Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom: Quarterly Essay 33
(Paperback, 33rd edition)
Publishing Details
Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom: Quarterly Essay 33
By (Author) Guy Pearse
Black Inc.
Quarterly Essay
6th March 2009
33rd edition
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Energy industries and utilities
Politics and government
Climate change
333.7
Physical Properties
Paperback
140
Width 168mm, Height 235mm, Spine 11mm
242g
Description
This is an essay about 'quarry vision', the mindset that sees Australia's greatest asset as its mineral and energy resources, coal especially. How has this distorted our national politics and our response to climate change What happens now that our coal-fired resources boom has gone bust In this powerful essay about the national interest, Guy Pearse discusses the future of the coal industry and argues with the economic orthodoxy. He exposes the shadowy world of greenhouse lobbyists; how they think, operate and skin cats. Quarry vision, he argues, is a carbon-laced trap and a mentality we can no longer afford.
Author Bio
Guy Pearse is a former member of the Liberal Party and was a speechwriter for former environment minister Robert Hill. He has also been an industry lobbyist, consultant and spin doctor. In 2007 he exposed the politics behind Australia's response to climate change on Four Corners and in his book High & Dry.
