‘Very frustrating’: Dick Smith calls out Labor’s environmental damage with wind farms

[@pieterwiffers3095]

Sack albo now

[@georgekordis4268]

Labor the party of no idea and lot's of taxes.

[@tilkanash]

And Self Pay Rises

[@alanc6781]

Yep. You got it in one. Under Labour, ALL our costs go up. Every time. So on the international market we will never be competitive. It will always be cheaper to import Chinese rubbish.

[@roydavis5613]

@georgekordis4268 Socialists are very good.........at spending other people's money" Margaret Thatcher

[@ahmedxr8]

Why isn't Dick Smith Prime Minister? He is smart and a great Australian and deserves to be a Prime Minister. Instead, we have D O N k E Y S running this country.

[@mikldude9376]

Don’t insult the donkeys 😊.

[@DebraPatience]

He's a smart man look what they have done to Trump they would have done this to him they did it to Pauline

[@floooooofy]

That is an insult to donkeys.😂

[@alanc6781]

​@@DebraPatience Yes. I will still vote with the Gangreens last, then Labour, then Liberal. Pauline will be at the top.

[@turnyourbacktoit]

​@user-ky7fp3xj1z All government departments cannot afford to have smart people. They pose a huge threat to the idiots running every government department in Australia from hospitals to postage.

[@bones8961]

Keep exposing the flaws in renewables Dick 👍👍

[@Peter-p5u8t]

The PM and Minister Bowen have been misled by their own ideology and nothing else😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Is that because of stupidity,ignorance & low intellect,insanity or just an idealist dream.

[@MrTimbrook]

No they are puppets of the WEF and their plan for a one world government. And this also includes the UN and their role in all this.

[@pkd6369]

bags of wind the both of them .... Unfortunatelly it comes out at the WRONG end the end where the mouth moves is and "what we see on T.V." eer' aahhm's and not on my watch.

[@livingadamman7994]

That could be said for the history of all Marxist's but they don't care. Communism is about consolidation of power by weakening the independence of a nation. By controlling supply and consumption by dictionary definition, it never has worked. But to those at the helm could care less, they like nihilism and destruction while making their cronies and puppet masters rich, and at the expense of the people who end up with nothing in the end. A double whammy loss to the taxpayer !

[@alanc6781]

They don't really have an ideology. Except ME ME ME. I have reliable evidence that Elbow had a colonoscopy and they found his head.

[@TimGaylard]

We can always rely on good old Dick too say it like it is! Well done mate 👍

[@kingkappa9916]

Dick Smith was a founding father and visionary for Technology in Australia in the 70's/80's and onward, well before many others caught on. His opinions on this subject are worth serious consideration.

[@ronniekay8409]

True words from a successful Australian...... well said Dick Smith

[@rickstarcampbell2771]

Bye bye Greens and Labour Party end of the road for both parties.

[@nicethings2070]

I remember when the Chinese shot bullets into Dick's helicopter on his round the world trips. He was a threat to them 40 years ago as he is today, with China's Labor supporting destruction of secure energy.

[@DOWNUNDER.]

Well said

[@JackRichardsonM8]

@nicethings2070 Didn't the Chinese like the environmental vandalism of flying helicopters around the world for no reason? Is Dick going to get a nuclear helicopter?

[@JackRichardsonM8]

@@nicethings2070 What type of nuclear reactor, how much will it cost, and when will they come online?

[@DOWNUNDER.]

@@JackRichardsonM8 CHINESE BOT SPOTTED

[@coconuciferanuts339]

@@JackRichardsonM8 There's an equally "smart" answer there,er, how's it go again,oh,yeah, "You tell me & we'll both know !"Haw,haw hee haw.

[@firststep7750]

Dumb* & Dumber**. * Labor Party ** Labor Voters

[@russclifton2026]

La,b-Li,b, two arms of the same knuckle dragger.

[@alanc6781]

Pauline for me.

