Nuclear energy's true cost hidden by Australian ban: Will Shackel

[@seanwalker2070]

A 17 yr just proved how un-serious and low quality Australian politicians are.

[@peterhatch56]

Labor positions listen to expert not make grand standing nonsense.

[@jarrodpage8200]

Bowen put in his place by a 17 year old, made my night😊

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

A 17 year old school boy educating the people who are supposedly running our country (more like running it into the ground!), these politicians should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Thank you Will, more power to you mate.

[@stallionstudios]

He is a kid, what does he know? Sorry but Bowen has a number of experts that have the proper expertise. This kid is some two-timer who thinks he is so smart yet he is just bull of BS. Why is even given a platform? What a joke. You obviously have an even more simple mind than him. Easy to entertain folks with low IQ.

[@australiafirst520]

Don't get excited. They won't be Listening to Him.

[@radambrose7571]

Stupid Bowen was brought undone by a 17 year old. Well done Will Shackel.

[@bradyowe8236]

Bowen could be undone by a monkey

[@chrisb2743]

Bowen is just like a mother joe Biden not even smart 😊

[@darrylcaines4366]

Goodonya Will. I am VERY IMPRESSED with, Very PROUD of you Young fella. Please keep up the good work. All the best in the future. Regards, Darryl.

[@lollypop2413]

Great to see our youth speaking truth...rather than watching greta

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

Sweden is different from Australia And most swedes disagree with her

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

This is the story of your enslavement by the corrupt culture which is doomed to collapse 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@johndunn4182]

Very impressed by Will Shackel and his message. Meanwhile, Bowen is stuck in the 1980's with his negative spin about Nuclear.

[@billsarlija7655]

Bowen needs to go back to school to get areal education.

[@stallionstudios]

He is a kid, what does he know? Sorry but Bowen has a number of experts that have the proper expertise. This kid is some two-timer who thinks he is so smart yet he is just bull of BS. Why is even given a platform? What a joke. You obviously have an even more simple mind than him. Easy to entertain folks with low IQ.

[@typetersen8809]

​@davidhodder4479Exactly right, David. They are worried about the Greens taking their seat.😅

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

This is the story of your enslavement by the corrupt culture which is doomed to collapse 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@tassied12]

It is nuclear that is stuck in the 1980's. It is going nowhere. Nuclear power plants generated less power last year than they did 2 decades ago.

[@trhansen3244]

Nuclear power is by FAR the best alternative right now. It's not even close.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

This is the story of your enslavement by the corrupt culture which is doomed to collapse 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@jarblewarble]

I agree that it's much better than coal or natural gas, since it doesn't produce carbon emissions.

[@chockie2360]

No one is discussing gravity amplifiers…it’s better than anything else. A gravity generator works by using movable weights that are impelled from a resting position to an extended position as the wheel rotates, causing rotation and generating electrical power.

[@davegoldspink5354]

You know your politicians and bureaucrats are a massive joke when a well educated young fella has more of a clear and concise argument on such a subject and cause the same said politicians and bureaucrats to look like absolute fools. Good on you Will. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@anthonyholder1786]

I think it's one of the first time I have heard an intelligent conversation there might be still a chance to get it right good onya Yung man😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@davegoldspink5354]

@@anthonyholder1786 that young fella has more brains in his toe than most politicians and bureaucrats have combined. He really does give me hope for the future.

[@gore1089]

Bowen smashed it . When he was allowed to talk on the Sky 2 channel. It's incredible that all the media has been taken over by the right.

[@infidel202]

​@@gore1089😂bowen couldn't smash a rotten tomato, he has more chins than a chinese phone book

[@gore1089]

@@infidel202 He killed it. The kid they planted was supposed to out shine Bowen, but The QnA ( ABC/ SKY channel coalition ) backfired 🐥👍

[@freedomtoday743]

What an incredible young man. His parents must be so proud of him. All you need to do is to follow the money which is more then likely going directly into the politicians and experts pockets. The answers are always found when you follow the money.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

This is the story of your enslavement by the corrupt culture which is doomed to collapse 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@lindamansell7242]

Here here Corruption is the evil in this country

[@clydesimpson1462]

The cost of Nuclear is minimal compared to the destruction of 1 Million Hectares of land needed for turbines and transmission lines. The wholesale environmental degradation of Australian bushland and wildlife habitats is a criminal act.

