The prospect of a Shorten lead Labor government brings with it a 50% RET and a 45% emissions reduction target (an enormous ‘carbon’ tax by any other name).
The consequence will be spiralling power prices and Soviet-era power rationing, whenever the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in. As every South Australian knows, attempting to run on sunshine and breezes is a descent into chaos.
With more mass load shedding (controlled blackouts) and mass blackouts (occasions when the grid manager loses control) guaranteed in SA, NSW and Victoria this summer, the consequences of Australia’s obsession with wind and solar will start to bite.
Heavy industry will be the first to suffer what is now euphemistically called ‘demand management’. However, there will be plenty of occasions when hospitals and households have their plugs pulled, as well.
Having power as and when businesses need it is one thing, being able to suffer rising power prices and turn a profit, is quite another.
As Alan Moran details, Labor’s threat to take South Australia’s wind and solar experiment National is going to crush Australia’s economy, just like it did in South Australia.
The prospect of a Shorten lead Labor government brings with it a 50% RET and a 45% emissions reduction target (an enormous ‘carbon’ tax by any other name).
The consequence will be spiralling power prices and Soviet-era power rationing, whenever the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in. As every South Australian knows, attempting to run on sunshine and breezes is a descent into chaos.
With more mass load shedding (controlled blackouts) and mass blackouts (occasions when the grid manager loses control) guaranteed in SA, NSW and Victoria this summer, the consequences of Australia’s obsession with wind and solar will start to bite.
Heavy industry will be the first to suffer what is now euphemistically called ‘demand management’. However, there will be plenty of occasions when hospitals and households have their plugs pulled, as well.
Having power as and when businesses need it is one thing, being able to suffer…
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