[@turnyourbacktoit]

​@@russclifton2026 Catchcry of the ALP unionist. Justifies your ALP vote does it ? LNP was a definite NO on the referendum. Go figure Charlie Brown.

[@russclifton2026]

@@turnyourbacktoit WHAT ALP vote, nor LNP, You gotta be kidding, NEVER either of them two arms of the same King Kong , what a walloper .

[@russclifton2026]

@@turnyourbacktoit No “Fkn ” Idea what you smokin

[@whiskeygamer9402]

Renewable transition Poverty.

[@johngeier8692]

Also known as the energy transition delusion. The false and delusional belief that transitioning to non fossil fuel energy sources will be cheap and easy.

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Fire danger& ugly scenic wind farms.Bird killing.

[@Deljron777]

@LNEREAST You sound like Joe Biden

[@missinterpreted4923]

@LNEREAST Off shore wind farms yes - particularly during construction in the territory of endangered whale species - but you laugh it up and keep sipping your soy lattes while animals die for no good reason. Bats, birds, insects, road kill on access roads, and marine animals, not to mention the habitat/ecosystem destruction required to build them.

[@Deljron777]

@LNEREAST Sure I believe you, that's why the word Trump came out of your mouth when no one was talking about him. But if you're for real then good on ya political atheists all the way!

[@thedave7760]

The thing is wind farms are killing whales in numbers never seen before. The noise from pile.driving and.even just normal operation prevents them from hunting.

[@missinterpreted4923]

@@thedave7760 Thanks Dave - I posted a similar comment but it's been removed, apparently

[@russellcullen9913]

When the wind dont blow the ship dont go.

[@batmanlives6456]

Our forefathers figured this out 150 years ago…. The penny still hasn’t dropped in Bowen’s world A bit slow just doesn’t cover it !!!

[@petewest5973]

Thank you Dick for pointing up the madness of Bowen

[@justincarman943]

I’ll wager the biggest advocates are heavily invested (financially) in renewables.

[@clydesimpson1462]

If you think electricity is expensive now, wait until the investors want their over priced dividends. Bowen won't tell anyone about the greatest stitch-up in history.

[@justincarman943]

$600k per turbine per year for starters

[@johngeier8692]

Renewables are a malinvestment. They are a colossal waste of taxpayers money and resources. A few green carpet baggers temporarily benefit at everyone else’s expense. The current government’s energy policy is industrial scale economic vandalism.

[@philippawesterman8843]

Yet in Senate Estimates today CSIRO was being as obstructive as usual and refusing to answer Senator Rennick implying he was being a nuisance.

[@alanc6781]

CSIRO must by now be the laughing stock of the engineering world. The only ones who trust them are accountants and grannies.

[@lyndabignell9660]

I noticed last week that our gas fired station in Adelaide had been switched on. Thank goodness it wasn't closed.

[@michaelsnell284]

Great interview.. some constructive criticism.. make sure Dick Smith does MOST OF THE TALKING. he's the guy everyone will listen to.. cheers 👍👍

[@rickstarcampbell2771]

The quickest we call an Election the better let’s vote out these idiots still have their heads in the sand.

[@vernonwhite4660]

In Thailand the same wid turbines spoiling the landscape. And then tourism suffers😮

[@letmeexplain1816]

Hideous wind and solar is a complete eyesore and absolute waste of beautiful land !! Above reproach and totally unnecessary !!

[@johngeier8692]

It is a colossal waste of taxpayers money and resources in addition to being a blight on the countryside. The largely useless renewable energy equipment will soon end up in landfill. Worldwide over 10 trillion dollars have already been spent on the futile attempt to prevent small, largely beneficial and theoretical changes to the Earth’s climate. Global carbon dioxide emissions have continued to increase. This costly exercise in futility needs to be abandoned.

[@j_sum1]

I am more than happy with coal. Fix the current mess with a couple of modern coal stations on the same sites as current ones. Add some gas so the grid can ramp up and down as needed. Then Plan for the future by developing and building some nuclear plants as well as processing the uranium locally. And let solar and win compete without subsidies on a level economic playing field.

