"Do you have a reference or that claim? I find it extraordinary because it contradicts their earlier claims ...".

It does. Unlike you, they have kept up with events. People like you, once your minds are made up, you never change them: either because of pride, you can't admit you are wrong, or you are just plain pig headed. You are useful idiots for crooks. Do yourself a favour, read more, and open your mind.

Alice Springs recently had a 12 hour outage because of reliance on renewables and failed battery backup. The cause? A big cloud. What jokers. Any idea how much mining is required to produce solar panels. And as for the disposal of used/failed panels? That's right no one has thought of it. Maybe we could send them to Asia to dump in the rivers.

hi all,

Climate change is the least of our issues. It is fast becoming irrelevant and yesterdays issue.

What is coming is AI, 5G and quantum computing.

These will destroy most jobs. Tinkering at the edges with climate 'science' and 'renewables' is pretty irrelevant.

All those new machines, technological advances, and massively more complex and complicated communications are going to require increasing (huge) amounts of cheap power ... 24 / 7.

if you think the major companies, you quote, will retard their labor cost cutting, robotic and machine innovations as well as complex communications, and instead choose to support irregular and intermittent energy supply ... well you're living in fantasy land.

They will do what suits their needs. If 24/ 7 reliable power isn't supplied by renewables ... well use your brains .. they'll do what's in their self interest.

One of my mates, developed the drone technology to oversee open cut and long wall mining in one of the major mining companies. He's working on developing the software to replace management and all contracting control with AI.

Very soon most mining jobs will no longer exist. They'll be replaced by machines, AI and electronics. All of which will require mains or battery recharge from mains.

As an aside the only jobs remaining in most economies will be leadership positions, menial jobs or jobs requiring judgement, where AI and robots are not cost effective. eg childcare, farm jobs.

High levels of Emotional Intelligence, not IQ or Education, will be central to almost all employment opportunities.

Cheers

Aidan, you are stretching credibility by implying that gas power is renewable energy.

100% RENEWABLE ENERGY means 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY

And, because of the big cloud that cut off the the of the power in Alice Springs, two power bosses were sacked. The cloud got away.

There is no such thing as "renewable" energy - such hocus-pocus would go against the laws of thermodynamics!

http://www.shapingtomorrowsworld.org/energy_is_neither.html