Australia’s energy crisis is the ‘green socialism’ of Albanese

[@OzSafe1]

We aren’t short of energy, we’re short of brains

[@waikintang8246]

They are not stupid but EVIL

[@sootuckchoong7077]

Short of brains, that's why following whatever USA is doing. Monkey see monkey do. 😂🇺🇸❤️🐒

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

What brains? None in these guys

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

@@waikintang8246 I think a bit of both

[@australiafirst520]

9 years of the Coalition backing Corporate Profits in the Energy Industry has been devastating for Consumers. We have been turned from Citizens into Paying Customers.

[@j-1159]

LoL the Australian People are to blame for this mess, WAKE THE F UP

[@Wombbatts]

the socialists are destroying society. based on a chinese lie designed to get the world to give them money. the original global warming data was cooked up at the university of east anglia, which had and still has a corrupt chinese influence exerted over it, china cooked their own weather data to show global warming in the original faked data. basically stupid gullible socialists are destroying the world to give china money.

[@pwillis1589]

Nothing is quite as pathetic or gormless than abusing average Australians.

[@oldbloke204]

Worldwide issues. Grow up.

[@raviscott4853]

@@oldbloke204 Finally, someone who actually understands what's going on 👍

[@oldbloke204]

@@raviscott4853 Pretty easy to understand when folks take off their blinkers. Cheers

[@robert3987]

It's too depressing what's happening to Australia.

[@johngeier8692]

Our craven politicians are colluding with costly popular delusions rather than calling them out. The carbon dioxide emissions are actually beneficial.

[@yolandascholten2012]

It’s happening everywhere in the world…

[@creditelectric]

But you listen to this guy?

[@robert3987]

@@creditelectric you can block your ears.

[@Theineluctable_SOME_CANT]

So, we can't rely on YOU to help SHOOT MARXISTS when the time comes?

[@rapscallion9333]

Albo is a Trojan horse for Australia's green new deal.

[@pineyridge7465]

the Green New Deal is stolen from the USA Democrats. so lazy.

[@panayotisdamianakis3658]

​@Matt Did you write that comment on your computer that was plugged into a power socket while the lights were on, and were you warmed by your heater while you were baking a roast in your electric oven while watching a movie on Netflix, and did you boil the electric kettle manufactured in a factory so you could sip a tea from a cup that had been hewn in an electric kiln while texting a friend on a phone manufactured in a factory that was shipped to Port Botany where the electric cranes removed the container and distributed the phone to your local JBHi which specialises in electronic items, that use 'electricity'? Did you? 😳

[@panayotisdamianakis3658]

​@Matt lol. What, did you use then, a stylus and clay tablet, and then it magically appeared in the electronic world of KZbinland? Ha! Too funny, in fact, it's a very adult argument that borrows from reality and not gumbo snot green naive, hypocritical ignorance. 😂 Please, enjoy the day sitting in an air-conditioned office, using a computer, sipping an espresso made by Enzo, the barista on his Lavazza Coffee Machine that plugs into a 3-phase socket while you sip your coffee you can use Enzo's wi-fi which is free, right? It just happens to be plugged into a power socket and is hooked up to a major telco that provides broadband or NBN wi-fi signals to your device...I could go on and on. Nobody is arguing that 'renewable' is the right direction. Who doesn't want a clean environment for our children and the planet? All I'm pointing out is that it is unrealistic to expect a change, right now, just because Greta Thunberg said, as she sips her chai latte sitting in the comfort of an electric, air-conditioned train as she traverses the continent while she adds content to her social media pages on her mass-produced device that required reliable energy from either a coal-powered or nuclear electric utility plant to be manufactured and distributed to her. Renewables have a place in solving our energy needs, sure, but they don’t play a primary role. Utilities still have to rely on traditional methods, for now - and only a fool would think that you can let a utility that has served us well, run down and collapse while the alternative is not yet technologically adequate to replace it. That's just a dumb folly. Furthermore, there is a far greater risk for problems like blackouts when failing to build new base load power plants and instead of depending on an unreliable source of electricity. Otherwise, reliability will erode along with economic output. As we are experiencing now. This is just a sample of what to expect if the change is not managed well. Ripping the guts out of the current power setup will only ruin the economy and civilisation as we know it, that's all. Clearly, you're a consumer, whether you want to admit it or not, consumers want to pay the lowest price, but they also want the utilities to continue to provide 99 percent reliability, agreed? Until we can come up with better technology, the only thing that will give us the 99 percent reliability that we come to expect is a coal-powered electric utility plant. Not forever, just until the renewable energy source truly gets better. Currently, it is not. This is a fact. Europe is in an energy crisis at the moment because they do not have an adequate, cheap electricity supply, renewable or otherwise (coal). We do! Indeed, it is you who should grow up. I'm guessing AC/DC is not one of your favorite bands? lol The next time you're listening to an unplugged band at a pub, somewhere in Sydney or Melbourne where do you think the 'power to the people' is coming from that transmits the unplugged guitar's sound to the pub's patrons through the electrically powered speakers? If you guessed a coal-powered electric utility plant, you would be right. To borrow Bolt's analogy, 'yes, renewables are cheaper, like riding a bike with the wind behind your back is cheaper than a truck going in the same direction, but you can not carry a load with that bike, can you?'

[@rapscallion9333]

There's no use using logic and rational thinking to persuade the ideologically subverted. Yuri Bezmenov was right.

[@panayotisdamianakis3658]

​@Matt So few words reflecting your ignorance. Still using the stylus and clay tablet, I see. Ha! There's no use using logic and rational thinking to persuade the ideologically subverted. Yuri Bezmenov was right. Yes, you’re correct, only you need to apply your sentiment to yourself.