[@rosriggs9728]

Do you realise that you have just said what most think... and it is a shame that elbow and blowen cannot fathom out the same logic.

[@seanworkman431]

Do you think they have landfill in Europe? No. They burn their waste to generate electricity. This Co2 madness has to stop, burn coal and gas.

[@rods6405]

Spot On!

[@anubistheone1939]

You’re talking too much sense for Australia that’s illegal!

[@oddball3675]

In the vast land of sun and breeze, Stands a man with resolve and ease, Dick Smith, with courage in his gaze, Challenges norms, sets hearts ablaze. He sees the fields where turbines spin, A dream of green, a hopeful win, Yet notes the scars on nature's face, A price too high for energy’s chase. "Very frustrating," he does declare, As wind farms rise, he shows his care, For landscapes marred, for birds in flight, For nature’s song, lost to the night. Labor’s push for wind's embrace, Leaves him questioning the pace, No batteries to store the might, Of winds that blow both day and night. "Intermittent," he warns with force, A broken link in energy’s course, Without a way to save the breeze, The cost of power will only squeeze. Dick Smith, a voice both clear and bold, Calls for a path both wise and old, For nuclear strength, a steady hand, To power up this ancient land. He dreams of balance, fair and true, Where wind and sun can share the view, Yet nuclear’s strength stands firm and bright, Guiding Australia through the night. In the land of sun and sweeping plains, Where courage flows through ancient veins, Dick Smith stands tall, his vision wide, For an energy future, side by side. OddBall

[@floooooofy]

My heart bleeds for my country.

[@vincentsuzanne6515]

Follow the MONEY .

[@richardkeeling5430]

Dick smith needs to go Canberra and tell labor wake up the rest of the world is doing nuclear energy

[@lukeclifton4392]

@PaulineHansonPleaseExplain… Dick would be a great asset to the party!

[@alexandermelbaus2351]

Australia is one of the top exporters of LPG gas worldwide. WA has a gas reserve with a set price of $3 a Gj; The rest of the country was getting screwed with high gas prices ($12+ Gj), that directly affects the electricity prices. This is where the attention needs to be focused and urgently!

[@MrJohndl]

When our energy system is destroyed, Albo and his mates will move offshore...disappear with their millions in superannuation.

[@vernonwhite4660]

Its time these perks were resinded😊

[@fatwombat2611]

They never include the cost of power storage when comparing renewables to base load sources. Our leaders are all about the investment $$$ not the outcome.

[@henrybarker1159]

Spot on Mr Smith 100%

[@russellcullen9913]

The CSRIO would be the last people to get advice off.a bit like the ABC.

[@Peter-ge9oi]

Well done Dick . These politicians are easily fooled.

[@AlexShiro]

What is logical about depending on apparently massively changing weather for reliable energy? Climate crisis being an issue according to activists, seems to mysteriously get ignored for wind AND solar.

[@clydesimpson1462]

Wind and solar have never been about the smallest footprint but the largest scale of corruption.

[@paulpilgrim4302]

Certain groups are making money..on this nonsense

[@alanc6781]

And I bet a lot of them are overseas. Maybe Elbows mates in China.

[@diggerduckaussie6834]

Did you see the one that blew up in Portland Victoria the other night. How much does it cost to repair or replace one.

[@evil17]

5 million or more, cheap by comparison to the potential bushfire damage and loss of life that can ensue from these wind farms and renewable HV transmission lines, people often don’t consider these issues.

[@alanc6781]

And I have read somewhere that any damage caused must be paid for by the landowner.

[@floralcouture3763]

Psychopathic ‘net zero’ trend.. INSANITY 🤦‍♀️

[@floooooofy]

YES!!..go Dick Smith!

[@bushmagpie3312]

With nuclear you get a drum of waste every 5yrs. So 3 drums. A wind turbine has 15yr life span, the waste is huge. It’s 10X waste. Solar farms are even more waste and again not recyclable only frame is.

