Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has likened agreeing to a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 to going into a restaurant and ordering a meal without knowing what you are getting and how much it will cost. The coalition government has yet to formally agree to a 2050 target, but talks about being on a path to one. But Joyce, who recently returned to the leadership of the Nationals party, has yet to be convinced. Joyce was asked on the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday whether he supports a 2050 emissions target. “Generally how restaurants work is you go in and have a menu and they have what’s on the menu for lunch and what the price is,” Joyce said in reply. “That is how a competent decision is made and that’s what we’re looking for. What’s on the menu and what the price is.” He said that …
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