[@engraftedword4554]

The single mom of four and pensioners, most of the Australians went to the voting booth and bang! Voted Labour and Greens. Sad sad country...

[@marigold6920]

Labor got in with only 30% of the vote. It was not an election. It was a S'election. Corruption.

[@chuckh5999]

You forgot to mention those marvellous storage batteries that you can't recycle or bury when they ultimately fail.

[@briancarr34]

Labor. In step with Socialism and considers China a 'friend'.

[@raviscott4853]

Like how Trump blew Putin every chance he got?

[@briancarr34]

@@raviscott4853 Great response, lol. Pity you didn't use facts or data to support your comment. Have a great day. :)

[@gore1089]

If you vote Liberal, you vote for big business, privatization and monopolization of everything including power. All power privatization happened under liberal governments. SA, Victoria and NSW. The federal liberal governments never locked in cheap energy for the domestic market, as we used to. Now? Even the international energy customer gets our energy cheaper than Australians. The people always pay when they vote for the corporate government. What do people think the corp media is for ??

[@5RndsFFE]

China is our biggest export market, its hurt our Economy enough with the tariffs they put on all our imports to them. What’s occurring now is solely on the shoulders of the Liberal government, they lack of investment in renewables whilst simultaneously selling off our gas reserves which would be used to supplement the demand in a pinch.

[@raviscott4853]

@@briancarr34 Nor did you. Cheers

[@asaka616]

Nuclear is necessary. Tech has come a long way since Chernobyl and no earthquakes and tsunamis like Fukushima. In a Uranium rich nation like Australia, we'd be fools not to.

[@B1-997]

Even if it cost an arm to build a few state of the art nuclear plants, it’ll be worth it long term.

[@donavonlarney]

why reinvent the wheel?... we have coal every where.. the carbon foot print for nuclear is absolutely massive to build and they take ten years.. they can be built quicker IF supporting infrastructure already exists of which Australia does not have. then there is still the spent rods disposal... more carbon

[@ross4970]

We are fools and we wont

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Too immature a country to even have the discussion .

[@tassied12]

@@donavonlarney This problem is due to coal plants failing. They are large single points of failure and at the moment they cant produce power ecomically because of high coal prices. ACT, SA and Tasmania have not had the same problems due to less dependence on fossil fuels. The price of their inputs (water, wind, sunshine) has not changed.

[@josdav07]

You're not a true commie until you have power outages, almost there Australia.

[@elainetalbot2947]

@Matt No you don’t.

[@cojoes1423]

Who sold our ports and land off to the communist Chinese? Oh, turns out it was The Liberal Party.

[@joshuas22]

@Matt then what do you consider successful socialism/ communism

[@joshuas22]

@Matt if the OP was inncorect then show us what you, someone who assumably knows or has a personal defintion what it is

[@joshuas22]

@Matt oh I am educated on the failures of collectivism, seems unlike you

[@OzVeteran1969]

Energy crisis? Why is NSW wasting power on a light show then? That's not a very good example. Maybe ration the heating in parliament would be a great example.

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Yep exactly, it's all ok when it suits them, while the rest of us have to suck it up.

[@dknowles60]

Why does Parliament need heat Sidney is not that cold. record cold for Australia is only 9 degs f. the Us gets a lot colder

[@SOz-uf5yq]

Forget the energy crisis, Under the Labor Government, try to find fresh lettuce in your local shops, lol. The way we are heading try to find any fresh vegy or food on your dinner table to feed your family. lol.

[@oldbloke204]

So they have caused that in the last month have they? What are you lot smoking exactly? I was talking to the lady in our local supermarket produce section months ago and she was telling me how many issues they were having back then. Maybe try growing your own?

[@raviscott4853]

So you REALLY think this wouldn't have happened under the LNP? LOL. This was coming 5 years ago and it was clear as day. A few words of advise. Do your own research & be VERY wary of "Economist" predictions. They're often pushing an agenda. Their own & the corporate entities that pay them to say what they want said. Look at it the same way Sky News Australia talking heads push Uncle Rupert's agenda.

[@zac6776]

….. do you know how food grows?

[@hdmccart6735]

Sorry about your stroke...

[@hdmccart6735]

@Johann Pretorius Nice...

[@EgilWar]

They bought into the Cult. Cults have taken over from traditional religion

[@DJ-yj1vg]

And green energy is the new age cult

[@oldman2800]

Be careful blasphemer

[@EgilWar]

@@oldman2800 That is actually how it is.

[@peterpiper831]

Yep, the Church of Climatology has many indoctrinated recruits.

[@tomjones5338]

Finally Australians can rise up start bashing communists time to take out these socialists

[@ronaldlabelle7274]

Hitler and the nazi party did the same think. Hitler was a socialist

[@B1-997]

Well labor voters, hope you’re happy with higher power bills for “the green agenda”. Best current green energy generation is nuclear.

[@GordonPavilion]

This is th legacy of the Morrison led Coalition, fucknuckle

[@santoshrathod123]

Then why didnt libs do anything about nuclear for the last decade? Instead of sitting on their arses

[@jimk4267]

without traditional religion this is now how they pay their penance

[@36minutesago7]

You sand the N world! Careful now, Australian politicians don’t like hearing that.

[@stephenuhe9229]

Penance and get ready to meet the devil.

[@wizeoldfart26]

Liberals warned Australia it wouldn't be easy under Albanese.

[@raviscott4853]

If LNP had won I think you'd be saying it was "Disaster under Dutton". This is a GLOBAL issue, not an Australia only thing. Previous ALP & LNP Governments could have done things to alleviate what we are about to receive, but we had 5 years of Labor knifing each other while achieving bugger all followed by 9 years of Coalition nothingness. Fourteen years in which Australia went backwards. Hooray for us...