[@eileenspamer-kw3kz]

morning all from uk pureblood granny unjabbed

[@stanyeaman4824]

Wind power is available only c.40% of the time. The 60% gap will be incredibly expensive to bridge,- bridged by what?

[@iainhetherington4608]

Thank god for Chris Kenny and Dick Smith

[@owendavies7452]

30,40,50,100 year's behind in so many ways now Australia. But the one thing you can guarantee most our Politicians will do after finishing their term. Is go get A golden elevator job in a resource sector. So now worries there.

[@pkd6369]

a AAA batery has more guaranteed power reserve than the whole Labor Party!

[@russclifton2026]

ThankYou,, but we Feel THEIR HATE. Their Embarrassment will be Huge.

[@Philip-hv2kc]

Maybe total renewable energy production could have worked out when Australian population was 20 million , but soon the population will be 40 million maybe 50 million . Labour dialled up the immigration a few notches.

[@tykidd7741]

Dick join the LNP. Even as an advisor your so educated & make it sound so simple to understand.

[@williamhardes8081]

Dick Smith for PM.

[@truthandlife4101]

They are not listening death ears and we fit the bill and WEF will say well done Albo .

[@ChrisBNisbet]

We don't have time to worry about the environment - we have to save the planet! /s

[@amcconnell6730]

Hand up who owns a modern phone. Keep your hand up if you've had a phone where the battery has worn out. That's how long batteries last - if you buy a battery big enough to run a city when the wind isn't blowing, it costs multi-tens of millions, it lasts as long as a phone battery until you have to buy another one all over again and you are left with an old worn out battery full of heavy metals that is a disaster to get rid of.

[@rods6405]

Not only that! charging a battery and using a battery as a power source is inefficient you lose energy(heat is generated) in both situations and the bigger the battery the worse it gets!

[@alanc6781]

Please don't tell that to Elbow and the lefty clowns. You will really spoil their day.

[@christinecavanagh5906]

Exactly bowen must be getting a huge payout ,no womder he has that stupid grin on his face.he doesnt care for Australia or the envoirment he is hellbent on destryoing it and all wildlife.😢

[@geoff37s57]

What happens when the Sun does not shine and the wind does not blow? Here in N Queensland we have just gone through 5 months of day after day of heavily overcast calm days. A battery system big enough to cope would need to be absolutely massive and cost trillions of dollars. Nuclear is the only viable alternative. Bowen needs educating in basic science. There is no “free lunch”. Yes, Nuclear may be expensive and take several years to come on line but there is no viable alternative. Bowen’s plan for 82% renewables is insane. We are heading for a miserable existence with frequent blackouts and industry shutdowns.

[@evil17]

Albo, Bowen & Labor know what they are doing, it’s deliberate.

[@clydesimpson1462]

✔

[@alanc6781]

Geoff, please stop telling the truth. You will really upset the mindless ones.

[@alanc6781]

​@@evil17 Ah, so.

[@markjohnston9017]

Im with Dick a smart man.

[@KF-bj3ce]

To be a politicians one has to be egotistical, not that worldly, full of bull, narrow minded, able to toe the line, looking for approval from others, belong to the / a club, able to make promises that are unrealistic and you full well know can not be kept. Dick Smith would not qualify for the job of Prime Minister, but sure he would do a much better job of it.

[@TARBUNNY2013]

Bowen and Albo are Dead Set Fools😮

[@jeffolley2712]

All these wind farms. So where does the power come from to start these windmills because they do not just start generating electricity when they start turning they need to be activated first

[@DOWNUNDER.]

Welcome to Country I am Australian this is my country and all Australian's country Was then and always will be. SO CHINA AND LABOR Stick your disenfranchising psyops

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

Putting grammar, spelling, and syntax to one side, your post is absurd...

[@DOWNUNDER.]

