According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

SCIENCE said:

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

The Rev Dodgson said:

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

It’s appalling.

No matter how hard our government tries, no matter what efforts they employ, people in this country simply will not stop trying to find better ways to do things.

captain_spalding said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

It’s appalling.

No matter how hard our government tries, no matter what efforts they employ, people in this country simply will not stop trying to find better ways to do things.

thankfully

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

It’s appalling.

No matter how hard our government tries, no matter what efforts they employ, people in this country simply will not stop trying to find better ways to do things.

thankfully

Also we tend to be cynical about “Too good to be true” schemes.

Tamb said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

It’s appalling.

No matter how hard our government tries, no matter what efforts they employ, people in this country simply will not stop trying to find better ways to do things.

thankfully

Also we tend to be cynical about “Too good to be true” schemes.

!but Adani has created 170 Essential Jobs at this Time of Great Need and recession!

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

Australia has a bad habit of being a world leader in innovation and then falling by the wayside when it comes to manufacturing. I know someone from Uni Qld who was working on hybrid diesel-electric cars back before the early 1980s. Spent his whole career improving the technology, then ignored when it came time for worldwide manufacturing starting in 1997.

Uni NSW has been the world leader in high efficiency solar cells. CSIRO has been working on literally scores of renewable energy projects. A close colleague was working on a large scale solar-powered vertical turbine when I left. Another colleague on flexible solar cells printed on plastic. Even I did a lot of work on biodiesel from algae, quoted on a job for predicting the effects of climate change, and quoted on a job for improving the thermal design of electric cars.

Almost all this work on renewable energy in Australia has government support. Who else would?

SCIENCE said:

Tamb said:

SCIENCE said:

thankfully

Also we tend to be cynical about “Too good to be true” schemes.

!but Adani has created 170 Essential Jobs at this Time of Great Need and recession!

Prolly created far more than that cleaning up the environmental damage it has caused.

Tamb said:

SCIENCE said:

Tamb said:

Also we tend to be cynical about “Too good to be true” schemes.

!but Adani has created 170 Essential Jobs at this Time of Great Need and recession!

Prolly created far more than that cleaning up the environmental damage it has caused.

every coal has a silver lining

captain_spalding said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

It’s appalling.

No matter how hard our government tries, no matter what efforts they employ, people in this country simply will not stop trying to find better ways to do things.

Exactly, Mr Spalding. It’s outrageous. I’m absolutely appalled. The Minister should resign.

The International Renewable Energy Agency would say that.
The International Fossil Fuel Energy Agency would say something else.

SCIENCE said:

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

We could be the new Saudi Arabia if we got it right.

The we could spend the money on aircraft carriers and start throwing our weight around.

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

We could be the new Saudi Arabia if we got it right.

The we could spend the money on aircraft carriers and start throwing our weight around.

Aircraft carriers. The military version of the Ruby Princess.

Tamb said:

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

We could be the new Saudi Arabia if we got it right.

The we could spend the money on aircraft carriers and start throwing our weight around.

Aircraft carriers. The military version of the Ruby Princess.

They will have expendable Filipino crews.

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, countries that have the ability to take advantage of new renewable energy technologies can expect to enhance their global influence and reach in the future.

And it has singled out Australia as a potential new energy leader.

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-19/the-worlds-energy-order-is-changing-china-to-reap-benefits/12161912

just not with the current people in charge

There is a fair bit going on with renewable energy tech in Oz, in spite of the gov.

Australia has a bad habit of being a world leader in innovation and then falling by the wayside when it comes to manufacturing. I know someone from Uni Qld who was working on hybrid diesel-electric cars back before the early 1980s. Spent his whole career improving the technology, then ignored when it came time for worldwide manufacturing starting in 1997.

Uni NSW has been the world leader in high efficiency solar cells. CSIRO has been working on literally scores of renewable energy projects. A close colleague was working on a large scale solar-powered vertical turbine when I left. Another colleague on flexible solar cells printed on plastic. Even I did a lot of work on biodiesel from algae, quoted on a job for predicting the effects of climate change, and quoted on a job for improving the thermal design of electric cars.

Almost all this work on renewable energy in Australia has government support. Who else would?

Well of course major polluters like oil companies and car manufacturers also fund renewable energy. But, apart from our government, oil companies and car manufacturers, nobody.

Certainly not activists. They would never put their hand in their pocket to fund renewable energy projects, the hypocrites.

Australia as a potential new energy leader ?????

Would you like lies with that ?

mollwollfumble said:

Certainly not activists. They would never put their hand in their pocket to fund renewable energy projects, the hypocrites.

You have done a survey of funding of renewable energy projects have you?

But anyway, there is nothing hypocritical about people with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to their name looking towards people with billions available, or governments, to fund new projects, rather than trying to do it themselves.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Certainly not activists. They would never put their hand in their pocket to fund renewable energy projects, the hypocrites.

You have done a survey of funding of renewable energy projects have you?

But anyway, there is nothing hypocritical about people with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to their name looking towards people with billions available, or governments, to fund new projects, rather than trying to do it themselves.

Nah all the activists we know was lyrical about the benefits of fusion power while sipping their Shiraz flavoured lattes enhancing the flavours of their grain fed medium rare wagyu steak with smashed avocado, breezing down High Street in their mink and their Gucci or is it Prada (not Pravda), before hopping into their coal rolling BMW SUV all the way back to Toorak where they keep the lights on all night in their 15 bedroom 6 bathroom 10 car mansion, throwing an illegal “medical” party for all their celebrity offspring involving lots of single or even fewer use plastics “for safety” because of coronavirus fears before all diving into their heated outdoor pool, those are the activists we know.

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Certainly not activists. They would never put their hand in their pocket to fund renewable energy projects, the hypocrites.

You have done a survey of funding of renewable energy projects have you?

But anyway, there is nothing hypocritical about people with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to their name looking towards people with billions available, or governments, to fund new projects, rather than trying to do it themselves.

Nah all the activists we know was lyrical about the benefits of fusion power while sipping their Shiraz flavoured lattes enhancing the flavours of their grain fed medium rare wagyu steak with smashed avocado, breezing down High Street in their mink and their Gucci or is it Prada (not Pravda), before hopping into their coal rolling BMW SUV all the way back to Toorak where they keep the lights on all night in their 15 bedroom 6 bathroom 10 car mansion, throwing an illegal “medical” party for all their celebrity offspring involving lots of single or even fewer use plastics “for safety” because of coronavirus fears before all diving into their heated outdoor pool, those are the activists we know.

wax, before all that, or most of it

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Certainly not activists. They would never put their hand in their pocket to fund renewable energy projects, the hypocrites.

You have done a survey of funding of renewable energy projects have you?

But anyway, there is nothing hypocritical about people with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to their name looking towards people with billions available, or governments, to fund new projects, rather than trying to do it themselves.

Nah all the activists we know was lyrical about the benefits of fusion power while sipping their Shiraz flavoured lattes enhancing the flavours of their grain fed medium rare wagyu steak with smashed avocado, breezing down High Street in their mink and their Gucci or is it Prada (not Pravda), before hopping into their coal rolling BMW SUV all the way back to Toorak where they keep the lights on all night in their 15 bedroom 6 bathroom 10 car mansion, throwing an illegal “medical” party for all their celebrity offspring involving lots of single or even fewer use plastics “for safety” because of coronavirus fears before all diving into their heated outdoor pool, those are the activists we know.

and you tell the kids of today that and they wont believe you.