[@cojoes1423]

Do you honestly believe this is all Labor’s fault? Can you give me hard evidence and sources that show how Labor is apparently responsible?

[@rorynicholson3295]

The power utilities should never have been privatised in the first place! It was predicted that the private sector would gouge the consumer and the insanity of transitioning to renewables while we have the cheapest energy beneath our feet is just unbelievable!

[@tigereyewong9757]

It was the Climate Nuts and their "Social/Corporate/Ethical responsibility" nonsense that pushed investment away from cheap energy in favour of "renewables". This caused private companies to stop investing in upgrades. Climate Nuts (See Tim Flannery's mob) outright said to get rid of gas and coal! It was the destruction of power plants (Left-wing state govts caused like Andrews Govt in Victoria). This caused private sector to increase prices. It is Supply and Demand. When you reduce the supply of cheap electricity, you increase prices. No matter how much you subsidize "renewables", it was always gonna increase prices because you lot deliberately and intentionally destroyed cheap electricity supply to force people onto "renewables". You lot didn't even bother with a transition period to allow the economics of power production to adjust to "renewables". Then you lot blame private sector because you lot HATE capitalism and love everything to be run by the clumsy bureaucrats of government. Here's a hint: "renewables" have ALWAYS been expensive. This is what the eco-nuts will never tell you. In fact, they admit it. It will cost at least AUD$100K to "green tech" convert every Australian home. How many Aussie battlers can afford that when they cannot even afford the electric bill to keep warm in Winter? You lot are economic ret@rds. That's why you'll always f**k it up in the end...And people will hate you lot for it.

[@australiafirst520]

They were told of the outcome of their action regarding Privatisation, They ignored it and only looked at the Bucket Of Money. Most significant Bastard Act against the People of NSW in History.

[@hotchihuahua1546]

I can’t help but think politicians have their hands in their pockets ( $ ) with the Chinese to push this alternative energy . Yet tell you it’s green energy to sell this ludicrous package . This at the expense of the consumer !

[@raviscott4853]

If you'd got onto solar early, like I did, you'd not have to worry about rolling blackouts. I've had mine 7 years and my energy supplier is effectively paying me. Haven't had a bill in almost 6 years and I'm using the feed in credits to pay the gas bill. And I'm still ahead. Think what you will about solar, wind power generation etc. but for me, it's the single best thing I've done in the last 10 years.

[@peternixon1460]

Well then you are entirely informed then or just another SkyNews troll, bot

[@sauerpuss5896]

it's really the fault of the greens and the extinction rebellion lobby for pushing their agenda, the Greta Tunberg's L00ny convert's !!!!! who in their right mind would want to invest in coal and gas fired power stations, when the Loony’s want to destroy them !!!!

[@andocommando3071]

It's always "the politicians are in bed with China" and never "these billion dollar companies would rather export every valuable resource out of the land to the detriment of Australia's power grid"

[@hotchihuahua1546]

@@raviscott4853 you don’t get it do you . Your living in your own private Idaho . You have enough money most people don’t have to do what you are doing . We are talking of changing the power grid for those who can’t afford it . It’s not going to give us enough energy nor at a price people can afford . It’s also not green energy !

[@untoldtruth5731]

We need protesters for oil and Cole against the green lie

[@mikeharrison3618]

ALEX EPSTEIN 's "Fossil Future" on sale now June,2022

[@jimlofts5433]

Queensland labor green state govt responsible for 3 coal power stations being offline at the same time (perhaps a climate change lack of mtce) the lack of power is not because of private operators

[@tassied12]

More to do with the unreliability of coal plants which are large single points of failure. One of the newest generators (Callide C) has been offline since last year after a catastrophic explosion that caused widespread blackouts. It is not going to be back online until the end of the year at the earliest. And this all happened after it completed a multi-million dollar refurbishment in 2017

[@BlueAxeRacer]

Imagine where we would be if we spend as much time denouncing socialism as we did fascism. Why can't we learn from the mistakes of history?

[@LeeroyPorkins]

The Austrian Moustache was never shaved, it grew into a Beaver.

[@Tyronepeader]

Mostly because a few dolts (twenty odd thousand) like to consume Rupert's mindless Sky News cheer squad for the LNP. Little can be learned from over-paid dolts like Bolt.

[@darylephillips6778]

Cry Cry Cry if you voted you should not whine

[@cojoes1423]

Because anyone with half a brain knows that Labor is a social democratic party, and not technically socialist. There’s a difference.

[@bossybill7437]

Back in the early 2000's when I was a Corporate Robot, a modern day Gold Rush slam into me. It seems the next best thing since sliced bread was to be... Renewables Consulting !!! Yep, all the banks and businesses were getting into it and there was heaps $$$ to be made. Just read up on a few papers and polish up on the spin. Go consulting young man !!! Pushing two decades later, here we are. Clear as day, the decision on Australia's (and the world's) Renewables future was made in Davos way back then.

[@peternixon1460]

Sure Jan, South Australia now produces most of its energy from solar and Elon Musks battery farm. Facts matter.

[@bossybill7437]

@@peternixon1460 So I tell you, the sky is blue and you tell me, Hungry Jacks are having a burger deal. Facts matter.

[@peternixon1460]

@@bossybill7437 nah, capitalism only works if there is a profit, orherwise it's a charity. The governments job is to ensure that where natural monopolies exist, price and production controls are in place - also to ensure that production is sustainable.

[@peternixon1460]

@@bossybill7437 cheapest and most reliable electricity in Australia is now SA, due to solar and Elon Musks battery farm. Remember the IT crash of last century - all new technology starts off expensive

[@bossybill7437]

@@peternixon1460 And the burgers are grilled !!!

