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DearIndyvidual,

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You wrote :

« Wind & Solar are more polluting than coal. Anyone not seeing that needs their head read ! »
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Sounds more like a case of myopia, Indyvidual, where the cornea curves too steeply or the eyeball is too long so that light entering the eye does not focus on the retina but just in front of it so the image appears blurry.

It remains to be seen exactly who is short-sighted and who isn’t. As you say, it could be “anyone not seeing that” or, on the contrary, “anyone seeing that”.

I did some fact-checking and found this :

« Renewables generate more energy than is used in their production and produce fewer emissions than other power sources over their lifetime.

While all sources of electricity result in some GHG emissions over their lifetime, renewable energy sources have substantially fewer emissions than fossil fuel-fired power plants. One study estimates that renewable energy sources typically emit about 50g or less of CO2 emissions per kWh over their lifetime, compared to about 1000 g CO2/kWh for coal and 475 g CO2/kWh for natural gas. Most of the lifecycle emissions from fossil generators occur from fuel combustion but also come from raw materials extraction, construction, fuel processing, plant operation and decommissioning of facilities.

While the manufacture of solar panels requires substantial amounts of energy, studies have found that they offset the energy consumed in production within about two years of operation, depending on the module type. Both crystalline silicon and thin-film solar panels contain toxic materials such as lead, silver and cadmium; therefore, efforts need to be accelerated to address proper disposal practices and module recycling, such as is done in Europe and by First Solar in the U.S., to appropriately capture and reuse these materials. »

Here is the source :

http://www.wri.org/insights/setting-record-straight-about-renewable-energy

Perhaps you could let me have yours.

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I read an interesting letter from a bloke in Sydney
who wrote that he didn't believe that there is a
Coalition nuclear plan - except to get re-elected.

He suggests that no nuclear plants will be built
here - thus avoiding questions about costs and
technology, and radio-active waste.

He tells us that Dutton is exploiting those worried
about climate change and energy costs who don't have
the time and ability to question his remedy.

We're told that Dutton's plan will unfortunately be
followed by endless committees to implement such a
"grand and important policy" which will go on for
another election or two until finally some
election strategist decides that changes in policy
may be needed.

Ten years later - Australia will be left penniless
without enough energy and polluting the world with
scraps of fossil fuels in its desperate burning to
keep the lights on.

A glum picture indeed.

Any food for thought?

I see today's briefing is finished. Snowy 2.0 is a great argument against the push for renewables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJAyMCx_lc

How would Australia's flora and fauna vote? Subjecting Australians to an experiment in an unproven energy grid is totally reckless. Why did UAE go nuclear when they have all that sunshine?

Hi Banjo,

It's an issue of energy security (both from the vulnerability of solar panels to things like storm damage and from being beholden to China for our generating infrastructure), cost (Robert Idel gives a truer comparison of the total system cost), and preserving the environment.

Nuclear power has ever been described as a bad decision in every nation that has built reactors, but the long term view is that nuclear delivers cheap and reliable electricity. In contrast, the wind and solar mob destroy sensitive ecosystems and wildlife, deliver way below their lofty claims, then do a buck when the handouts stop, leaving the public a massive bill for the cleanup.

The Albanese Government has announced that former
Liberal NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has been named
the new Chair of the Climate Change Authority in
a surprise cross-party appointment that followed
Kean's resignation from state politics.

Kean's from the opposite side of politics however as
the Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said:

"Carbon dioxide doesn't recognize political parties."

Yay!

Any energy system that is to be installed is a long time plan.
Completion will probably be around 2070 +- 20 years.
With solar & wind three complete installations and removables will
be experienced by 2100.
With nuclear rebuilds will probably be scheduled for about 2130.
Perhaps they will all be replaced by Fusion.

Our problem at the moment is that the powers that be are working on
a three year time base, when what is needed is an argument on a 50 year cycle.