The Queensland government, [Labor variety] built a biomass power station at the Rocky point sugar mill on Morton bay. It was to use waste from the crushing season.

It even worked, sort of. It cost more than "proper" power, but was not ruinously more expensive, in season. That was the catch, the in season bit.

Depending on the cane season they got 5 to 7 months production, & a hugely expensive down time of 5 to 7 months.

I don't know how much was spent trying to find a way of using the plant in the rest of the year, but it was hundreds of millions, by the time they gave up.

They had a very quirt auction of the plant to make it disappear. I gathered at the time the auction realised less than 10% of the capital investment in the place.

Are you really telling me they have done it again. It would have to be another Labor deal, buying ridiculously expensive electricity in the name of renewable energy. How many times are the taxpayers going to have pay for these Labor fools buying a few votes from the ratbag fringe?

Dear Leo lane.

Human condition..

Getting real about the human effect = our understanding of our planet.

Tally

Tally, why address yourself to me? I do not comprehend shorthand or gibberish.

Try again when whatever you ingested has worn off.

It is a wonderful source of amusement to watch the warmertariat thrashing about with the last vestiges of CAGW, the ACF trying to make a case from the tatters of a failed ideology.

The last paragraph in Guy’s article say it all. << When it comes to meeting our Renewable Energy Target, Australia is well ahead at half time. Why would we want to change the rules now? >>

Gone are the references to polar bears, rising sea levels, polar ice caps, climate refugees, CO2 tax, climate commission and even the IPCC has abandoned them. All they have left is the RET so why not keep it?

Why? As a constant reminder of the economic bastardry the likes of the ACF has inflicted on Australia? Or could it be vested interest in maintaining their publicly funded gravy train.

Get a real job Guy, it’s over rover.

As soon as someone posts an opinion favouring renewable energy, the fossil fuel and thorium nuclear lobbyists are out in force.
Try though they may, the reality is that public opinion is in favour of renewable energy, and particularly, in favour of wind and solar power.
And this opinion is being translated into action, as more and more Australians install solar panels, or move to a 100% renewable energy electricity provider, such as Powershop.

Meanwhile, Citigroup predicts that the Australian solar market will reach 14 GW by 2020. Australia’s ClimateWorks and Australian National University's latest analysis 'Pathways to Deep Decarbonisation' show that existing renewable energy technology can almost eliminate coal by 2030.

It's not only in Australia. Despite the power of the fossil fuel lobby, they're fighting a losing battle in America. For example, last week the Rockefeller family sold all their investments in oil, and transferred them to renewable energy.
Yes, fossil fuel and nuclear advocates, you are up against more than tree-hugging greenies.

I have to laugh at these polls where just about everybody loves renewables. If that were really the case, Abbott would be gone. The reality is that the reality of renewables is obscenely prohibitive costs with unreliable supply. The only winners are the likes of Al Gore who has become one of the richest people on the planet while jetting around in his private jet selling this nonsense. If I made that money I would be a believer too. And like him I wouldn't care about the huge cost to the poor and needy.