[@noneofyourbusiness7396]

Wouldn't it be great if all those who stopped new coal fired power stations being built; and voted for the greens and teals to be disconnected from electricity from coal and gas fired power stations. Let them have the consequences of their idiocy.

[@EL_Duderino68]

Wouldn't it be great if your house got destroyed by climate change-induced floods and fire and then you couldn't get it reinsured? That's what's happening. Do you need me to google it for you? Here you go insurancecouncil.com.au/issues-in-focus/climate-change-action/

[@carolejohnston9294]

Well said Andrew Bolt.

[@countyorga764]

Your murdouche turd boyfriend bolt ( in the neck would be good ) thanks you for letting him provide your 'opinion'.

[@gore1089]

If you vote Liberal, you vote for big business, privatization and monopolization of everything including power. All power privatization happened under liberal governments. SA, Victoria and NSW. The federal liberal governments never locked in cheap energy for the domestic market, as we used to. Now? Even the international energy customer gets our energy cheaper than Australians. The people always pay when they vote for the corporate government. What do people think the corp media is for ??

[@derekmoore2779]

With a 5.3 wage increase, fuel up , transport,, electric up, pensioners lost big time with labour, the green new deal with destroy Australian economy

[@curtis6618]

Yeah this is labors fault, the government who has been in power not even a month. It couldn’t possibly be the government who was in for 9 years before them right???

[@raviscott4853]

@@curtis6618 Yeah, how is it that 3 weeks of a new government is worse than the previous 9 years of ineptitude?

[@curtis6618]

@@raviscott4853 i dunno how sky news does it but they have successfully spun it around somehow

[@perpetualgrin5804]

Kool_aid for 26 million is our only hope.

[@mikeharrison3618]

ALEX EPSTEIN 's Fossil Future "on sale now June,2022

[@zhaowei3025]

Labor is to blame for this mess.

[@Wombbatts]

the socialists are destroying society. based on a chinese lie designed to get the world to give them money. the original global warming data was cooked up at the university of east anglia, which had and still has a corrupt chinese influence exerted over it, china cooked their own weather data to show global warming in the original faked data. basically stupid gullible socialists are destroying the world to give china money.

[@muzzleflash1]

That's not fair, the Liberal & Labor coalition are to blame

[@savethebrumbies4910]

Let’s not forget the greens and teals

[@samithesmooth2970]

Of what mess? Climate change lies and being brainwashed sheeps? kzbin.info/www/bejne/i33Vg6KVntSqfZI

[@briananderson7285]

25 year's of politicians selling Australia's out from underneath Australians too line their pockets has caused this crisis . Australia needs to distance itself from the U.N WHO and the Paris agreement along with NATO the forever war specialists.

[@markheyman7333]

We should sto importing engineers from China and India and fix our own problems

[@dknowles60]

are you sure you want Dumb Engineers From China. they Cant even build Buildings that dont Fall Apart in a 6.1 earth quake

[@warrenedser1996]

No one can afford food petrol gas in Australia not to mention we are afraid to turn power on...rent shortages many are homeless ..and so albo gives all parliamentarians a wage rise while everyone is freezing, elderly are are battling as with every other citizen trying to make ends meet and here we are- pay rise for politicians, conserve your electricity and freeze- don't eat because you have to conserve your money to pay higher bills for fuel, electricity etc but it is alright for this socialist government who still has all the lights on- staying warm-benefits for their electricity and fuel- can drive around while we walk, what a kick in the guts to its citizens- its time to wake up, do not believe their lies again and the smiles to cover up their arrogance to humanity- THEY are surely inhumane. People in victoria you know what to do.

[@perpetualgrin5804]

You don't sound very content with your lot?

[@warrenedser1996]

@@perpetualgrin5804 We empathise with many races worldwide but this that is happening is pre-planned and organised as a militarise agenda but what is to happen- our politicians who are supposedly be the management for the citizens have no less been puppets for another regime but there is more to all this and yet to be revealed. the ccp has been hammering at Australia ever since 2019, I wonder if there is something else to all this?

[@mariecameron9592]

Crazy miserable times are upon us… Don’t people read about what’s happening in the US under socialism and not want that agenda here at n Australia

[@kimwiser445]

This worked so well in Venezuela!! Not!!!

[@Vladviking]

You can't fix stupid, but you can vote for it.

[@flankerroad7414]

Incredulous that people would vote for such a party.

[@peternixon1460]

Here's leadership for you kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKKriaCCp8l6fK8

[@pheonix5823]

what party,its the libs that privatised the power grid and signed the export contracts for gas,,

[@sauerpuss5896]

it show's the low IQ of the voters ,the iq of an earthworm!!!!!

[@oddball3675]

Someone voted them in, now time for Australians to be punished for their voting choices.

[@cojoes1423]

This isn’t the fault of Labor, it’s the fault of the people who mismanaged the energy grid for the last 9 years culminating. What new policies have Labor even implemented since they got in? A hint: none.

[@mikeharrison3618]

You get what you accept. ALEX EPSTEIN 's "Fossil Future" on sale now June,2022

[@peterborgogno8857]

All these private companies should give the govt the double barrel middle finger and make them pay more for the power !!!

[@EL_Duderino68]

The government pays for your power? Are you insane?

[@joechiato5278]

Love the Vivid Festival. And of course keep your home nice and warm this winter. We need to nip this renewable energy scam in the bud.

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Yeah but it's ok to still run the VIVID festival. Stuff you Sydney!!

[@waikintang8246]

Green guys set up wind turbines which spoil the scenery of the great territory.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

They spoil the scenery everywhere!

[@waikintang8246]

@@margaretarmstrong2445 They ignore the carbon cycle of Photosynthesis which would recycle carbon dioxide to OXYGEN.

