"Does anyone think all motor companies all just deciding en mass to
stop making petrol and diesel vehicles and make electrics is just a
odd sort of coincidence"? Bazz. No of course not Bazz. Car companies are investing in insurance. They can see crazy politicians are planning to ban petroleum fuels sooner or later.

Well they will try, but when the fiasco of insufficient electricity, & the cost & impractically of plug in cars starts to become apparent, they will be out on their ear, & a new bunch of hopefully smarter politicians will emerge.

Meanwhile car manufacturers will need something to sell to stay in business through the turmoil, & people will need transport.

Of course there is no need for nuclear, although I have nothing against us developing it here, but as we all know, coal & it's CO2 is good for all flora, without which we can not survive. We should return to our natural competitive advantage, & generate our electricity with coal for the next few hundred years. With our bauxite, iron ore & cheap power we should be the aluminum & steel supplier to the world.

A railway line from the coal fields to the iron ore mines should give us the 2 largest steel manufacturing centers in the world, one at each end swapping raw materials.

It is ridiculous that bauxite ships travel empty from Gladstone, a major coal exporting port, back to Weipa. They should be carrying coal to fuel power generation in Weipa to supply a major aluminum plant.

We could have it all if not for idiot greenies, & dumb pollise who listen to them.

The most stupid thing anyone can ever do is, listen to an addled greenie.

Err Noel or is it Christina,
OK, then just what do you propose we use to generate electricity ?
I presume you also do not want to use coal or Natural gas.
Hydrogen ? Look at the energy cycle and dangers of hydrogen.
The danger of hydrogen might be manageable, but the cycle is very lossey.

HUGE $50BN Pilbara GREEN HYDROGEN Hub Granted Major Project Status

Hi again Noel Wauchope/ChristinaMac1 and other Readers

A major PS: Reported 23 October 2020 at http://reneweconomy.com.au/huge-50bn-pilbara-green-hydrogen-hub-granted-major-project-status-17416/

"A plan to build a massive renewable energy hydrogen project of up to 26GW of wind and solar capacity in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is set to enjoy a fast-tracked approvals process, after securing ‘major project status’ from the federal government.

The Asian Renewable Energy Hub proposes to invest more than $50 billion in establishing a massive renewable energy EXPORT hub in the Pilbara region, which would include the export of wind and solar energy to Asia, through the production of renewable hydrogen fuels and ammonia.

...“We look forward to working closely with the Western Australian and Federal Governments to entrench Australia’s status as a world leader in renewables and to deliver the world’s largest new power facility – and it’s GREEN.”

"...our project is at the forefront of an emerging green hydrogen industry for Australia, and the opening of a massive new export market to the fast-growing Asian economies to our north.”

The project is expected to create more than 20,000 direct and indirect jobs throughout its construction, as well as supporting more than 3,000 jobs once operational."

PETE COMMENT

This Hydrogen base-load option should be going to Australia first for DOMESTIC USE.

The Federal Government should not make the (PM John Howard's) Great Gas Mistake of selling cheap gas (by longterm contract) to Asia.

Meanwhile gas was/is expensive hence in practice unavailable to Australian users.

Hasbeen, I think your petrol head is writing off electric cars.
I have a friend who has had one as a commuter vehicle for eight years
and swears by it. It has never needed a service, and he might need some tyres soon.
I know of a couple of others who have couple of year old Hyundais
EVs and they would NEVER go back to an ICE car.

Mmm... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/10/fukushima-meltdown-did-not-damage-health-un-japan

Hi mox

No harm done mate.

The security services are mainly after offenders who plan/do violence or constantly write things inciting others to do same.