[@jarblewarble]

It's also minimal in comparison to the environmental degradation caused by burning fossil fuels.

[@johngeier8692]

The carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are actually beneficial. Benefits include greening of the planet with increased agricultural yields (main effect) reduced winter heating costs and fewer deaths from hypothermia.

[@traudilepse4251]

I agree with you about wind turbines, however there are other shelved alternatives besides wind and solar.

[@binks7988]

If albo had a brain he would get rid of Bowen and hire this kid.

[@bradyowe8236]

Albo hasn’t got a brain so rule this out

[@scoot88]

This young guy is making more sense than any politician I've heard all year. Let common sense prevail.

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

What a brilliant 17 year old. I just watched his Q&A and he really put Bowen in his place. We need to go Nuclear Power.

[@markspinello5015]

Smart kid.

[@lollypop2413]

What a great young man! Australia has hope....lifting the ban costs nothing. We have plenty of desert to put the waste

[@oudonbail]

except for ground water, the artesian basin for example is in a desert. better to dump it at sea

[@madmick6275]

almost 96% of the spent fuel used in nuclear reactors for power generation or research purposes can be recycled. Nuclear material is recoverable to make new fuels that will in turn generate their own electricity.

[@madmick6275]

@JuanVasquez-zz1mx are you assuming his sexual orientation? The only people i see that show an attitude of hatred or intolerance toward members of a particular group are lefties!

[@gore1089]

He had nothing as I suspected. Bowen killed it.

[@camt8804]

While lifting the ban does cost nothing the Libs never did it in 9 years of government. They're only interested now because they're in opposition.

[@gwenyfred1743]

Young man has great energy and speaks plain facts, unfortunately he hasn’t been exposed to the dark side of politics . That’s why he doesn’t understand. I say dump all the idiots like Bowen and let this young bloke run the show, completely uncorrupted.

[@aberry2521]

Everything's not lost when we have smart young people like this young man, not all youngsters have been completely brainwashed; we have hope on the horizon.

[@ionaleah]

Yes govt thinks they are dumb its easy to deal with dumb people more youngsters need to wake up to things happening around them.

[@Bludger007]

Australia is always 200 years behind the rest of the world.

[@alexedwards6509]

I wouldn't say that. People in Australia are working against your country's interests in the same way it is happening here. Britain would have a nice shiny new nuclear power-station right now if it weren't for idiot politicians Germany cancelled their nuclear program because of Japans accident. Despite Germany not being in an earthquake zone and nuclear being the safest fuel

[@michaelbradbury715]

Don't listen to children with soft hands and fuck all life experiences.nuclear is dirty and poisonous.

[@catlikepizzagaming8280]

Don’t worry New Zealand is about another 100 further back

[@KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv]

They have Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman and Margot Robbie so ..

[@joemills950]

Don't feel bad, in Canada they are spending billions on battery plants while EV sales are dropping to oblivion, too late to the party by years.

[@infidel202]

Spears should have known the answer to the question before he asked it and then demanded an answer, you cannot know the cost until the moratorium is lifted on nuclear energy in Australia

[@Nutta1]

Can we scrap the Minister for Climate Change which is a joke position and install Nicholas as the first Nuclear Tsar ⚛ 👌🏻

[@iamshredder3587]

Yes please! Talk about a useless, made up government position. So sick of these morons trying to wreck our country and lives from within while stuffing their fat pockets with foreign commie cash.

[@glenbelson5485]

What a top lad! Gives me hope. Incidentally, vote NO to the Voice.

[@belindalaughton3660]

Just highlights how dumb our so call leaders are. Top marks Will

[@ralphsmith1170]

This kid has more sense than the whole ALP Front Bench together!

