That Ute looks like it used to play rugby though, so I think they have got the ads spot on.

This is pretty much opposite to the future gas strategy, right?

I’m probably going to read a book or go outside.

Yeah that is amazing.

Might be a funny election cycle in about 6 years time when we are almost at 100% renewable electricity for large parts of the year and the nats insist on introducing coal powered cars.

Yeah I have a feeling we are going to hit the upper end of that 2035 target anyway. The technology is there. Govt will pretend it’s all very difficult.

Disappointing because the larger the target the better off we are economically.

It would be a pity if there were a share of the non-Albury vote who were turned off the libs because they benefit from a massive pipeline of renewable projects.

Also an independent candidate pushed her to preferences for the first time.

Did he say how he would pay for all these expensive fossil fuels?

The trick is to make people believe fossil fuels are cheaper or better for the economy. Which they aren’t.

And overwhelming evidence that renewables make fossil fuels look as efficient as a wood fired car.

To be fair, the type of books they aim at are very slow moving targets. It’s perfect content.

I love this podcast so much.

He started a decline in public service as an institution which continued to the point where the APS couldn’t say anything without a consultant. This is only just starting to change.

I suppose why would you pay people to compete with your own coal generators who make a lot more for every price spike.

What’s the bet those certain conditions are the same as when I get $20/kwh from Amber?

This sounds like hell

"Because they're sociopaths" is the Occam's Razor of politics

Arnolds is an institution.

The teens yearn for the tough life lessons of middle management.

Freeze the balls off a brass monkey

It should be so easy to build wind though. Surely there is going to be enough money in these projects to super bribe local communities.

Oh I agree 100%! Wind and solar in an ideal world would require a far smaller amount of storage. Wind is an integral part of the best system.

The problem is the wind power has to be built in areas where opposition is so easy to whip up.

I feel like solar and batteries might do the job in the end. Then wind farms will swoop in and mop up the rest.

The problem is it’s far easier to argue against big projects. Solar has the opposite problem. Network operators can’t stop people installing solar.

The Toyota delay strategy.

Pretty fucking easily it seems

Australians could cut power bills by 90% if they made their homes more energy efficient, report finds Debate on how to generate energy ‘important but misses the point’, analyst says, when you can get such savings by using solar, batteries and efficient appliances

It would be good if we pursued both energy efficiency and increased generation:

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Overton window is open, letting al the hot air out.

This is also true about the pursuit of knowledge.

A society who only seeks to know about what can be monetised is locking themselves out of knowledge which may save themselves down the track.