Moran finds the silver lining in other people's wars

Spectator Australia · Alan Moran · Sunday 19 April 2026

Moran finds the silver lining in other people's wars

Alan Moran argues the energy crisis vindicates fossil fuels. PJB notes the column is arguing with a position nobody held.

Alan Moran's cracked open the champagne because a war in somewhere-or-other has proven wind turbines can't fuel a destroyer. Mate, nobody said they could. The argument was always about the grid, not the gunboat — but the Spectator's columnists have spent so long shouting at windmills they've forgotten what the actual debate was.

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