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1). The number is the current demand, it's 12am here. 2). Australia is larger than the EU. That there's sunshine in North Queensland is all well and good but y

by antt 8y ago

1). The number is the current demand, it's 12am here. 2). Australia is larger than the EU. That there's sunshine in North Queensland is all well and good but you need power in Victoria and South Australia. The links between the states are already saturated (and absolutely tiny). 3). Can you name me one river in Australia that isn't already damed passed the point of viability? The Murry-Darling flows backwards about as often as forwards these days.

hutzlibu 8y ago
The idea is not, that you can go all renewable by tomorrow, but that you can work towards it. So yes, you probably will have to invest in the energy grid. And the lack of suitable rivers is a problem for conventional pump power plants, but there are concepts to do the same with artifical lakes on different heights. Then there is hydrogen. Energy costly to create, but the idea is, that solar energy is dirt cheap, once you have the plants. And a tons of other potential technology. So again, yes. Not really all market ready and exactly doable by tomorrow, but will be soon. Sooner the more it gets invested into it, because there are no laws of physics hindering it. Only lack of momentum due to the lazyness because of cheap fossil energy for "free"