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- 1Fossil Fuel Industry Accused of Shifting the Goalposts on Renewables●The Fossil Fuel Industry Keeps Shifting the Goalposts How denial tactics have evolved as renewable energy succeeds... Th
Commentators are revisiting how fossil fuel interests and allied politicians have repeatedly moved the goalposts on renewable energy as it outperforms their predictions. One example cited: during a 2013 Australian Senate renewable energy debate, Barnaby Joyce dismissed the idea of solar reaching even a 5% target, calling it something that was 'never going to happen' — a claim now contradicted by solar's rapid growth.