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"You might be able to imagine the scene: An Australia sporting minister stands
up in front of a vast audience to announce that something is simply not
possible – it might be running 100 metres in 10 seconds, kicking a drop goal
from 50 metres, or a swimming relay team beating a world record.
Behind the minister, on a big screen, there is a video of some sporting people
doing exactly what the minister just said was not possible.
It was a similar vibe at the Brisbane convention centre last Friday, when the
state’s energy minister slammed the brakes on the state’s energy transition,
because he said it was going too fast, just as the biggest energy consumer in
the state announced it was switching from coal to renewables in record quick
time.
As we have written already, the Queensland LNP government’s new energy roadmap
effectively shuts the door on new wind and solar projects in the coming five
years. It says closing down coal generators under the previous government’s
time frame would lead to blackouts, rising prices and economic ruin.
Its own documents highlight that the opposite is true. Nearly half of the 6.5
GW of new wind and solar capacity already locked in for construction in
Queensland is destined to help power Rio Tinto’s giant smelters and refineries
in Gladstone, allowing it to shut down the biggest coal generator in the state
in just four years time.
How is this possible?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
