Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received a warm welcome when visiting Texas as part of his US tour.
TONY Abbott has visited the energy capital of the USA to insist he does not want the battle against climate change to limit the use of any type of fuel.
Promoting his plan to scrap the carbon tax in front of an audience of energy executives in Houston, Texas, Mr Abbott said he wanted Australia to become a centre of cheap energy.
While he said Australia should look towards new energy sources, he said we should also focus on cheap and reliable energy.
"Affordable, reliable energy fuels enterprise and drives employment," Mr Abbott said.
"It is the engine of economic development and wealth creation."
"Australia should be an affordable energy superpower, using nature's gifts to the benefit of our own people and the wider world."
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The PM defended Australia's existing energy exports and said we have a long term future exporting black coal, LNG and uranium.
"It is prudent to do what we reasonably can to reduce carbon emissions," he said.
"But we don't believe in ostracising any particular fuel and we don't believe in harming "economic growth."
"For many decades at least coal will continue to fuel human progress as an affordable, dependable energy source for wealthy and developing countries alike."
Texas Tony ... The PM talked up Australia's export market in fossil fuels during a speech in Houston. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: News Corp Australia
The speech came after Mr Abbott met US President Barack Obama and agreed to disagree on the best way to tackle climate change.
Mr Obama wants a global carbon price while Mr Abbott wants to replace Australia's carbon tax with a $2.5 billion "direct action" plan that includes paying companies to cut emissions.
Declaring he wanted closer ties with the largest city in Texas, Mr Abbott announced he would appoint an Australian consulate-general to the boom town.
After receiving a gift of Stetson cowboy hat, Mr Abbott let the audience know he felt like an honorary Texan, saying "yee ha".
Houston is home to more than 100 Australian companies, including BHP Billiton, Woodside, Santos, WorleyParsons, Macquarie Group, Pryme Oil and Gas, Lend Lease and Brambles.
Houston is the largest city in Texas, which has an economy the size of the 13th largest country in the world.
Mr Abbott said the consulate-general Houston would allow Australia to "maximise the two-way trade and investment opportunities of the US energy revolution".
Mr Abbott will today meet with a business delegations before visiting the Texas Medical Centre — the largest of its kind in the world — to promote his plan for a $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund.
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