[@batmanlives6456]

That’s not real difficult…. He only needs to be able to tie his laces to achieve that goal

[@ChuddmasterZero]

Michael Shellenberger and Alex Epstein have spoken about this at length: nuclear has been artificially inflated in price due to layers or bureacracy and anti-nuclear policy. Nuclear is the silver-bullet solution to our current-and future energy challenges. It makes ‘renewables’ look ridiculous and childish by comparison.

[@pwillis1589]

So you are perfectly happy with potentially one of the most poisonous substances known to us, being used to power your home only 500 meters away without any public regulation. Have you any idea of the potential for weaponisation. What does a private trucking company do every time it needs to cuts costs? It cuts its maintenance and safety, and another truck slaughters a family in a car accident. You don’t have much of an idea about how industry works.

[@chrisruss9861]

Decouple Media in Canada is presented by a doctor, one of a group of medicos concerned about their children's future with climate change and strongly in favour of nuclear power.

[@pwillis1589]

@@chrisruss9861 I have no issues with the safety or reliability of nuclear power as long as it is well regulated, and regulation costs. Nuclear energy is safe and reliable if well regulated but will not be cheap.

[@chrisruss9861]

@@pwillis1589 At present coal mines, wind and solar farms and pumped hydro are so tragically wrecking the natural environment the public should take a mature look at nuclear and how it can be safely managed.

[@saintsone7877]

@@pwillis1589 Yet you are willing to use Chinese made solar/wind that can also be weaponised and most probably already is. Last time I looked most power stations were not 500meters away from public housing and the Nuclear Plants can be constructed on those existing sites(so again you simply peddle ignorant fear). How does France manage it, how did Germany manage it for many years with OLDER technology that that proposed, How does Canada manage it, USA, etc etc etc. Seems you fail to acknowledge it is currently used in many countries without the dramas you detail. Instead you want the least efficient and most expensive. Take subsidies away and the renewable industries of Solar and Wind become uneconomical and it is you and me subsidising them every day my friend. I have solar yet still pay nearly $1500 a year supply charge simply for being connected to the grid. And I am one of the lucky ones as I pay nothing for electricity myself. Some families are paying $4000+ per year sir to appease Mr Bowen. This has risen $1100 since I installed solar and my feed in has dropped from 22 cents/kwh to 9cents/kwh. Renewables are a curse to our wallets contrary to Mr Bowens claim they are the cheapest form of energy. Show me 1 country using renewables such as solar/wind that has cheap electricity sir. Or has less blackouts than other forms of electricity. Lets get some REAL environmentally friendly power before BOWEN destroys reliable power supply with his obsession with environmentally dangerous solar/wind and empties our wallets in the process. Get some facts before you spew ideological nonsense.

[@tonyhadenough2574]

Very smart young man, he has a very big future ahead of him. Well said mate

[@chrisg8321]

Even teenagers are smarter than Labor politicians 😂😂😂

[@williamblack7813]

I used teach grade 5 kids who were smarter than ANYONE in the Labor or Greens.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Someone had to say it 😂😂😂😂

[@gore1089]

​@@williamblack7813 Lnp and the greens are the new coalition.

[@infidel202]

​@@gore1089🤣 just a minute ago you were praising bowen

[@gore1089]

@@infidel202 You think the.. Greens and the LNP.. are a good coalition.. 😂.. Greens are just an unripened version of the LNP. They will go rotten very quickly now that Sky has taken them under their wing.

[@mister_63]

It tells everything if "expert" Bowen can't respond to a completely basic but perfectly logical argument presented by 17 years old high school student. But it also raises a very simple question. Who is more and better qualified to be responsible for the whole Australian energy industry - Bowen or a student. Answer is rather obvious.

[@johngeier8692]

The current government is colluding with ridiculous and economically destructive popular delusions in order to garner the votes of the ignorant and ill informed. Net Zero is economically destructive delusional insanity. We are exporting millions of tons of coal each year to other countries which continue to build coal fired power plants for cheap reliable energy. We also export uranium to declared nuclear powers.

[@KT-bb1tb]

$380 Billion is Too Much for Nuclear, but 1.3 Trillion is OK for Blowins, Renewables ?

