Renewable energy scare campaign adds apples and oranges to get $500bn

Is News Corp’s ‘$500B GREEN HOLE’ front page the start of scary claims about the cost of climate action before the next federal election? A WA windfarm at sunset. Photograph: PomInPerth/Shutterstock

Friday’s front page in Murdoch media’s the Daily Telegraph, declaring a “$500B GREEN HOLE”, could mark the opening salvo of scary claims about the cost of climate action in the run-up to next year’s federal election.

Similarly bold claims worked well in the US presidential election to confound or confuse voters. Expect a barrage of such reports, particularly around contested issues such as energy.