Jonno
@kingjon.bsky.social
Aussie bloke, supports Ukraine, eager to learn, keen to help. I try to see the good in everyone and the funny side of everything. This can be occasionally problematic 😬
Well, sorry, wrong door.
March 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Well, sorry, wrong door.
Who believes this guy? Not me. He lost the election for Shorten and he’s about to do the same thing for Albanese.
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Who believes this guy? Not me. He lost the election for Shorten and he’s about to do the same thing for Albanese.
Either way, we can’t just place wind and solar farms wherever we want without considering the huge time and cost to make it accessible, let alone dispatchable. There’s a reason no other similar countries are attempting this.
January 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Either way, we can’t just place wind and solar farms wherever we want without considering the huge time and cost to make it accessible, let alone dispatchable. There’s a reason no other similar countries are attempting this.
Yes - but our gold-plated grid of poles and wires is built around our thermal stations.
January 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Yes - but our gold-plated grid of poles and wires is built around our thermal stations.
Bowen completely ignores the cost of investment in building out the grid necessary to handle the volatility and geographic distribution of these weather-dependent renewables. Also doesn’t mention the huge cost of firming renewables with gas and storage technologies. Disingenuous.
January 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Bowen completely ignores the cost of investment in building out the grid necessary to handle the volatility and geographic distribution of these weather-dependent renewables. Also doesn’t mention the huge cost of firming renewables with gas and storage technologies. Disingenuous.
A one week chart with no context or legend is not an argument for anything.
January 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A one week chart with no context or legend is not an argument for anything.
lol that’s what you think happened? Seriously? Lolololol
There’s a reason no other similar market globally has been able to achieve what Bowen thinks he can do.
There’s a reason no other similar market globally has been able to achieve what Bowen thinks he can do.
January 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
lol that’s what you think happened? Seriously? Lolololol
There’s a reason no other similar market globally has been able to achieve what Bowen thinks he can do.
There’s a reason no other similar market globally has been able to achieve what Bowen thinks he can do.
I don’t think you’re making the logical argument you think you are.
January 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I don’t think you’re making the logical argument you think you are.
How is that an argument? I’m not anti renewables. I have a decent solar array myself - that’s why I understand the risks and pitfalls of weather-dependent renewable energy.
January 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How is that an argument? I’m not anti renewables. I have a decent solar array myself - that’s why I understand the risks and pitfalls of weather-dependent renewable energy.
Tom doesn’t like being called out for his ideological arguments with little basis in facts.
January 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Tom doesn’t like being called out for his ideological arguments with little basis in facts.
Is it though? Unproven anywhere globally in an environment like ours and a market size like ours.
January 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Is it though? Unproven anywhere globally in an environment like ours and a market size like ours.
On its best day my system will generate 70kwh, and 3.5kwh on its worst. That variability and volatility doesn’t work at grid level. Govts are reducing feed in tariffs to ridiculously low levels anyway so solar take up is slowing quickly. It’s a mess.
January 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
On its best day my system will generate 70kwh, and 3.5kwh on its worst. That variability and volatility doesn’t work at grid level. Govts are reducing feed in tariffs to ridiculously low levels anyway so solar take up is slowing quickly. It’s a mess.
So many words but you added exactly nothing to the conversation. Well done.
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So many words but you added exactly nothing to the conversation. Well done.
Actually that’s incorrect. Solar does not perform best at high temperatures. The time of highest demand on hot days tends to be late afternoon and evening when people return home to hot houses. The sun is lowering and the wind dying down. I too have solar so I know.
January 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Actually that’s incorrect. Solar does not perform best at high temperatures. The time of highest demand on hot days tends to be late afternoon and evening when people return home to hot houses. The sun is lowering and the wind dying down. I too have solar so I know.
Weather-dependent renewable energy is “cheap” but is largely generated at times of low demand. It cannot replace essential, 24/7 dispatchable power. You are being dishonest by suggesting it can. Volatility means higher power prices which is now what we have in Australia. Congratulations
January 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Weather-dependent renewable energy is “cheap” but is largely generated at times of low demand. It cannot replace essential, 24/7 dispatchable power. You are being dishonest by suggesting it can. Volatility means higher power prices which is now what we have in Australia. Congratulations
Your energy policy is objectively a miserable failure and will cost Labor the election.
January 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Your energy policy is objectively a miserable failure and will cost Labor the election.
Yes - they’ll be exporting all the surplus of weather-dependent energy that is mostly generated at times of low demand. They’ll get nothing for it. And on the stinking hot days when the renewables fail to launch, they’ll be IMPORTING fossil fuel energy from other states, and paying through the nose.
January 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Yes - they’ll be exporting all the surplus of weather-dependent energy that is mostly generated at times of low demand. They’ll get nothing for it. And on the stinking hot days when the renewables fail to launch, they’ll be IMPORTING fossil fuel energy from other states, and paying through the nose.
Because they can access reliable coal and gas power via the interconnectors. So, no. SA is not going to be “100% renewables”.
January 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Because they can access reliable coal and gas power via the interconnectors. So, no. SA is not going to be “100% renewables”.
They always talk about “plans” but will they be cutting the interconnectors or decommissioning the diesel and gas generators in 2027?
Nope.
Nope.
January 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
They always talk about “plans” but will they be cutting the interconnectors or decommissioning the diesel and gas generators in 2027?
Nope.
Nope.
It all looked so easy in 2017 when that article was published. Now look where we are.
January 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It all looked so easy in 2017 when that article was published. Now look where we are.
Look at Germany. Scraps nuclear, invests hundreds of billions into weather-dependent renewables, and now buys a huge portion of its energy off neighbouring countries who have nuclear. Ridiculous.
January 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Look at Germany. Scraps nuclear, invests hundreds of billions into weather-dependent renewables, and now buys a huge portion of its energy off neighbouring countries who have nuclear. Ridiculous.
No one has said renewables shouldn’t have a place in Australia’s energy future. The fact is that we cannot fully replace the baseload provided by coal and gas without nuclear forming a part of the infrastructure. Weather-dependent renewables have serious limitations and we must not risk our economy.
January 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
No one has said renewables shouldn’t have a place in Australia’s energy future. The fact is that we cannot fully replace the baseload provided by coal and gas without nuclear forming a part of the infrastructure. Weather-dependent renewables have serious limitations and we must not risk our economy.
The success of plugin hybrids like the BYD Shark has nothing to do with your government. You are even removing incentives for people to buy PHEVs in a couple of months!
January 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The success of plugin hybrids like the BYD Shark has nothing to do with your government. You are even removing incentives for people to buy PHEVs in a couple of months!
I’ve been over all this so-called “evidence” many times before. It really doesn’t stack up. The girls are not the same ones as those in the Taras posts. Trust me - you’re being misled and used by pro Russian actors who have tried to shut down Devana countless times before.
November 23, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I’ve been over all this so-called “evidence” many times before. It really doesn’t stack up. The girls are not the same ones as those in the Taras posts. Trust me - you’re being misled and used by pro Russian actors who have tried to shut down Devana countless times before.