[@johngeier8692]

The “renewable equipment “ also depreciates more rapidly and has higher overall maintenance costs. The whole basis of Net Zero is false. The carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are actually beneficial. Benefits include increased agricultural yields (main effect) reduced winter heating costs and fewer deaths from hypothermia.

[@pwillis1589]

Can you please cite the reference for the $1.3 trillion claim. Thanks.

[@polarbear7255]

@@pwillis1589oh perhaps the CSIRO or Renewables Australia. $1300-$1500 billion by 2030 then several trillion more by 2060…. Makes nuclear energy look like the bargain it is 😂

[@pwillis1589]

@@polarbear7255 Which particular document? Thanks.

[@pwillis1589]

@@polarbear7255 You need context. Anyone can say the government of Australia regularly spends $600 billion a year, which it does. So what!

[@parqld]

Talk about cutting through the political BS. Well done Will.👍🇦🇺

[@proudaussie3522]

This kid's intellect make Bowen look about as smart as a lump of coal

[@johnd1727]

Do you have any evidence that Bowen is that smart? (as a lump of coal)

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

And who set the ban in the 70’s? Guess

[@andrewjoy7044]

It was banned in 1998 by The Howard Coalition Government. You may be thinking of a Nuclear Plant that was approved by the Gordon Coaltion Government in 1969 and subsequently cut by the McMahon Coalition Government in 1971 mainly due to cost. I have no problem with Nuclear but it is just too costly and will take at least 20 years before the first Nuclear Plant is built. Renewables are relatively cheap, are environmentally friendly and can be built ount now not in 20 to 50 years.

[@bernsmith6452]

The savings from not having to rewire the grid or pay money to crooked organisations is never taken into account

[@gingertom56]

It would take 5 to 10 years to build all the western built reactor have blown out in cost and time. The USA and UK haven't desposit sites themselves.

[@johngeier8692]

We should abandon the economically destructive delusional insanity of Net Zero and use the most economical energy resources available. Nuclear power plants should be legalised, however, coal is much cheaper. Numerous other countries are continuing to build coal fired power plants and we continue to export millions of tons of coal each year. The hypocrisy and stupidity of our politicians is incredible.

[@yfelwulf]

Aussies are paying 18 billion annually to subsidise Green Energy.

[@gingertom56]

@@yfelwulf its 2.8 billion to 11 billion to the fossils fuel companies.

[@raymondzehrung9274]

Westinghouse has a newer small scale reactor called the AP300. It takes up less space than half a football field, generates power for up to 300,000 homes and is a smaller model of their successful AP1000 that has been in the field for over a decade. Cost is 1.2 billion US. Lifespan of 75 years. The costs are known, the technology is safe and the power is reliable and efficient.

[@pwillis1589]

Which grid is that SMR producing electricity for?

[@raymondzehrung9274]

@@pwillis1589 Westinghouse’s AP1000 design was certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2005. The company currently has six AP1000 nuclear plants operating or under construction. Four are operating at two separate sites in China: two at Sanmen Nuclear Power Station and two at Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant. Two AP1000 units also are under construction at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia. Construction at Vogtle has been bogged down by numerous delays and rising costs. In December project engineers told the Georgia Public Service Commission Vogtle Unit 3 wouldn’t meet the completion range of July 2022 to September 2022 set by Georgia Power, who shares ownership of the project. Engineers told state regulators a more accurate completion target might be November 2022 to February 2023. They said Unit 4 may not come online until sometime in late-2024. Westinghouse Electric Company signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with seven companies to potentially deploy the company’s AP1000 nuclear reactor for the Dukovany 5 project in the Czech Republic.

[@typetersen8809]

​@@pwillis1589Surely you can do your own research? 😊

[@pwillis1589]

@@typetersen8809 If you understood the topic you would know the question was rhetorical. Only two SMRs are in production one in China and one in Russia, both are not operational yet and hopelessly over budget. The potential for SMRs is huge but yet to be realised. You need to do some research.

