gumnut

@gumnut@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Market operator issues first-ever low-demand warning as solar 'juggernaut' risks grid overload⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really hoping this is a temporary problem.

  There are a lot of very large batteries in the process of being built that will start to meaningfully address this issue in the next couple of years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re missing the point. When you “mine” natural gas and burn it for heat, it’s gone. It disappears (and produces harmful GHG in the process) You have to keep doing this to get more output. When you mine materials for batteries, you end up with a physical thing that persists, can be used over and over and can be recycled into new batteries at end of life. This means the amount of mining required for renewables + batteries is proportional to only the addition of new capacity, whereas the amount of “mining” for fossil fuels is proportional to the total gross energy output (including significant heat losses) We’re mining a lot of battery materials now, but that’s because we’re adding a crapload of capacity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It says in the article that this is likely an exaggeration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our US friends see the Olympic Medal table differently⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  American exceptionalism at its finest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung delivers 600-mile solid-state EV battery as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s such a dumb metric for batteries. I wish people would stop using it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TagEnergy's $4B Project in Victoria Becomes Largest Wind Farm in the Southern Hemisphere⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome news after a depressing week of toxic energy debate here in Aus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Media Release: The Bureau issues a warning for a G4 geomagnetic storm⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does this apply on the dark side of Earth? I.e. during night time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HECS changes to see $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The policy will be backdated to June 1 2023

  Excellent!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many of you 9-5s have been given work from home forever ?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same.

• Electric car sales are booming in Australia, but it's not where you think it iswww.abc.net.au ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“We cannot support it:” Polestar follows Tesla out of car lobby over Toyota led campaign⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  First Tesla and now Polestar have quit membership of the FCAI due to the automotive peak body’s misrepresentation of, and lobbying against, the government’s proposed fuel efficiency standards: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-07/…/103558374

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“We cannot support it:” Polestar follows Tesla out of car lobby over Toyota led campaign⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I applaud them for calling out the BS publicly. I hope others brands follow, and I hope this story increases scrutiny on the misinformation being pushed. Unfortunately, this leaves the FCAI free to adopt an even more conservative position in its advocacy without dissenting member voices.

• Allan Fels's ACTU initiated price gouging report calls for government to act against exploitative practices of big businesswww.abc.net.au ↗
  Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩ | ⁨2⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Dutton calls for boycott of Woolworths after Australia Day merchandise dropped⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is exactly how Trumpism gets seeded into mainstream Australia. Dutton can fuck right off with his racist dogwhistling, and find something better to complain about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coalition tells Cop28 it will back tripling of nuclear energy if Peter Dutton becomes prime minister⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Counterpoint to your counterpoint: Due to renewables becoming cheaper and cheaper, private investment is pumping in capital en masse because the economics work out on their own. There is less and less room for government policy to set the direction. The market will decide. I honestly don’t know how a nuclear power plant could be anywhere near profitable when 30% of the time we have negative power prices due to rooftop solar. By the time the Liberals get in and try to implement their nuclear fever dream, there will be no cheaper form of energy than distributed solar + batteries and no sane financier will back anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They have stopped. It’s in the article.