The absence of expertise, experience or industry operational knowledge amongst those in our conservative media, currently presenting themselves as experts, is staggering.
There is a simple question they could ask.
What is the $/MWh cost of generation?
All these other numbers are just obscuration.
Tell that to Channel 7, Perth, Mike. They were quite happily spruiking the LNP’s ridiculous timelines & other talking points, in both last night’s & this evening’s bulletins, with not much counter argument at all.
questions for Mr Dutton. Who will manage these nuclear power stations? A Fed. govt enterprise selling power to the energy companies. Energy that will be more expensive than their own renewable sourced energy and is Mr Dutton willing to lose 4 million votes from Aussies with rooftop solar?
Yes, he did that the week after South Australia suffered state wide blackout (after extreme weather and 7 tornadoes landed -we don't have tornadoes generally).
We had the first big battery storage before Christmas 2016, now leading world in transition to renewables, scaled to size.
Never forget Dutton was voted by Aus doctors as the worst Health Minister in living memory, beating Tony Abbott for the award.
And Scott Morrison was preferred as their leader over Dutton by their Liberal Party colleagues when Dutton stabbed Turnbull in the back in 2017. #auspol
Stop giving them air time. This is all they want, once again we are talking about what ever #LNPCorruptionParty say instead of what the Australian Government is doing.
The industry group referred to in this article represents generators and retailers. The two big ones are AGL and Origin, who dominate both sectors and have vested interests in this debate. Not a trustworthy source.
Logical people also said the Aukus is a dog deal, but still it lives. Next election will determine if Australian's are mugs and suckers to billionaires.
The schools building program to provide post GFC stimulus cost 1/20th of this proposed LNP $330 billion dream.
Give thought about the resultant magnitude of waste even a small miscalculation would create.
Channel 9 "news" in Qld are running the story - portraying it as a bright new future - they did the same thing with the youth crime beat up, night after night ramming it down the gullibles throat.
THE LNP CAN:
- put innocent children in detention
- defund Medicare & education
- rort taxpayers’ money
- create large deficits
- stuff up the NBN & Snowy 2.0
- not build car parks
WHAT WOULD MAKE THEM THINK THEY CAN BUILD 7 NUCLEAR REACTORS?
The fact that this pipe dream will take nearly 20 years because even one power station is producing electricity seems to have escaped everyone’s attention. By that time we will already be almost fully renewable.
My prediction - Australia will never have nuclear. This ridiculous "policy" is intended to prop up the fossil fuel mates of the LNP. It also muddies the waters on investment in renewables, so it is actually ethically despicable.
"It is practically impossible to go faster, and even 2044 relies on the Coalition controlling the House and Senate six months from now, the states dropping bans and keeping that support in place for 20 years.” Simon holmes a court
The costing alone is all nonsense. We have no existing infrastructure and limited technical expertise, and all of this will add significantly to cots. It will be the same with the nuclear subs.
Yeah, but why the obvious distraction …have both the lnp and liblites got something going on. The recent WA gas deal, rogue state belligerence or something else?
Indeed. The flip-flopping every 3-4yrs with change of Govts has to stop! Years ago a cousin spent $14K under NSW Govt. scheme for Solar, borrowed $ & had power bills of SFA. Then the Govt. decided it was too generous & killed his rebates off.
Early 2024 he showed me his bill, they paid him 16c a 1/4
Dutton wouldn't know the difference between AC vs DC power or parallel circuits vs serial circuits, let alone a damn f ... thing about nuclear power ...
Stand by for Peter #TrumpLite Dutton and his backers in #MurdochGutterMedia telling voters not to believe experts, evidence, or 'inner city elites' who want to 'stop you driving utes'.
This was never about #nuclear.
It's just another LNP climate-denial culture war dressed up as policy. #auspol
the coalition is in free kick territory
To get this policy into practice they need to win an election, convince either the ALP or the greens and the Teals to support Nuclear as well as change every State Govt and quite a few Councils.
They can make up whatever shite they want - no responsibility!
It's as clear as your own reflection in a mirror in a well lit room. Nuclear was contentious for decades leading up to the mid 1990's, when John Howard's Government banned nuclear because 4 States had nuclear free zones and still do.
So utterly stupid we’re still having these talks in 2024. Everything LNP is completely retrograde. So old, old school and boring 🥱 lacking in foresight and progress.
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There is a simple question they could ask.
What is the $/MWh cost of generation?
All these other numbers are just obscuration.
https://bsky.app/profile/theleachie.bsky.social/post/3ld7vbvkym22v
We had the first big battery storage before Christmas 2016, now leading world in transition to renewables, scaled to size.
And Scott Morrison was preferred as their leader over Dutton by their Liberal Party colleagues when Dutton stabbed Turnbull in the back in 2017. #auspol
It’s all a distraction to burn more Coal for the next couple of decades.
#LNPNeverAgain
LNP mates forever until they throw you under a bus😅
Dutton wants to paint solar panels as "woke." EV's? "Woke" Batteries? "So fucking woke"
This is a call out to the ute driving, "love it or leave," salute the flag, "there's too many welcome to country 😩" types
This is Dutton creating MAUGA
Unfortunately
Serves them right.
Give thought about the resultant magnitude of waste even a small miscalculation would create.
- put innocent children in detention
- defund Medicare & education
- rort taxpayers’ money
- create large deficits
- stuff up the NBN & Snowy 2.0
- not build car parks
WHAT WOULD MAKE THEM THINK THEY CAN BUILD 7 NUCLEAR REACTORS?
Now saying lower power requirements needed by 2050?? & a slower economy.
Angus says every presser, we need higher growth in the economy.
Less oxymoron, simply #LNP morons
Early 2024 he showed me his bill, they paid him 16c a 1/4
This was never about #nuclear.
It's just another LNP climate-denial culture war dressed up as policy. #auspol
To get this policy into practice they need to win an election, convince either the ALP or the greens and the Teals to support Nuclear as well as change every State Govt and quite a few Councils.
They can make up whatever shite they want - no responsibility!
Dutton makes Forest Gump look like a genius.