[@stenkarasin2091]

I always suspected that Albo was a closet communist.

[@rapscallion9333]

They called him "Trotsky"

[@Wombbatts]

when the state takes control of business, control of the means of production, it's not socialism, it is COMMUNISM. It is the definition of communism. It is the only difference between socialism and communism, who controls the means of production.

[@mrjuandcruz]

albo in Austalia, biden in US...they are both the same. This is the biggest mistake of Australians who voted for Labor.

[@raviscott4853]

Was so looking forward to 3 years of conservative tears. But 3 weeks in and it really has become boring listening to their petulant little tantrums 🙄

[@elainetalbot2947]

Doris in Britain.

[@neo-dyne322]

Every country deserves their leaders

[@4pmpm114]

Perfect.

[@mikeharrison3618]

You get what you accept.

[@geoffmcmahon3288]

Correct. I have clients in Queensland who informed me today, that they have changed their mind in changing their land use to renewable energy generation

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Are you a developer? Who is responsible for decommissioning, disposal of renewables and land rehabilitation? Who pays for this?

[@iamasmurf1122]

why did they even engage you in the first place why dont you start dealing with intelligent people who know its never been financially viable

[@cadaeishere8242]

A foolish decision on their part. They are walking away from a lot of money.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Batteries have to be changed every 3 to 4 years. How many people going to come up with $6000 for new batteries and solar panels have to be maintained or they can catch fire especially when the wiring age's..theirs a lot of renters in Australia who's going to put solar panels on their homes? I doubt the landlord will

[@connorduke4619]

Clearly Albo's main goal in life is to satisfy Klaus Schwab in every way possible. Who are the Australian single mums and pensioners to deny him that pleasure?

[@alanbstard4]

privatisation satisfies Schwab. Should return to state ownership

[@AugustusOmega]

Wut?

[@connorduke4619]

@@alanbstard4 No, Schwab is not a private shareholder and has zero financial gain in that way. He just likes to see humans perform epic self harm by under investing in energy, whether public or private owned or owned by the Pope, he couldn't care less. He just wants you to "own nothing and be happy" and so far his draconian policies are trickling down into Woke governments and succeeding very well. The Liberal left wing and now the ALP are intentionally systematically breaking down the energy network to cause rolling blackouts and price escalations and Klaus could not be happier with them. If it's any consolation he will probably send the Greens, Teal, Albo and Dan a xmas card.

[@alanbstard4]

@@connorduke4619 I did not say he was a private shareholder

[@simonjohn2150]

Before electricity we depended on candles.. now we have electricity and we’re going to depend on candles again..Thanks for that

[@gregansen544]

Well, the energy companies have been only weakly accommodating of renewables beyond their own purview and interests. They have not shown themselves particularly competent. But isn't it just alarmist, at this point, to be connecting the words 'socialising' and 'business'?

[@EL_Duderino68]

Boly always goes to crazy radical right comments. It's how he makes his money.

[@williamritchie693]

No. The renewable energy technology is no way near our current requirement . To put it simply, to match our current power requirement we need at least, AT LEAST, 14 x the green energy we have now. And later on we will need at least 30 x to cope. The great lie is green energy is good and cheap. No. They are overpriced fakes.

[@gregansen544]

@@williamritchie693 The Aus energy companies have fumbled the renewable sources that exist. Of course they've also fluffed volume, storage and transmission. Because they are run by money people. Elsewhere I support SMRs, early-delivery fusion, and nationalising Aus's most promising fusion project in collaboration with Germany; not to mention the Quaise technology.

[@EL_Duderino68]

@@williamritchie693 Quoting you "They are overpriced fakes." Who are "they"? Is every business investing in renewable energy "they" to you? That seems a bit weird to me. Do you care to share some links supporting your arguments? If not then you could say anything you want and expect to be believed. That wouldn't make sense, would it?

[@EL_Duderino68]

@@gregansen544 Aww William Ritchie deleted all his stupid comments. I Wonder why?

[@anglosaxonmike8325]

You voted for it.

[@Wombbatts]

when the state takes control of business, control of the means of production, it's not socialism, it is COMMUNISM. It is the definition of communism. It is the only difference between socialism and communism, who controls the means of production.

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Umm no I DIDN'T.

[@chairmandan1794]

Those that voted for the Teals did it!

[@arthurfilippidis9170]

Bring the power stations back into public hands and stop 10% of gas exports for Australia at the lowest price

[@yggdrasil9039]

Renewables are the cheapest form of power, that's just a fact. Coal fired power stations were closed successively by energy providers because they were too expensive. BUT meanwhile, the previous govt. tied up replacement renewable projects in red tape and chaotic policy mismanagement, so very little replacement got built - because it would lower the electricity price too much for existing coal. This disaster has been set up over the last 9 years by a total failure of any overarching stategy by the braindead NEOliberals and now it's all of us who are paying the price.

[@rybald1973]

let me educate you on the cost of renewable. Building wind turbines and solar panels to generate electricity, as well as batteries to fuel electric vehicles, requires, on average, more than 10 times the quantity of materials, compared with building machines using hydrocarbons to deliver the same amount of energy to society. A single electric car contains more cobalt than 1,000 smartphone batteries; the blades on a single wind turbine have more plastic than 5 million smartphones; and a solar array that can power one data center uses more glass than 50 million phones. Replacing hydrocarbons with green machines under current plans-never mind aspirations for far greater expansion-will vastly increase the mining of various critical minerals around the world. For example, a single electric car battery weighing 1,000 pounds requires extracting and processing some 500,000 pounds of materials. Averaged over a battery’s life, each mile of driving an electric car “consumes” five pounds of earth. Using an internal combustion engine consumes about 0.2 pounds of liquids per mile. Oil, natural gas, and coal are needed to produce the concrete, steel, plastics, and purified minerals used to build green machines. The energy equivalent of 100 barrels of oil is used in the processes to fabricate a single battery that can store the equivalent of one barrel of oil. By 2050, with current plans, the quantity of worn-out solar panels-much of it nonrecyclable-will constitute double the tonnage of all today’s global plastic waste, along with over 3 million tons per year of unrecyclable plastics from worn-out wind turbine blades. By 2030, more than 10 million tons per year of batteries will become garbage.