I just wish the chinese post police would just go away​@KIA-MIA-POW

[@alanc6781]

Oy, DOWNUNDER is telling Elbow and his mob to go and get lost.

[@DOWNUNDER.]

@@alanc6781 too bloody right

[@elizabethcarn8920]

Can Sky News please do an investigation into nuclear power plants run on nuclear waste. Apparently Japan does this and it’s old working technology from the 1960s in the US, but government policy at the time abandoned the idea instead of using it. It greatly reduces the amount of waste that is radioactive and its lifespan for storage from thousands of years into hundreds.

[@russellcullen9913]

Australia no longer a advanced country heading for third wold status.

[@dezzodarling]

We never hear about Global Warming and the Civil Aviation business in the same sentence. In the 1990s I chaired several IATA meetings in Geneva and around the World on "Aviation and the Global Warming dilemma" and the conclusion then was that there is no alternative power source with the right Energy Density to replace AvGas!! And this applies equally to all the Ground Support equipment such as Push-Back tractors, baggage carts, Mobile stairs and Conveyor belts!! Some may be replaceable, but not the whole fleet!! The problem is "Energy Density" which electricity lacks!!

[@johngeier8692]

The current mean annual surface temperature of Earth is suboptimal. A modest amount of warming would have the net beneficial effects of increased agricultural yields, reduced winter heating costs, fewer deaths from hypothermia and postponement of the next glacial maximum. Net Zero is prohibitively costly, impractical and totally unnecessary. It is economically destructive delusional insanity. The result of ridiculous popular delusions triumphing over critical thinking and common sense due to weak and corrupt politicians.

[@alanc6781]

dezzo, ENERGY DENSITY are big words that would cause a lot of people extreme anxiety. Especially the renewable mob, who seem to understand nothing.

[@TheFleetz]

Dick Smith a man of a wealth of knowledge. His Nissan Leaf example is where the government is taking us.

[@Tony_ASA]

The new gg needs to step in and earn her money i think. This government is very…. Simples 😢😂

[@StevenMilne-sm4fk]

Alby put the lefty in there to stop that happening to him.

[@evil17]

New woke GG Samantha Mostyn who was just sworn in gets 2 serviced mansions in Sydney, free private air travel, drinks & food for life, with a $214,000 pay increase to $709K before she got into office & then $410K a year on retirement for life, is an activist, hates the monarchy, has no qualifications for the GG position of ribbon cutter & calls Australia Day, ‘Invasion Day’, yeah, she wont be doing anything but fattening up at the trough with the other Labor treasoners. RIP till next election or sharpen a fork.

[@Indy-zq3uq]

The new GG is bought and paid for sack the rotten lot of them

[@Graham-m4p]

Labor...the enemy within.

[@Squishy9387]

It will cost 2000x($100 quadrillion ) global GDP to get Australia fully renewable with batteries for 2 weeks or more of backup a nuclear power plant of large 1Gw plant will cost around $ 10 billion USD and when it comes to the waste we could ask india when they get their 3 stage thorium reactors to burn nuclear waste and the waste from that only needs to be buried for 300 years tops to be safe I am sure the source is the Illinois Energy Professor for my information on the cost of a power plant cost a LNG plant will cost in operating and construction costs what a nuclear plant costs to build before the nuclear plant is even built

[@alanc6781]

Squishy, you, sir, are not politically correct. But is Elbow were to read this he would not understand it.

[@Squishy9387]

@@alanc6781 do I really need to be politically correct I have been listening to so much on all this energy security we mine and sell uranium but we don't use it now that is politically incorrect of our government we don't use it we don't sell it should be our motto on that if we are against nuclear energy and weapons

[@KenDyer-wl4lf]

There was a fire in a wind tower the other day, It went out after a while, with minimal damage, but nobody has mentioned the out oof control fire in the underground coal mine at Moranbah still raging, and the poor residents locked in their houses to avoid the toxic smoke and pollution.

[@MatthewSwift-xc8sn]

Stop this crap. Stop the distruction and go necular.

