Tasmania was self-sufficient in energy due to hydroelectric projects but has been eyed off by other governments wanting to 'tap into' the energy which has run the 'battery of the nation' flat, according to The Australian Environment Graham Lloyd. 'This comes straight from the file of ‘you couldn't make this stuff up',' Mr Lloyd told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'The irony is, with Tasmania supplying hydro elsewhere, to firm up supplies on the mainland it has resorted to burning gas to sort out its own needs.

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