[@cojoes1423]

Hopefully some of these Murdoch zombies give you a listen, mate.

[@caroljohansan2696]

You need to go and redo your homework on this subject because what you have just said is far from the actual truth.

[@yggdrasil9039]

@@rybald1973 You are not really comparing apples to apples. An EV once built has an initial capital cost than an ICE that's true, but once built requires no further extraction, which oil does. There is a huge energy cost to transporting oil which electricity does not incur. Also Cobalt is not necessary for EV battery chemistries such as LFPs and NLMOs - these all require zero Co. Solar panels are indeed recyclable but you are right in that the means to do this are not yet widely in place to make that economic. But that will soon change. Likewise wind turbine blades. Batteries too are recyclable, and there are already many companies such as Redwood who are already doing so economically and recovering 99% of battery materials including Co from NMC terniary batteries. The thing to realise is that the initial capital cost of renewables is very rapidly offset by the almost zero running cost, in comparison to FFs which require continuing ongoing extraction. A better argument for 'baseload' can be found in deep geothermal and molten salt nuclear - but both of these technologies are still in development. Firmed renewables are just simply the cheapest form of energy now, which is why no energy provider is replacing aging coal with anything other than renewables.

[@dknowles60]

nice lie and bull crap

[@anthonyc4812]

9 years Liberal 3 weeks Labor Make up your own mind.

[@Wombbatts]

when the state takes control of business, control of the means of production, it's not socialism, it is COMMUNISM. It is the definition of communism. It is the only difference between socialism and communism, who controls the means of production.

[@anthonyc4812]

@@Wombbatts seek help

[@michaelouellette212]

Spot on. Thay don't feel the pain. 🇺🇸

[@mikestronach4762]

The green nightmare. Happening all over.

[@pamnuman1619]

Nuclear, nuclear,nuclear is the green way to go. Bowewr tells lies about this. In the top 15 co2 emitting countries, Australia, isn`t amongst them. So why do they carry on like we are the worst? :(

[@yolandascholten2012]

I know Pam it’s nuts because if Australia went 100% green it wouldn’t impact the ‘climate’ a titch.

[@cookiethecockatiel9663]

Absolutely agree with you

[@muzzleflash1]

Andrew should be able to weather this financial storm, with the 30 peices of silver from big pharma.

[@samithesmooth2970]

Green communists please watch this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i33Vg6KVntSqfZI

[@raviscott4853]

Andy's Uncle Rupert isn't short a dollar or two either.

[@goat2503]

Governments that don’t act for 10 years leaving the whole country on it’s head.

[@jeffkok9170]

I will only hope this energy crisis will hit very hard on those who voted for Labor, the Greens and the teals.

[@sauerpuss5896]

we are now being ruled by incompetent FOOLS

[@mikeharrison3618]

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[@christopherj.l.watson3560]

Exactly, but what must be done to stop this?

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Nuclear power is the only solution for reliable energy. And kick out this government. Protest

[@Ernst12]

In the US modelling has shown that the enormous high-voltage transmission systems required will far outweigh the cost of the PV solar and wind installations. Further it also takes decades to build these high voltage transmission lines because land needs to be cleared, permits and red-tape needs to be overcome and it will also be necessary to have an elaborate computer control system that aims to match supply and demand, maintain the frequency stability (a big problem) and voltage stability. Our politicians haven't even come close to appreciate what is involved here.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

All that and it's going to be cheaper . Hahahahaha .

[@cadaeishere8242]

Frequency stability should be out of band. The telco's solved that problem decades ago. The electo's still rely on inertia based frequency control that doesn't work so well in a micro generating scenario. Supply and demand will be buffered with storage.

[@Ernst12]

@@cadaeishere8242 It is true that supply and demand can be buffered by storage however if this is the norm then this is not the most economical way of operating a grid and we will all be paying more than we need. The ideal situation with the grid, as it has been for the past Century, is to exactly match supply and demand for achieving frequency stability and voltage stability. If the coal or gas power stations are all closed down, as the Labor party and the Greens are mandating, then the "inertia-based frequency" control is largely lost. The problem is not about instituting some substitute method of frequency control but rather managing the large number of grid control interventions required per day as various energy nodes are brought into and out of service (based on weather intermittency) at very short notice. This network node switching is done on the high-voltage transmission network level making it more difficult to maintain the balance between supply and demand. Stored hydro battery type storage can be employed but this is not a solution as, in Australia, there will only be a limited number of these systems. However, the issue with the intermittency of renewables is not only confined to balancing supply and demand but also shedding the extra energy that can’t be used if the wind is blowing and the sun is shining. This problem is costing energy operators in Germany, for instance millions of Euros not only in lost revenue by having to force the shutdown of windfarms and PV solar installations but it is also a problem selling this excess electricity to other countries.

[@mikeharrison3618]

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[@tba3900]

Have rolling blackout for labor and green electoral divisions only.

[@shadesofgraygraytheorigina9989]

Ever feel like your powerless?😏

[@L0b0ts]

No, except when the devil attacks me in my dreams.

