In effect, our economic model is iron, coal, and gas, plus endless immigration/housing. That's what is bankrolling woke Labor's United Nations posturing of us rising to a "post carbon economic superpower".

O.K. I get that the author is pushing the nuclear energy wagon.

To simply say that "renewables" cannot reach targeted levels in a suitable time frame (is 100 years really too long a time frame?)seems a little trite when there is no comparison made at all to the author's preferred energy supply i.e. nuclear.

I really don't know who he is trying to convince if he cannot provide any comparative data about nuclear time frames or their associated costs.

Crunching the author's numbers we see that to meet today's electricity demand that at least 18 nuclear reactors with a capacity of 55PJ/year would be required. The author clearly has a different definition to a "hand-full" than I have.

That figure blows out to at least 46 nuclear reactors using the authors figures of an estimated annual usage of 2500 PJ.

The UK government is committed to a "a significant acceleration of nuclear" energy in the hopes that this "would represent up to around 25% of ... projected electricity demand" by 2050.

In comparison "AEMO’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics Report says renewables, including solar and wind, powered 43% of Australia’s electricity grid in the first three months of 2025 – the highest first-quarter amount in the National Energy Market’s 25-year history."

Where will the financing come from and how long will it take for nuclear reactors to be built? Where will they be built? What will be the annual water requirements?

Next Monday the author will be involved in the AIP's Climate Policy Energy Launch. Yep, the same AIP that our host Graham Young is involved with.

The AIP states that "We believe that individuals – not governments – are best placed to direct their own futures, and that it is their ideas and efforts that help shape a collective future."

This appears to agree with the sentiments of the Climate Council who state "“Australian households love rooftop solar and collectively they’re saving nearly $3 billion a year on their power bills. The savings will be even bigger if more households can add a battery to their solar system."

This certainly seems to be an example of individuals directing their own futures.