The South Australian Renewable Energy Policy

The confederation Australian Renewable Energy PolicyPower PlaysPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has slammed the South Australian renewable policy following recent repeated events causing state-wide blackouts and chaos, however, according to new(prenominal) media sources, the opposition has also been stating that the renewable policy is not to blame. Kai Johnston reports. The news implements a var. of persuasive techniques such as attacking, providing evidence or silencing point of views. All of this is deliberately utilize to reinforce an idea to influence their audiences attitudes, values and beliefs of the turmoil of the South Australian renewable muscle policy. This policy has been viewed by numerous news reports as a crisis that has cripp guide the entire states future, with some reports blaming the Labors renewable policy and other reports blaming mother nature.The causes of this crisis concord sparked intense political debates and clashes between the federal Liberal and L abor parties, and even from multiple mass media sources.The South Australian renewable energy policy was an initiative imposed by the SA state Labor government in mid-2009, which sought to increase the renewable energy target to 33% by 2020. This initiative was turn outed through federal and state funding to achieve these targets. Since 2009, the state government has provided funding for development of renewable energy processes and farms, allowing this target to be achieved within 5 years of operation in 2013. In 2014 a new goal of 50% renewable generation state-wide was set to be achieved by 2025 and so this push commenced with an estimated $10 billion to fund the program. However, the rapid drive towards renewables has recently resulted in multiple blackouts over the past few months. This has sparked a big blame game from both sides of Parliament with Liberals foodstuffing that the introduction of wind and solar has made the world power grid very vulnerable. While Labor argues that transmittal lines were broken in the severe storms that rocked the state at that time.Green dreamers are weaving baskets in the dark is an clause authored by Janet Albrechtsen for The Australian. This denomination is heavily self-opinionated and contradicts every aspect of the Energy Policy with a spicy, heavy tone that slates the Labor party who was responsible for this policy. Albrechtsen describes the South Australian energy policy as the biggest policy hoax in the modern era. in that respects one thing worse than a bunch of deluded commentators who treat green energy as a righteousness And thats the South Australian Labor government. The authors approach to this issue and utilization of persuasive techniques in this text are quite obvious, in fact her entire article is full of emotive and attacking language directed at the Labor party. Albrechtsens article also includes an array of evidence through explained statistical inquiries that help support this attack against W eatherills policy. His policy has promised a transformation of the economy, more(prenominal) jobs and an increased drive in investment. However, according to the authors evidence, these promises have not been fulfilled since renewables were introduced, but instead, they have led the state to accumulating the reputation for the lowest employment, economy, business investment and growth throughout the entire nation. South Australias electricity prices have also doubled as a result of the policy as indicated in the article, the author also mentions how the difference between feeling good and doing good is now irrefutable.It doesnt feel good to be unemployed or out of businessIt doesnt feel good to have the power switched off in summer heat or winter frigidIt doesnt feel good to be subjected to the Lefts utopian dreams that hurt the poor the mostThe author uses the repetitious statements it doesnt feel good to effectively reinforce that renewables are cripple the state, and by invok ing sympathy from the readers, this technique has potentially established a foundation that has persuaded the readers to agree with her perspective.Opposing this attack on renewables is a Sydney Morning Herald article by Mark Kenny, with the headline PM Malcolm Turnbull and ministers were told wind not to blame for SA blackout, which also uses multiple persuasive techniques to convey the writers opinion in a more subtle attack. The author, has constructed the article with a sense of expertise and superiority over Mr Turnbull, arguing that wind is not to blame while using quotes to support his idea.There has been unprecedented damage to network, with 20+ steel transmission towers down in the north of the state due to wind damage Energy Market Operators waste storms Kenny utilizes emotive language and evidence through quotes from the energy market operators to imply that the cause of the blackouts was from some freak storm that damaged transmission lines.A psychoneurotic Mr Turnbull had been caught playing politics with a very deep crisis enveloping our energy system.