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Australia has the capital and engineering capability to solve this. It’s not afraid of spending money for example it’s spending $50 billion on a suburban rail l
by erentz 5y ago
Australia has the capital and engineering capability to solve this. It’s not afraid of spending money for example it’s spending $50 billion on a suburban rail loop in Melbourne alone that has very questionable benefits (compared to alternatives). That would comfortably replace half their coal fired generation with base load nuclear for example. It would be very easy for them to change course and decarbonize their grid here if they had the political motivation.
- user123456780 5y agoUnfortunately our politicians are controlled by Rupert Murdoch and funded by BHP/Coal...
- nsonha 5y agoI'm out of the loop (pun intended), what's the alternative?
- 0xy 5y agoNuclear energy is attacked by environmental activists and the Greens party on a regular basis, ensuring it won't be an option in Australia. Ironically, by attacking nuclear, you submit yourself to natural gas (barely better than coal) and batteries (non-renewable, expensive, mined by slaves etc). This is why I roll my eyes whenever activists talk about renewable energy, knowing that as soon as you dig into their proposals you'll find filthy gas in the mix, or batteries. Nuclear, with it's extremely low deaths per kWh, is simply too dangerous we are told.