Oh dear. I have believed for about 60 years that the whole antinuclear energy movement was irrational and looked even worse than that when 30 or so years ago an urgent specific new reason for switching to clean energy emerged. Did that new need perturb Jim Green's antinuclear sentiments. Not a bit. Now I understand. It must be because I'm a thug. What a relief.

Another 'child in a man's body'. Poor old Jim.

FWIW I think the Pt Augusta SMR should be located further down Spencer Gulf at the proposed Cape Hardy precinct. That avoids the warm, shallow hypersaline water at the top of the gulf. Eyre Peninsula need only have the one desal not two to serve both Pt Lincoln and Olympic Dam. The extra power could help BHP triple copper production. Maybe some tie in with subs.

That's unless the Barngarla people object as they did with Kimba after spending $86m on preparation. Apparently the Seven Sisters Dreaming needs the run of the whole area. Should perchance nuclear power go ahead the spent fuel can be stashed down one of the disused mines in the Woomera rocket range area patrolled by DoD. BTW nationally on Saturday morning 21 GW out of 27 GW demand was met by coal and gas, batteries contributed 0.2 GW. Good luck reversing that with wind and solar.

The heavily subsidised wind and solar industry will be panicking after Dutton’s nuclear announcement.

If their toys were really the best and cheapest, as Bowen keeps telling everyone, they would have nothing to worry about. Their fear of competition indicates that they have a lot to worry about. It's not just the money, but the possibility of their ignorance and lies being noticed by more and more people. For Albanese Labor, this is a real threat to their hopes of another term.

Now that Dutton is starting to act like the leader Albanese is not, and never will be, investors in renewables will start thinking about where they will put their money.

The Clean Energy Investor Group will be thinking hard about that $38 billion they have wagered on renewables. Not to mention the money they have laid out to keep Labor in power.

On the other hand, this crony capitalism could still be a threat to Dutton’s plans.

As always, it will be up to voters to take more interest in their own interests - and ignore the ideology that has been dictating energy policy since Morrison signed up to the idiocy of Net Zero, and the appalling pile on by Albanese.

Investment in renewables is already falling: down to its lowest level for 8 years.

The time is right for a return to common sense and the ousting of the ideology that has driven policy.

Dutton has provided us with the opportunity to do that.

Just another fine example of parasitism vs Symbiosis !

While Labor rants about three-eyed fish and the costs of nuclear, let us not forget their own $1.3 trillion for renewables that are showing no sign or being able to provide cheap, reliable electricity. Their you-beaut scheme is proving to be purely ideological, and a great lurk for foreign investors to hoover up huge taxpayer subsidies.