[@weblightstudio8215]

We have just spent several years feeling like crap. These guys wanna look out if they are thinking of holding us to ransome. Australians have had enuff

[@jimboslice9472]

imagine a person, most any sane person, transported to earth and seeing all these beautiful resources that just happen to be all around us for our well-being. Then imagine not using them 🤔 smh

[@barefootbandit1]

I hope the Greenies don't get upset with me for chopping down some trees to keep warm and cook food

[@dknowles60]

Give the Greenies a good spanking

[@maitlandslater4854]

Power production ! lets go GREEN! ! Oh how mean poor people are freezing to make the air clean. Green is mean .

[@americarsqueensland1667]

Andrew, Electricity should not be in the private sector, it should be a not for profit run by Government for the public benefit ONLY as a not for profit.

[@christopherj.l.watson3560]

Open up the coal mines, gas systems

[@mikeharrison3618]

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[@SMARTvoterWorld]

To be fair any society where single mother of 4 can expect to live comfortably will always grow rapidly until that expectation changes.

[@leicesterdewsbury7890]

Well said Andrew

[@NoChannelChannel]

Turn off the power wake up the normies, blind Freddie could see this coming

[@brownhat1290]

Solar panels? Wind turbines? I've got two words for you. "Natural Disasters!" How well do you think those two would fare in a: Wildfire, Hailstorm, Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Dust storm, Thunderstorm, Earthquake, Tsunami, Mud slide in comparison to a Brick and Mortar power station.

[@judyainsworth2810]

I rely on wind and solar to dry my washing on the clothes line, in winter, not enough to do, therefore, it all needs a finish off in the clothes dryer! I ordered a 45kg gas cylinder, to use on my cooktop, after 3 txt messages, saying it was delivery will be on the next day, no gas, after my weekly shop, I once again sat for 20 minutes of bull, once again, txt, sorry for the inconvenience, it will be delivered tomorrow, another message tonight, it’s coming, with the power supply in trouble, seriously, I’m in my seventies, I’m not stupid, absolutely fed up!!

[@stephenadams2397]

The price of solar at night is infinite. How is that cheaper the coal at night?

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Yeah well maybe N.S.W THAT IS NEWCASTLE, SYDNEY AND WOLLONGONG can turn off the thousands of lights that are left burning all night in all of office buildings that are left unattended each evening.

[@DJ-yj1vg]

This is what happens when govt take consumer choice out of the equation. If it was a free market, with no subsidies consumers would choose the cheapest and most reliable form of electricity, not let govts choose for them. Regardless of what type of fuel source mind you. The market would naturally select the best options, whatever they are.. When govts force their ideas upon us , this is the end result. They don't force what type of car I drive, yet... so why should it be this way with electricity.

[@roxyview]

Why did Liberal government push and tell all Australians they must get jab! murrrr

[@antonios4926]

I love Australias Sky News. You report it as it is, not like our UK sky news.

[@damienwalton383]

Wtf

[@tassied12]

The Albenese government has been in power for less than a month. The foundations for the current crises were laid over the previous 10 years of directionless energy policy.

[@jocelyngarrard2888]

Finally a true and sane comment. Where are these people coming from. "The green socialism of ALBANESE" does Bolt actually believe the drivel coming out of his mouth ???????

[@marigold6920]

@@jocelyngarrard2888 Tasmania relies entirely on hydro electricity. Our dams are full. We have no energy crisis and yet we are slated for rolling blackouts! WTFU. This is the WEF controlling Albanese. The same Agenda is being rolled out right across the EU, US,and other Countries. It is the very dangerous Communist Green New Deal. Soon we will be living in the Dark Ages. You have no idea.

[@revrndcast3918]

You're kidding yourself if you think this is the fault of just one party. Look at the last 20+ years and the stranglehold the greens have had on energy, along with the previous Labor govt's "Carbon Tax". Sure this might look like a Liberal Federal govt. fault now, but the power generation and transmission networks were sold off by the states many years before Scomo came to power for the country. Clearly we've just pandered to Labor and the Greens for too long to appease whatever climate accords and in forcing a "Net Zero" policy earlier (along with Greens holding the country hostage), have now just sentenced ourselves to over 200% price hikes (Yep. just got the email tonight from our energy provider in SA - 26c/kWh to 60c/kWh) in the short term, and no way to spin up coal power to supplement the base load because we're being held to ransom by the Green idiot Bandt.

[@marigold6920]

@@revrndcast3918 Have to agree. But Bandt is not only an idiot. He is a dangerous communist zealot.

[@countyorga764]

@@jocelyngarrard2888 Another murdouche turd, providing the braindead with their 'opinion'.

[@tiesword3252]

BOLT...SPOT ON.....

[@DJS1909]

Absolute garbage he has only been in for a few weeks

[@santosullivan4518]

The downfall of Australia started when the got rid of Howard

[@credenza1]

I think I am beginning to know how Cambodians felt under Pol Pot. A leader divorced from reality, imposing a dysfunctional obsession on the people.

[@zarach9459]

Just like in Venezuela, I live in a city that was born around an oil well, the pipeline runs parallel to the highway, there are oil and gas tanks four blocks from the city center (IT'S TRUE) and for a while we didn't have gasoline, Venezuela exported gasoline to the United States and the fanaticism of the government led them to destroy the oil industry, until recently we imported gasoline from Iran because the refineries became scrap and Iran was the only country willing to deliver gasoline on credit, even today there are a strong rationing, there is not a day.

[@davidnielsen9753]

I think comparing Albo to Pol Pot might be a slight exaggeration.

[@gore1089]

don't worry Pol pot Scott has gone.

[@cojoes1423]

@@davidnielsen9753 It’s what a diet of right wing propaganda on a constant basis makes you think.

