Even with the $1.8 trillion spent last year on renewables, the world is still 81% “fossil fueled”, with renewables provided only 8%. Oil, gas and coal remain the big providers, with a little bit from nuclear and hydro.

Total energy demands world-wide rose by 2%. The use of oil for motor transport also rose by 2%.

‘Transitioning’ exists only in the wild imagination of Chris Bowen.

No one has ever answered my question about the storage quandary.
All going well plenty of wind and sunshine.
Then the wind dies around 4pm and it is a cold still night.
If the batteries are big enough you might get through the night till
morning, but then the batteries are discharged and need charging.
Where do you get the power to do so ?
Not from the grid, it is busy running the country.
You need to get about five times the night time consumption between
about 8am & 4pm (Summer), 9am & 3pm (winter)
So you need a dedicated charging system about 5 times bigger than the
grids normal system.
Oh dear, that morning turned out to be overcast and almost no wind !
So tell me how do you get on the next night ?

I will bet that no one has an answer, every time I ask that question
I get a big silence and the thread dies.

Australia is the only G20 country in which nuclear power is illegal.

And, unlike those G20 countries Europe, the Americas, and Asia, Australia has no extension cords to neighbours with reliable power from nuclear, hydro, coal, or gas – we are on our own.

The silence is deafening !

We are condemned to a disaster.
There is no way solar & wind even with some gas can enable us to
escape it.
We have fiddled about for far too long.
The government only wants to know how much Dutton's nuclear plan will cost.
How stupid can you get expecting someone to say how much they think it
will be BEFORE they call for tenders ! Like writing blank cheque !
Because of how long it will take for coalition to get into government,
then call for tenders, accept and get just one built will be too long
we have no choice but continue with solar, wind and gas.
It might be possible to get some gas peakers cheaply.
We cannot waste time on small modular reactors, we have to start on
large systems.
If Labour had not been so wrapped in their own dreams we could have
started 15 years ago.
One problem might be money, as unemployment will be very high as many
businesses shut up shop the demand on social services will be enormous.
No matter what the cost the surviving coal plants must be kept going.
That will be our cheapest survival path and perhaps a world bank loan.

If you have any doubts on this go and read the IPA's report on our energy.
/home/barry/Documents/Energy/IPA-Research-Report-The-Ruinous-Cost-of-Free-Energy-FINAL-July-2024.pdf