the real crisis, not cyclone season. Abandoning dependable coal and gas for intermittent wind and solar backed by wildly expensive batteries is economic self-sabotage dressed up as climate action. The global retreat from climate alarmism at COP30 proved this agenda is losing ground fast.
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