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Al Christie's avatar

"no amount of overbuilding will help" (on windless nights)

This simple truth apparently is not understood by policy makers who are still pushing renewables.

Rafe Champion's avatar

When people realise the implications of windless nights and the limitations of storage, they will have to face the dreadful truth that this is the worst public policy blunder in history. What comes second?

Al Christie's avatar

Subsidizing EVs?

Neil D's avatar

Only if Convid is not classed as a public policy methinks.

Rafe Champion's avatar

COVID is a contender, but I think we recovered from COVID, and I don't see how Britain and Germany are going to recover from the net zero obsession.

Neil D's avatar

Ah yes, but I'm one of those conspiracy theorists who thinks that there was no pandemic... (and that all of the sudden deaths that we're still experiencing, and likely will into the future, are from the injections).

But that's just me; others may see things differently.

Rafe Champion's avatar

I won't dispute that Neil.

Neil D's avatar

That's the only reason I put it at number 1. Otherwise I'd say that Net Zero etc would definitely be number 1!

Dick Storm's avatar

Thank you Rafe. I posted on LinkedIn. Your phrase Net Zero Industrialization caught my attention. I hope it catches the attention of the low Energy IQ politicians in the West that seem Hell bent on Self Sabotage

Al Christie's avatar

"zero-industrial society"

Back to the dark ages

Rafe Champion's avatar

South Australians are being encouraged to embrace a future when the power is out from time to time.

It must be true because our ABC reported it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/sa-power-prices-hike-reliability-gold-plating/106937396

"With yet another power price hike in the works this year, an energy technology expert warns South Australians may need to consider tolerating the occasional blackout for the sake of cheaper power."

Mark houghton's avatar

I hope that when we have power cuts in the UK because we've not got enough baseload that the first people to get their power switched off at the Net Zero morons.

Jillian Stirling's avatar

The greens in Germany especially are just communists form the eastern bloc.

You paint a dire picture.

Rafe Champion's avatar

Like 'Stasi' Merkel herself.

Our Greens recruited from the ranks of the old communist parties that faded away - their influence lives on in the militant trade unions who own the Labor Party and The Greens, who keep them in power with preferences.

Reba Hafemeister's avatar

Simple, honest, obvious reasoning, but still they persevere to destroy the environment and it's population to a third world state. Stupidity is thy name!