Indy. That's because she is horribly misinformed about nuclear. Will claim they take decades and billions to build and could melt down or worse.

Will cite clear island, chynobl, Fukushima as reasons why we shouldn't consider nuclear.

This is ignorance personified or someone motivated exclusively by an asinine ideological imperative alone. And not logics rites!

Knows SFA about nuclear and the assured prediction, it will be our guaranteed energy future!
Alan B.

G’day Indy & AlanB. I do a regular “shutdowns” at Talison Lithium in Greenbushes, WA. Lets not consider (as the Greenwashers policy is) the diesel fuel expended each shift to mine, process and transport from Greenbushes to Bunbury - Kemerton refining facility. 150 trips per day with B double rigs which run empty from Bunbury back to Greenbushes. Then there would be the shipping to China in freighters. This is “green energy”..?

Blue green algae contains as much as 60% oil, and extracted via a simple crush and filter, is ready as a biodiesel. And superior to diesel obtained from crude oil. The estimated cost per litre with fuel tax applied and a 15% profit margin would be around 44 cents a litre.

Drought, salt and frost tolerant native wisteria is also a good source of biodiesel, and the Ex-crush is a high protein animal and fish farm feed. And is an ideal crop in barely marginal land.

Personally, I'd want to ship or rail the lithium, as rail could be electrified via MSR technology. Ditto shipping. Road rail might also be powered by miniaturised laser activated Thorium reactors, currently under development.

My first choice would be MSR nuclear waste burners burning nuclear waste we are paid annual millions to take!

Even so, just 8 grams of thorium could power your house and car and provide every consumable for 100 years. The cost of mining and refining that 8 grams, $100.00. That my fiend is just one oxford scholar a year.

Maybe 20 grams would power a road train for about as long. Drive would be electric and the motors in the wheels. We have such motors now and operate completely submerged. Such a road train would have a motor in every wheel including the trailers. And could handle cross country if that were desirable.
Alan B.