{"id":273297,"date":"2023-08-13T20:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273297"},"modified":"2023-08-13T20:07:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T18:07:19","slug":"green-tasmania-the-battery-of-australia-runs-out-of-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=273297","title":{"rendered":"Green Tasmania, the \u201cBattery of Australia\u201d, Runs Out of Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c\u2026 this is putting a handbrake on our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liberals\u2019 Energy Chaos Hinders Tasmania\u2019s Economy, Labor Claims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasmanian businesses and the economy are being hamstrung by Jeremy Rockliff and the Liberals\u2019 failure to manage the state\u2019s energy resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tasmanian major industrials \u2013 the backbone of our economy for 100 years \u2013 are being constrained and told they cannot access any additional power.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means a project critical to secure their future cannot go ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s clear there is no power available. The\u00a0<\/em>Tasmanian Economic Regulator\u2019s latest electricity market analysis<\/a>\u00a0shows there is no available power for new energy projects until at least the middle of next year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even Premier Rockliff admitted yesterday that \u201cTasmania has a power supply challenge\u201d and \u201ccapacity is limited\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\nRead more:\u00a0https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/liberals-energy-chaos-hinders-tasmanias-economy-1062300\/<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Aussie state of Tasmania frequently promotes itself as\u00a0the battery of the nation<\/a>. But they often\u00a0struggle to supply their own energy needs<\/a>, so I don\u2019t think anyone takes their battery claim too seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This problem is entirely self inflicted. The State of Tasmania only has a population of around half a million people, so a small nuclear reactor in conjunction with their existing hydro systems would pretty much fix all their problems, and maintain their status as a low CO2 emission state. Nearby South Australia with its massive Uranium reserves could supply all Tasmania\u2019s nuclear fuel needs indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly the moribund Australian political establishment is utterly fixated on renewables. They will continue to inflict their ignorant energy fantasies on ordinary people, and make excuses for their failures, until voters wake up and elect politicians who can implement common sense solutions to people\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The old days, back when greens opposed wrecking the wilderness with giant hydro projects. The Anti Frankin Dam protests in Tasmania led to the formation of the Tasmanian Green Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Sadly the moribund Australian political establishment is utterly fixated on renewables. They will continue to inflict their ignorant energy fantasies on ordinary people, and make excuses for their failures, until voters wake up and elect politicians who can implement common sense solutions to people\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":273302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818076,691821814,691818154,691818130],"class_list":{"0":"post-273297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-co2","9":"tag-energy-fantasies","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-renewables","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-535.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1961","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":244549,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=244549","url_meta":{"origin":273297,"position":0},"title":"New geological study proves that the green energy movement is impossible to achieve","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/20\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The renewable energy fantasy goal is achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-507.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-507.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-507.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-507.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-507.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":203478,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=203478","url_meta":{"origin":273297,"position":1},"title":"Backup battery cost fantasies abound","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Renewable energy smart grid blockchain connected system. 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