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Australian electricity prices to jump around 30 to 50 pct due to 'transition' away from coal and gas fired power stations to so-called 'renewables'...

So the transition away from coal and gas (we have no nuclear) baseload electricity generation to a mostly 'so-called renewable' model is going to come with very sharp cost increases - predicted to be in the range of 30 to 50 percent - in just a couple of years.

That makes the viability of electric vehicles come into question yet again. Suck shit green-washers.

Here in NSW, there will be no coal power stations operating beyond the mid-2030's, so where will all the electricity to run everyone's electric cars and houses come from? Most people cannot afford and do not want rooftop solar. Most people do not want massive solar farms or windfarms on the doorstep. Snowy Hydro 1.0 and 2.0 cannot meet the demand and never have been designed to do so.

Priorities for electricity supply will go to industry and hospitals and government businesses before private residences. So homes will be subject to a lot more frequent (and longer) blackouts. Oops.

Our 'dependence' on electricity is starting to fall apart...
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Whodunnit · M
It's a good time to start breeding horses...
SW-User
@Whodunnit WORRY
Covid made me sale my Stud
Whodunnit · M
@SW-User Sorry to hear that
@Whodunnit nobody sees a green future! Nobody.
Whodunnit · M
@Roundandroundwego Well, it's certainly not practical right now.
@Whodunnit whatever you need to tell yourself.
Whodunnit · M
@Roundandroundwego I think you may be under the mistaken impression that I am somehow pro-alternative energy 🤔

I actually favour nuclear energy above all other forms currently.

I think the move towards 'green' energy is inevitable, but the technology we currently have just won't support it. One day it will, but I can't see that being within my lifetime.
@Whodunnit I get that moral and social values are not paramount for some people. You are free to ignore ethical facts.
Whodunnit · M
@Roundandroundwego "Burn it all dead. Finally kill that ecosystem" - And yet I'm the one ignoring ethical facts? 😆
turbineman40 · 80-89, M
@Whodunnit Solve the nuclear waste problem and you will be set for life money wise. I agree nuclear is the way to go but it takes twice as long, or more, to build a facility due to the regulations. Find a use for the nuclear power plant waste and the system will change completely