[@aaronward6466]

​@pwillis1589 what do you think is in a nuclear submarine.... we have been putting small reactors in those for a fair while now.

[@stephenhodge3638]

So, the underestimated 2 trillion-dollar cost of transitioning to renewables is cheaper than nuclear? Is that what Labor are trying to spin?

[@craigdargie6929]

Will, you're a champion. We need so many people like yourself to lead this country back to being great. No political bullshit, just sound research and honesty. Keep up the great work.

[@AVMamfortas]

Odd how $380B is too much to provide the nation with power, but the same amount has been found for half a dozen submarines.

[@johngeier8692]

A network of conventional nuclear power plants would be much less expensive.

[@bundariau874]

Especially when it was costed for something like 60 reactors and we only need around 10.

[@blackprince4074]

And these submarines are powered by wait for it nuclear power!

[@MA-nm2tv]

​@@blackprince4074moving targets

[@saintsone7877]

Yet to go fully solar/wind will cost upwards of $1.5 TRILLION. I have heard he based his Nuclear costings on 70 plants and some have said we will require only 10 to generate same power as wind/solar and the cost will be substantially below Bowens figure(closer to $50billion). Now, been many years since I was at school but am sure $50Bn or even $380BN is substantially less than $1.5TRILLION so if Bowen believes we can afford $1.5TRILLION how is $50BN - $380Bn too expensive? Surely Trillion is more than billions or did I miss something in my old math classes?

[@ivansultanoff6719]

Is Bowen taking notice?? I don't think so-head in the sand-scared he ll be kicked out

[@harrytroy685]

Amazing kid and so well spoken. Seems very very intelligent - and also very humble. .

[@leofortey7561]

In Ontario, these plants have been active for 40+years. Zero 'waste' has left the property. Anyone seen the blue glowing pools? That's all onsite.

[@leevan2332]

Its a crazy time when young adults have more common sense than bought off politicians!!!!

[@barrysylvester3613]

Refreshing to listen to this young man what a Voice he has..

[@seanrhone5306]

Something was banned because it's too expensive? What kind of idiot thought of that logic?

[@kanderson4417]

This guy is half Bowen's age yet twice as smart.

[@1Coolbanana]

What a great young bloke, good on you mate, keep up the fight

[@lokmanmerican6889]

Bravo, Will !

[@Adam-ni4oi]

Thank God for Will! Australia may yet has hope!

[@craiggrocott7559]

A 17 year old outsmarting Chris Bowen is hardly a surprise or news.

[@xgringox5417]

Can't you get a good idea of the costs for Nuclear Energy just by looking at neighboring Countries who do use Nuclear!!??!!??

[@peteseed5383]

You can but the total cost (build, decommissioning and safe disposal for 10000 years is so unaffordable that even The USA cannot afford to put in a permanent disposal facility for waste or decommissioning. This however does not fit the pro nuclear agenda.

[@peteseed5383]

Apologies for my typo . There safe time-line for high level waste is 100,000 years not 10000. Every recent build I have looked at has also gone so far over budget that they cannot afford to Finish a lot of them.

[@xgringox5417]

@@peteseed5383 Well Ameruca has 54 Nuclear Power Plants in opperation atm which averages to more than 1 a State, France has 56 operational, Japan has 33, Russia with 38, and many other Ciuntries with Nuclear Power to compair costs to for building and opperations!!

[@pgstdb]

Labor is afraid of the Greens

[@batmanlives6456]

Labour is afraid of the dark …. And that’s exactly where Bowen is taking us

[@barrymcdonald4132]

Well said bro

[@JulieDoyne]

Well done mate.

[@JulesFox]

Inspiring young man.

[@Perspari]

Well spoken Will Shackel

[@mirellafisher8462]

Keep it up Son, love listening to your ideas 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@Jim-i4j]

Wow that was excellent unbelievable, 17 years old ay, it’s good to see that not all the young people are ignorant and brain dead

[@gracecollins8415]

The next generation technology to generate energy from nuclear waste is already here. Australia could be at the forefront of solving the last hurdle to clean and safe nuclear waste deposal for good with smart nodular nuclear power generators reusing nuclear waste generated by conventional reactors until it is spent. There's plenty of it, hundreds of years worth.

