Malcolm Turnbull has come a long way since he said the consequences of unchecked global warming would be catastrophic.
Today he leads a government that has cut $500 million from funding for clean energy, gutted the CSIRO, and continues to erroneously blame South Australia's use of renewable energy for power failures.
Turnbull's government remains steadfast in its support for the Adani coal mine and is contemplating a $1 billion loan for the project.
Last week, while most of the nation endured a massive heatwave, his government taunted the Opposition, and presumably anyone else concerned about carbon emissions, by passing around and petting a lump of coal.
The man who in 2010 said that Australia needed to move to "a situation where all or almost all of our energy comes from zero or very near zero-emission sources" now describes proponents of renewables as "drunk on left ideology on energy".
These days Malcolm Turnbull is all about addressing the impact of carbon emissions by investing public money in clean coal. This is a bit like the government addressing the impact of smoking by investing in low-tar cigarettes, which hasn't been suggested since Bronwyn Bishop was shadow Heath Minister.
Some might cast Turnbull as an incipit sellout to the fossil fuel industry who now hates renewable energy, but that's only half true.
It is wrong to assume that Turnbull shares his coal-stroking compatriots' phobia of clean energy. The man who last week attempted to revive his political fortunes by calling Bill Shorten a "hypocrite" is more than happy to get a little drunk on left ideology on renewables, at least when it comes to himself.
Last year the PM upgraded the solar panels on his Point Piper harbourside mansion and added a stack of batteries giving him a total of 14.5 kilowatts worth of solar panels and 14 hours of battery power. With more heatwaves and power shortages to come, this should ensure the Turnbulls remain in air-conditioned comfort.
So it turns out Turnbull is prepared to back renewables for one Australian family. And who can blame him for going off grid? It's not like he can rely on his government to fix the problem.
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