[@stevenhamilton9790]

Hey sky call out there is no climate change we already have cheap reliable energy that cost nothing!

[@AnchorsAweighNarooma]

Long term is that all houses that were built yesterday, need to be to be self sufficent, no power wires, no water, no sewage to save, all these are readly (built in Australia) available many years ago but you need a vision and will to see reality. No to short term thinking of continued revision on the same issue, we need A thinkers not C tinkers.

[@williamhumphrey9766]

I have a cave waiting just for you.

[@willbusn5683]

Albo and bowen like many are parrots.they shut all discussions .

[@shawnhill68]

Dick smith for PM . Love the bloke .

[@crystalpistol2133]

They're to proud to say they might be wrong about all this...new tech on the way...?/?

[@allon33]

coal

[@MrMikeV00]

We need Dicko back and big!!

[@VK4VO]

The buffer is over 30 days,,,, Simon Michaux explains it all.

[@harrypowell9050]

I agree with Mr. Smith.

[@lynmay4667]

Hood on Dick Smith he knows his stuff.🙂🙂

[@peterjames174]

it's amazing how the albo can spread false information, but he has a problem with anyone else doing so, the hypocrisy of the bondi cigar.

[@pkd6369]

wind turbines each one reminds me of a labor broken Promise

[@trickster8635]

Nuclear power stations need water for cooling. As one of the driest continents on earth, where do we get this water from? Therefore, they have to be built near coastal communities to be able to source sea-water. Corrosive salt water that requires constant replacement of piping and associated infrastructure - read expensive. Base load power, yes - but very expensive power. Power stations along the coastal fringes of this country will require the buy up of very expensive real estate too. Then we either ship the waste off to France for more cost or get over the hang-up about burying it in the desert. Not an easy solution and has just as many negative points as wind and solar.

[@alancotterell9207]

On that basis, helicopters and light aircraft should also be banned. Also electronic fish finders.

[@bettymarshall2702]

On what basis????

[@RichardCostello-wj8gy]

All of the Nuclear flag wavers never mention the cost of Nuclear waste and it's secure storage including guarding against terrorist attack.

[@jamemswright3044]

No such thing as nuclear waste with modern liquid Salt reactors. In fact previous nuclear waste can be used as a fuel. Also it is a lot easier to protect a bunker from terrorist attack. Rather than protect massive white towers spread over the country side.

[@razzaus1570]

Nice mug kenny 👌💪

[@ConradJupiter77]

how about tidal wave power

[@evil17]

Not good for marine environment or for a national energy grid, similar issues as the other replaceable renewables.

[@johnwalker6711]

Dick Smith now an expert on climate maybe he should tell the people in the Carribean why they just got hit by Beryl a cat 4 hurricane im sure the PM of Jamaica would be interested

[@johngeier8692]

Earth’s weather systems are driven by the transfer of thermal energy from the equator to the poles. Ocean currents greatly influence cyclone risk. The Gulf Stream allows them to migrate well north of the normal cyclone zone on the east coast of North America whilst the Humboldt current shields the west coast of South America from cyclones.

[@alanc6781]

John Walker. Hmm. It sounds like you are full of it. You need to do some reading. Can you do that? Maybe ask mummy. Oh, sorry, to you the earth is flat. Now I understand.

[@bretloyd8097]

Bull, D Smith bailed on the environment years ago.

[@awc900]

And Labor's doing it right now.

[@missinterpreted4923]

He bailed his public participation because of the radical activists, so did Dr Patrick Moore, the co-founder of Greenpeace...look him up!

[@evil17]

Labor is destroying our environment with their renewables, but also our energy grid & reliability, industry, culture & economy.

[@missinterpreted4923]

My comment was removed - Perhaps DS 'bailed' as you call it for the same reason Dr Patrick Moore (co-founder of Greenpeace) bailed. Look him up. If anybody gets to see this, tell me why you think my original comment got removed.

[@missinterpreted4923]

And, just like that...my original comment reappears - WTF

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