[@johngeier8692]

Fast breeder reactors are currently being built and used in Russia and India. The ITER project in France will shed light upon the feasibility of nuclear fusion power plants. We should withdraw from the Paris Accord and repeal the renewable targets legislation and legalise nuclear power and simply use the most economical energy resources available.

[@Neckhawker]

In France we have the cheaper energy thanks to nuclear energy.

[@dukeoversteer]

Bless you young man. Clarity in a place where the politicians thrive by killing clarity.

[@nothanksnoname7567]

This is basic information which should have been heeded many years before this young one was born.

[@keithparry3245]

If we want to get anywhere near “Net Zero” , which we won’t, then nuclear is the only way to go. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. Good Onya Will

[@johngeier8692]

Since carbon dioxide emissions are actually beneficial, there is no need for Net Zero in the first place. It is fantastic delusional green nonsense.

[@TheClintb17]

Why are politicians going on about Nuclear Energy and issues, when we are going to have a nuclear submarine fleet !! 😳

[@batmanlives6456]

Great question!

[@Wombah-rc6zz]

Why a 17 year old? Simple. Our lot are cowards!

[@ralphgartner9685]

Thank god for Wil … hopefully there are more young people like him out there

[@Rosco-sd4qk]

Wow. HIS EXCITING. 1) Articulate, Educated on the topic, Bold, Clear in communication, Confident. 2) His got an honest, natural leadership quality. I hope his talents are nourished by the right people. Well done young man. I sincerely hope you concur your life goals without loosing your roots.

[@christophercharles3169]

Wow! Is there really a ban on nuclear energy in Australia? How entrenched are the greens in that country anyway? Waste from nuclear energy shouldn't be a concern any longer. We have the technology to put it on the moon if we have to. If you serious about CO2 generation, the only way to go is nuclear. Period. Will Shackel is an impressive young man who has looked beyond the fear mongering and is asking the right questions.

[@donnastockwell9196]

AUSTRALIA NEEDS MORE YOUNGE BLOKES AND CHICKS LIKE THIS YOUNGE DUDE. WELL DONE YOUNGE DUDE..

[@simonwalker8300]

Good on you Will, at least someone can see what good it would actually do us.

[@paulmcleod6061]

Will for PM.

[@TheMichaelStott]

ANSTO in Lucas heights Sydney has had the only Nuclear power plant in Australia. ANSTO has been researching Nuclear Energy for 70 years. They have been successfully managing their nuclear waste for 60 years under Australia's Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency regulations and is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency which sets the international standards. The Young man is right! this is all about politics and look no further than the Greens and Labor's affiliation at the moment with this issue. The other side being Liberal has been with the Coal and Gas energy markets.

[@tassied12]

Lucas Heights is a research reactor. That is a completely different type of engineering to a nuclear power plant.

[@TheMichaelStott]

@@tassied12 this is true. However it still produces waste and still provides power and adheres to both Australian and international safety. Every other country which has large scale plants has already done the research on construction. So if we can obtain data from these other countries, if we have had a nuclear plant in Australia following laws and legislation that not only Australia but the rest of the world has agreed to, the ban on large power plants is the only thing holding us back. So what is the main motivator for the ban?

[@tassied12]

@@TheMichaelStott Every single western nuclear power plant project (Sumner (US), Vogtle (US), Hinkley C (UK) Flamanville (France), Olkiluoto (Finalnd) undertaken over the last 20 years has gone hopelessly over time and budget. A big part of this has been the extra regulatory burden as a result of incidents such as 9/11 and Fukishima. These have all been in countries with a long experience in nuclear power construction. Australia has no such prior experience and I am sure Australian's will not accept any compromise on safety to make it cheaper. Ban or no ban, the reality is no-one directly involved in the energy sector in Australia thinks it is a viable option here.

[@TheMichaelStott]

@@tassied12 All very important points. They also sound like important lessons and seeming that every country has gained these experiences, it appears we should be able take that I formation and look at a risk matrix to mitigate delays in construction.

