james weidmann

Environmental Engineer. Flooding and Hydraulics, WSUD. BEng (Enviro), GDEnvMan (Sustainability) UQ. Tottenham fan. ex futsal player for Gold Coast Galaxy & SES.

[Operador Nuclear @OperadorNuclear]

LA MORATORIA NUCLEAR

A finales de los años 70 del siglo XX, España 🇪🇸 contaba un ambicioso plan energético que apostaba fuertemente por la energía nuclear. Sin embargo, dicho plan se vió truncado por diferentes motivos y tuvo importantes consecuencias.
Lo explico en un HILO.

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

@NuclearHazelnut @OperadorNuclear I captured this flying out of Bilbao today. Had only recently read about the foolish and unfortunate history of this place. Such a shame.

[Aidan Morrison @FootnotesGuy]

I had a reply from @jackietrad, from @cleannrgcouncil in the @FinancialReview yesterday, presenting the case that renewables are definitely coming, and Eraring's extension is just a 'stop gap'.

I have some thoughts. 1/
https://t.co/IYbZAvIJcN

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

Condoning targeted bullying of young activists. Good look...

Keep it up @ShackelWill. Clearly hitting the right nerves.

[Oscar Archer @OskaArcher]

Sandy Ridge - a successful radioactive material disposal facility which secured First Nation approval - is only 'toxic' for the kind of life-long activist who's traded on the plight of Traditional Owners his entire career.

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

@AusConservation @NukeDaveSweeney

[Aidan Morrison @FootnotesGuy]

News flash... Turnbull has cashed out of a couple of pumped hydro projects. Sold to AGL.

Do they stack up economically? Is this the market at work?

Or is this what carefully treading through the maze of subsidies delivers to smart players? 1/

https://t.co/T5W3D1sZ0P

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

Nuclear energy is as inevitable as gay marriage always was. Bigoted outdated folk just causing delays.

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

Will? It's over. Move on. Go well.

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

You can’t keep expecting more than 10-12% of the vote without changing yourselves.

[Adam Bandt @AdamBandt]

This is it.

Nothing changes if nothing changes.

We can’t keep voting for the same two parties expecting different results.

And if there’s one thing that the big corporations & billionaires don’t want you to know, it’s that change is possible.

You just have to vote for it.

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

I trust Adam views all those renewables only lobby groups with the same level of doubt and skepticism.

[Adam Curlis @TAFEeducation]

‘Coalition’s much-vaunted nuclear modelling was - despite ⁦Peter Dutton’s insistence it was “independent” analysis - created by a pro-nuclear think tank with a cosy relationship w. Nuclear for Australia, a lobby group with links to the Liberal Party.’ https://t.co/qXnWkWWwJW

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

@ShackelWill This passes for environmental advocacy now @earthkath @CAN_Australia ?
In a way I support it because it makes pro nuclear advocacy so much easier. Completely unhinged.

[Aidan Morrison @FootnotesGuy]

Just a snapshot from their 'about' page to get a sense of things. Fighting colonisation, white supremacy and capitalism and patriarchy are part of it.

"Taking our democracy back from big business."

Kinda odd for an outfit trying to save Rio Tinto's aluminium holdings. 5/

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

Let them make fools of themselves #auspol

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

Last night’s 5.1 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre below Singleton in the Hunter Valley - that’s just 30km from where Dutton wants to put a nuclear reactor ☢️⚠️

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

I’m old enough to remember the 2019 climate change election that the Coalition won.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

In 2022, the Coalition lost an election in which the biggest issue was climate change.

In 2025, they’re going to the election without a single policy which would decrease our carbon emissions in the next 10 years.

https://t.co/ba1oreP6nR

[Oscar Archer @OskaArcher]

Constructively, @AustralianLabor.

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

@David_Ritter @GreenpeaceAP You had all of 5 people turn up in weird cos play. Keep it up i think it’s working 👍🏻

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

@AusConservation No doubt the study exaggerates actual water requirements and ignores reuse. Water is a very solvable issue even for large nuclear plants. It’s like trying to argue England is too cloudy for solar.

[Oscar Archer @OskaArcher]

For the ABC, a nearly 8× nuclear power project cost increase would be more than enough justification to line up endless commentary demanding immediate abandonment.

[james weidmann @JamesWeidmann]

@flashpixx8 @AusConservation Zero. Hope this helps.
They have to say “whatever causes it” in the video because they can’t think of any credible ways this would happen in Australia.

[Nuclear Energy Institute @NEI]

"U.S. states are leading a new wave of investment in advanced #nuclear energy, aiming to boost energy #security, support industrial #growth, and revitalize local economies."

No other energy source tackles so many problems at once quite like nuclear 🤷
https://t.co/mJtGBC0y0q