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@salubrious55 @SuDharmapala Racism is an action or belief which disadvantages or demeans people based on race or gives unfair advantage based on race.
The Voice isnβt racist because itβs doesnβt disadvantage or demean anyone based on their race.
Creating equity for a race isnβt giving unfair advantage.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Power bills are going down in Aust by 100% between 11am-2pm due to solar.
Up to 24kWh a day of free electricity.
You'd never get that if the energy was produced by a nuclear power plant.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Globally, Nuclear's total generation has fallen to below 10% for over a decade.
Any sector growth from new N plants coming on-line is negated by decommissionings.
Whereas over the same period RE has grown by 140+% to be ~35% of global power generation.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Well Darrin, you may believe RE is a fantasy. But the AEMO Electrical Engineers are confident a RE system grid is viable & cheaper.
Even China, which is building N power plants, is currently installing >150 times more RE than N gen capability.
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@canzyD01@BenPennings Sure the US has 92 operating standard reactors. And zero COTS SMRs
By the time a fleet of standard reactors could be operational in Aust, >70% of coal fired gens will have reached end of life
Only RE can be built in time to avoid blackouts. Once RE system built, N not needed.
@canzyD01@BenPennings An ongoing real time simulation, extrapolating current solar & wind gen with Snowy 2.0 & batt storage, is proving 98.5% p.a. RE is viable. The shortfall met by gas peaking & demand mgt to minimise CapEx.
@canzyD01@BenPennings SMRs have yet to reach Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) maturity. There is not one operational mass manufacturing facility anywhere in the world.
And you're assuming standard built to will be the safety standard Aust legislates.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Regardless of the quality & quantity of uranium, Aust will never have sufficient demand to make processing N fuel rods here economically viable.
Aukus subs don't require locally enriched fuel. Reactor is fuelled & sealed for life of the boat.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Nuclear isn't a viable option for Aust. Before a fleet of N power plants could be built & online, >70% of our CF gens will reach end of practical life
Result would be a decade of power shortages with rolling blackouts
Only RE can be installed quickly enough to replace coal
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@canzyD01@BenPennings All of which means, what some call Base Load is an artificially high construct which comes from a soon to be redundant generation technology.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Firmed RE can reduce output to match natural minimum overnight demand.
Non-time critical demand from appliances like hot water & EV charging can be timeshifted to periods of high RE output through reduced tariffs. Eg 3 hours free power between peak solar output of 11am-2pm.
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@NellShel@tim_blee So Pauline letting her version of perfect be the enemy of the good.
Baby, bathwater, out, is just having a tanty because couldn't get own amendment up.
@Baumann_Mac@OneNationAus Unfortunately, like MAGAs, PHON supporters won't care what laws have been broken by a party incapable of sensible government.
As long as Pauline & Barnaby give those supporters cover to be overtly racist, they'll be happy.
@canzyD01@BenPennings Yeah, it makes sense because it's cheaper & quieter than running a diesel generator 24/7.
And as proven by the 1 July price drop, RE is cheaper when powering the grid as well.
@canzyD01@BenPennings 'Base load' only applies to coal & nuclear gens.
There is no such thing as base load for a diesel gen or for solar & batts.