[@tassied12]

@@TheMichaelStott Even after you build them, the main concern amongst local energy experts is whether nuclear would be viable here. Australia is a sunny country with the highest market penetration of rooftop solar in the world. We are adding 2 - 3 GW a year to our rooftops, the equivalent of a couple of coal (or nuclear) plants each year. This together with large industrial consumers such as Sun Metals moving to source 20%+ of their energy from their own solar farms is squashing demand from the grid during the day. This is squeezing coal plants which used to make most of their money during the day when energy consumption is highest. This past week, new records were set for minimum demand from the grid. Nuclear is at an even bigger disadvantage because it takes the longest time to build, and they are less flexible even than coal plants in being able to deal efficiently with variable demand. The chief engineer at AEMO told the recent parliamentary enquiry into nuclear that they were not looking for any more generation capacity with the output profile of nuclear. We are now seeing an increasing frequency of negative wholesale prices on the grid when wind/solar are meeting nearly all demand and coal plants are forced to pay to take their power rather than wear the cost of shutting down and starting up again. Nuclear would be even more vulnerable to this as it takes days to shut down and start up a nuclear plant. Look up the term 'duck curve' It is happening in Australia and is closing the window on nuclear Nuclear can load follow, but doesnt offer fast dispatch. Countries such as Japan, Canada and France which have significant nuclear capacity have plenty of hydro to provide the fast dispatch backup. We have gas, but that is expensive. Peter Dutton belled the cat on this with his faux pas about 60% nuclear in Canada - it is actually 60% from hydro, which provides the fast dispatch support for their nuclear

[@fredsalfa]

I think the stigma of those politicians and the X Generation is that we were born into the Nuclear age, nuclear being a dirty word of destruction in wars and catastrophes and accidents. As well Australia being an egalitarian country are not up to date with the latest technologies in nuclear and current usage like a majority of world countries at the moment

[@donnastockwell9196]

YOU CANT MAKE PEOPLE SUFFER WHEN YOU HAVE RELIABLE POWER

[@davidroberts9976]

What great young man so bright I take my hat off to him

[@mandoskywalker4012]

Even 387 billion would be cheaper than renewables. The cost of the transmission lines alone is 1.5 trillion ffs 🤦‍♂️

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

Hard to believe South Africa is still the only country in the Southern Hemisphere with a nuclear power plant.

[@alanb9337]

Brazil has at least 2 operational reactors (in the SH) and Argentina has at least 3 operational reactors. Argentina has a well developed nuclear sector due to the German nuclear scientists who went to Argentina after WW2. The German and Argentine nuclear physicists etc convinced the Argentine leadership to invest in nuclear power. Argentina had nuclear power since 1974, Brazil 1982. The Argentinians are working with both China and India on future projects.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@@alanb9337 Yes indeed. I've just looked that up. Cheers

[@302esky]

See you can see who isn't paid off in Australia

[@jb8116]

Those that can, do. Those that can't become politicians.

[@anthonywilson8998]

Costs and the benefits are a standard. Process along with feasibility. Australia even have their own substantial uranium supplies. As base loads increase with fossils being banned there is noway green can be afforded along with battery backup. This will cost £30 trillion as in uk. Nuclear doesn’t need backup.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Diversity 💯👍👏

[@thelaughingprophet2275]

Coal fired plants are just fine….we don’t need a ‘solution’ to what we already have. CO2 atmospheric concentrations have absolutely no effect on the climate changing, which is driven by our suns own cycles and has changed continuously for our planets history. This whole discussion is moot.

[@tammymarks]

This ban was always super stupid.

[@johngeier8692]

Net Zero is economically destructive delusional insanity. Squandering hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayers money trying to prevent small and largely beneficial changes to the earth’s climate is lunacy, especially when other countries are continuing to build coal fired power plants for cheap reliable power.