-Mark Butler Climate change and energy ministerThis quote has been deliberately used to manipulate the audiences thinking to see that Mr Turnbull is capitalizing on the power crisis by lying to the nation to secure his votes. Butler implies that Turnbull is over-reacting and has been caught laying the blame on to Labors renewable policy when in actual fact, normal coal fired power generation would have also failed if subjected to these storms. Kenny manipulates his readers to view these blackouts as a result of catastrophic, once in a lifetime weather occurrences, hence contradicting Mr Turnbulls political blame game.The article Labor weight keep the lights on, which was written by Rosie Lewis for The Australian. This takes a more defeated and aggressive approach to the renewable argument than the previous article. This text attacks Labors renewable policy throughout by repeatedly stating that t hey have failed planning for and generating enough funding electricity to keep the grid above water.Turbull is quoted as saying Theyve failed to do the work to ensure South Australians can keep the lights and air conditioners on. Extraordinary complacence and reckless negligence.Persuasive techniques such as the quotes from Mr Turnbull, include attacks on the policy and the use of emotive language to influence the audience. It also reinforces the idea that the South Australian Labor has not only failed, but crippled the state with a lack of planning.The graphs illustrated above shows the energy generation in comparison to the demand at certain times of the day. The implementation of these graphs allows viewers to clearly observe the significant issues associated with wind generation against the power demands, these graphs have been used to reinforce and add more credibility and persuasiveness to the argument that renewable energy is not a reliable source.SA power How the State Gov ernment plans to fix energy crisis is an article authored by Daniel Wills for the SA paper, The Advertiser. This text acts as a response to the political blame game, as it sheds the blame off from the Labors back, that has been conveyed by Mr Turnbull, and attempts to redirect this blame towards the Energy Market Operators.The market operator has insufficient intel about how it operates. That is unacceptable. Tom Koutsantonis, energy minister. Here the energy minister is using attacking language against the energy operators.We have to step up and take control of our own future, and we are determined to do that. -Mr Weatherill (S.A Labor premier) Wills has utilized these quotes to establish a point of view that something needs to be make to prevent further blackouts and to imply that the energy operators have left South Australia in the dark. These quotes use the techniques of inclusive language, urgency and appeals to hope to establish a speak to arms for the audience to feel comp elled to stand with Mr Weatherill. In this report Wills has been able to persuade his audience to believe that it was the market operators who did not ensure the reliability of power at the times when the state needed it the most.With the battle of politics waging and news treatments jumping in on the action, it is impossible to understand the simple questions we all have on our minds. What really did cause this crisis and who are we to stand alongside?KAI JOHNSTONBibliographyWills, D. (2017). How the State Govt plans to fix SAs energy crisis. online Adelaidenow.com.au. functional at http//www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-power-how-the-state-government-plans-to-fix-energy-crisis/news-story/b6d6bceb9d9c0203f0bc9bd9637e32f6 Accessed 19 Feb. 2017.Lewis, R. (2017). Labor cant keep the lights on. online Theaustralian.com.au. Available at http//www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/sa-power-outages-hiccups-says-labor/news-story/c6ca2aaca59d5e1b77106b099d4e5e87 Accessed 22 Feb. 2017.Kenny, M. (2017). PM and ministers were told wind not to blame for SA blackout. online The Sydney Morning Herald. Available at http//www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/pm-and-ministers-were-told-wind-not-to-blame-for-sa-blackout-20170212-guaxf0.html Accessed 25 Feb. 2017.Renewablessa.sa.gov.au. (2017). About Us RenewablesSA. online Available at http//renewablessa.sa.gov.au Accessed 23 Feb. 2017.Albrechtsen, J. (2017). Green dreamers are weaving baskets in the dark. online Theaustralian.com.au. Available at http//www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/janet-albrechtsen/green-dreamers-are-weaving-baskets-in-the-dark/news-story/4a17b417b568d6f1ab28ebdf63139a08 Accessed 1 Mar. 2017.