[@mikeharrison3618]

Pol Pot and his crew went to the finest schools in Europe and learned about EQUALITY. IDEAS matter

[@stewatparkpark2933]

We are going to completely replace our entire electricity generation system and it is going to be cheaper . Hahahahahaha .

[@Josh_Stuchbery]

IKR, what a joke.

[@mikeharrison3618]

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[@rickjohnson2165]

While Bowen and Albanese are stealing power stations electricity, they haven’t had to change any laws to get the powers they need to do this. These powers were given to the government by Turnbull. Without his legislation, Albanese couldn’t be stealing this electricity.

[@kitcat4512]

The whole world, it''s the UN, WEF, global goals, net zero global reset

[@nicholasgeorge1384]

Control energy and you control nations , control food and you control individuals.

[@christopherj.l.watson3560]

Who in Australia has the courage to stop these socialist campaigns

[@peregrineslim4446]

The energy market in Australia is socialism for business, not socialism for people.

[@hfwilmot]

You have no idea. Australia should not be selling its gas overseas if is needed in Australia

[@uncov8127]

Who wants to invest their money in batteries and gas power stations to save Australia from blackouts, anyone ????????????

[@conchitadesousa365]

You take the desicion, you make the changes and now the risk is translated to the customer??? Who did the risk assessment??? A mean anything that could happen now is the customer faults!!!

[@jimk4267]

If I am a producer I am suddenly experiencing mechanical difficulties

[@horizonhopeharlow]

I like this guy!

[@gmtime5439]

It is beyond me, as a Brit living in Aus, why a country like this hasn’t transitioned to the cleanest, cheapest and most reliable energy on earth. Nuclear power.

[@easyz6654]

Like everything with regards to resources in this country, its OK for us to export and sell our natural wealth to the lowest bidder but is verboten for us to use it ourselves. See also coal, oil, and gas...

[@gmtime5439]

@@easyz6654 I understand the desire for us clean up our energy usage, it is 2022 after all. But renewables only provide sporadic energy and requires coal and gas to fill the gap. Hence why we’re being threatened with blackouts. Because the power companies are not given any incentive to invest in what the green lobby calls dirty energy. So we have a situation where we are literally running out of power when renewables can’t provide enough. With the amount of land required for wind and solar farms and the destruction to the environment that they cause (natural habitats and millions of bird deaths) it boggles the mind that these so called environmentalists are perfectly happy to save the climate at the expense of the environment. Nuclear power achieves zero CO2 emissions with a minuscule environmental footprint, yet the green and teal obsession with renewables is actually driving up CO2 emissions. And that’s before we even start discussing the disposal of solar panels and the inherent toxic nature of the materials used to create them. Most solar panels are made in China, the worlds largest net polluter by far. I wonder what the cradle to grave carbon footprint of a solar panel actual is?! It is well documented that electric vehicle have a much larger carbon impact than hybrid or modern petrol vehicles, even though they are sold as ‘zero emissions’ the amount of energy to get them to the showroom is grossly disproportionate to other vehicles. And let’s not talk about the African cobalt mines working conditions for children. Nothing winds me up more than seeing some virtue signalling Karen rolling around in her Tesla, thinking she’s the dogs bollocks, when in fact she’s doing more harm to the climate and environment than anyone else. This world is fucked.

[@mikeharrison3618]

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[@bobdown6235]

LMAO ...Poor old Bolt, still in denial. Hilarious.

[@66hobgoblin81]

While your bobbing down Bob why don't you LYOAO.

[@bobdown6235]

@@66hobgoblin81 ""You're"... Seems like your spelling is as pathetic as your juvenile jokes.

[@mclanaford2957]

Andrew all governments are to blame.

[@mmira1958]

They must closed down them, all at the same time.

[@d53101]

Why don’t you change your background to a scene with very few lights on.

[@jamestinning8900]

Socialism or free market circus?

[@billnorris8457]

Excellent. But grid-level batteries are an absolute absurdity. Most are required just to clean up grossly inferior 'dirty' electricity waveforms. Pointless in a sustained peak demand event. Which has an absolute 100% probability in time. Even if more than a few minutes of battery grid power reserve were possible? It is pointless. Even 24 hours or 48 hours is pointless to the critical life and economy-saving need. This means the only 'battery' which will function is superior on-demand electrical generation. Forced to run insanely to cover up the failure of intermittent technologies.

[@lincbass9579]

We get the Gov we deserve.

[@mikeharrison3618]

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[@shamimali9868]

In a 'free market ' , there has to be a regulatory body powerfull enough to ensure that there is 'no monopoly and exploitation ' in any business sector. To ensure that there are no 'big businesses' throwing out of market 'smaller businesses' and expoiting the consumer after having control of pricing of goods . Infact Government can enter businesses to provide fair competition,revenue for its budget and price control .

[@tonidantonio9877]

So much for albo caring about the Aussie battler. Was that a lie too. Does he not care about the kids, the elderly, or the families with disabilities, families or people in general. Where did he learn his economics from, a cornflake box or the froot loops. There goes the electric vehicle dream. Time for every Australian to as questions when they present you with a new venture. FYI, used solar panels go to landfill don’t they? Stay warm and stay out of the trees.

[@cadaeishere8242]

Very few battlers have invested billions in power generation in an attempt to extract economic rents from market dominance.

[@richardfox6595]

Bowen is following the Albo fashion, started by Sky's Paul Murray, of shirt open halfway down chest. If our leaders can't dress themselves, how can we trust them to learn the laws of physics?

[@EL_Duderino68]

Wow, You should tell that to Stephen Hawkin. Tell him he needs to do up his shirt if he wants to be smart regarding physics. I like how stupid you make yourself seem.

[@cookiethecockatiel9663]

Blame ourself to pick a wrong one