[@blackIce504]

not only that AEMO and CSIRO have not told many people its not just major transmission lines that need to be upgrade its all the substations and pole pigs too, to be able to manager the constant fluctuation of Solar and Wind and the fact that a smart grid with all its sillicon chips is less reliable. but most people fob this off like they say EV are simple but there drive train is more complex than any vehicle. but what about the land all these solar farms are taking up has anyone seen the map of this compared to a few sites of Nuclear power plants, this land cost money has AEMO and CSIRO and Chris Bowen thought about that? most likely not. Also Chris Bowen has no background in Electrical engineering or understanding, but yet people believe them over engineers and experts that have been told to keep quite.

[@stancraigie601]

Funny howw they listen to and laud a teenager as knowing more than adults against clmate change (Gretta) but not when one speas up about Nuclear!

[@broniabutler4166]

Good on him, what a brilliant young man

[@Wombah-rc6zz]

$387 billion? Was that an estimate or a guesstimate? Could be rubbery! They should give the breakdown of costing! Anyone can just pluck figures out of the air to suit their position.

[@mickowens9839]

Agreed. You would think with so many built overseas already the guys being contracted would be able to provide a quote. Kinda like the Tesla battery station in South Oz. Just hope its doesn`t suffer the same fate as the NBN roll-out

[@ionaleah]

Good to see young people Taking resposibility after all its going to affect them in the future

[@theselector4733]

Listening to this kid gives me hope for the future of young people in this country.

[@douglaswasley1461]

There is a famous movie, Dorothy is told to "follow the yellow brick road" There were many obstacles on the road. At the end of the road, there is a wizard, but the wizard turns out to be a fake, it turns out it was all a dream anyway...Now we have Chris 'Follow the Net Zero Road" It's all turning out to be a dream or will it turn out to be just a huge nightmare.

[@johngeier8692]

Net Zero is economically destructive delusional insanity. There is no need for it. We should simply use the most economical energy resources available.

[@Kawasaki1-m4l]

I think they banned nuclear, so there's no competition with solar.

[@netsiteing]

Nuclear reactors generate 65% to 70% of France's electricity, which is the highest share of nuclear generation globally and has historically enabled France to export surplus clean power to neighbouring nations during periods of high demand.

[@corzuyderwyk6197]

Good on you jong boy

[@chughin]

This guy is great, I’m passionate about this topic & didn’t know how to even begin making a change. He just went and it did it. Big respect

[@MrMikeV00]

Spot on, this young fella is. Do the maths. Lucas heights is a 50mega watt reactor does not change fuel rods every year. So the waste is zero for those years. Never any carbon. Technically tiny tiny amounts. grams in a year. (Unfortunately cant find data on actual waste amount P.A. average). A Bayswatter coal powered factory turbine was/is a 660 mega watt unit. Each year released 4.9 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. Now we vitue signal green energy, for which most solar panels are sourced from Asia and they use energy to produce. So we burn marine/crewd oil in ships to take coal there, they burn coal to power their factories and convert quartz to glass, ship the panels here by burning more carbon, then pay a tax while net profits end up with Asian countries. So in reality, we increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, and shot ourselves in the foor and have resorted to crowling at the other foot like a dog. Fact: the amount of energy produced by one solar panel is not enough to ofset its carbon footprint across its lifespan. This lad didn't study that part. The problem is getting exponentially worse with virtue signaling that is/has been performed. Nevermind our economy, at all, nevermind our looming financial crisis. So you don't oppose nuclear Because you are humanitarian. You do it because you want to look virtuous, are completely braindead, or have financial gains from coal.

[@oliverdean9303]

Will, you legend! Australia needs more young people like you. Lift the ban I’d say, let the people make the decision!

What a brilliant young man telling it like it is they don't call him Casanova Bowen for nothing

[@mmcin719]

How impressive is this young man!

[@PeterKhan-s2g]

Good on this young man cause what about the impact on the wildlife with all of those wind turbines

[@fredsalfa]

What a smart kid. He’ll be Prime Minister one day

[@mclanaford2957]

Haven’t we a lot of dumb people in our current Government. Dumb and dumber in charge . They are shown up by this very smart 17/18 yr old 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@adrianh332]

This gives me hope for the future when we have young people like this.