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I think you are not getting what I am saying. I should have said energy dense. Remember quite a few years ago there was a solar powered aircraft that flew around the world. It took months and everyone was saying how good it was. Really it was showing how bad it was when compared to a fossil fuel based aircraft as you could get in one and fly around the world in 2 days.. The below snip was taken this morning for SA. Most people will say look how much intermittent there are, how good is that. I look at it and say look at all the backup that is coming on line, how bad are intermittents. Bit like wanting to strengthen aircraft that came back from a battle in WW2 with battle damage and people wanting to strengthen in those areas, when as somebody pointed out they should strengthening the areas that weren't damaged as those aircraft that were damaged in those spots weren't getting back. Intermittent make electricity expensive because they cut down the capacity factor of mid range price generation (coal) (not a fan) who than need to charge more to cover cost. Same goes with the gas in SA. Notice there is gas running the whole time at an inefficient minimum generation for grid stability. "Parasitic intermittent generation makes electricity expensive." cheap when its there very expensive when its not.

You are sounding more like you have a closed mind and aren't receptive to other peoples opinions and new technologies. No wonder a lot of people have a go at you. Maybe a common denominator.

There is a super critical co2 turbine being developed. Based on a gas turbine but used co2 instead the atmosphere and heated through heat exchanger instead of combustion. Supposed to be a lot smaller physically then a steam turbine. Apparently China have one running. Developer are looking at high temp NPP to run them. Still would require a "condenser" of some sort.

Build by the ocean, develop dry cooling!

Maybe solar and battery's aren't as good as all they hype??

They are talking dry cooling thermal plants now if they are away from the sea. Little bit less efficient but who cares in a nuclear plant as the fuel is so cheap/MWh. Fossil fuels are unreliable because they have been demonised and maintenance is deferred. (maybe fairly) Not many wars happening in Australia.

The fuel tax credit scheme isn't just to coal. Windfarms get it as well as farming on their offroad diesel. AS far as the capacity of wind in England, you can have as much capacity as you want but it is no good if you can't use it. Sux if you still need to pay for it though. https://lumifyenergy.com/blog/curtailment-costs-scotland/ Is this what the CIS does? SA is in the same boat. The government is just stating to admit 82% by 2030 is a pipedream. Could have told them that years ago. https://wattclarity.com.au/articles/2026/08/07aug-trouble-with-82percent/ Wattclarity is a good site for the state of Australia's electricity system Has any country got close to net 0 and/or has affordable electricity delivered to the consumer using mainly wind and solar. Our price of electricity is comparable to France and they have finished the transition and make money from exporting electricity int country's next door. We are half way there with mainly just replacing generation, now we need to do the storage and the transmission which is going to make the second half exponentially more expensive. France is just starting the rebuilding phase now after 50 years. Finland have cheaper power and are now a net exporter of electricity since their new reactor opened. AI Overview The launch of the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor in April 2023 helped Finnish wholesale electricity spot prices drop over 75%, falling from a peak of €245.98 per MWh in December 2022 down to around €60.55 per MWh. Production costs for nuclear generation itself historically run low (under €50/MWh). [1, 2, 3, 4] France only exporting about 8GW today, the least amount I have seen. The snip below shows the advantage of NP, hydro or both in net 0 (electrictymaps.com) I know, you've all heard it before, reminds of the $275 off our bills.😁

Even with all the doom and gloom an Frances NP, still smashing power into its neighbors. Germany not so much.

we went cars, they were faster , used a more energy dense fuel. We had coal/gas, now we are going back to less energy dense fuel. We will see what happens, unfortunately!

More details please

If it makes sence, why the incentives?

once in how many years,solar shuts down evert night

havent listened to radio national, was on the 730 report

Not to look biased. We had a reporter saying that legitamising one nation is a bad thing. I'm not saying they aren't the most trusted source as they should be because they are paid for by the tax payer and that is the difference. Imagine how they would have reacted if the Murdoch press put a cartoon on similar to what the ABC had with Gina except use Wong or Gallagher. They are doing a terrible job at not looking biased.

Less bias is not no bias. They are funded by the tax payer and should have no bias. That's the fact Jak! Everyone knows that the other broadcasters are biased. Albo got asked difficult questions on the abc the other day and he just didn't answer it regarding his lunch with the Chinese dude. They just let him get away with it, they wouldn't let the other party's get away with it without some commentary. ABC does the most investigative commentary and adds a bit to make it sell. Remember the extra shots they put in when the Aussie soldiers were shooting out a helicopter. Something the Murdoch press would do!