As the focus of our petition, all Governments have the extremely important responsibility to provide a supply of reliable, low cost, base load electricity 24/7/365 to all electricity consumers as an essential service.
THIS ESSENTIAL SERVICE HAS TO BE VIEWED AS NEEDING TO BE PROVIDED NOT JUST UNTIL 2040, BUT FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS, TO 3040 AND BEYOND.
It is ridiculous for those promoting the ‘Transition To Renewables’ to have failed to consider that Renewables such as Solar and Wind Factories only have a maximum working life of twenty years, sometimes much less. After which the solar panels and wind turbines either have to be replaced (at a large cost, which adds to electricity bills) or if they have been superseded then they become Green Elephants. They then sit in place as junk heaps or should be dismantled and the land returned to its original state, (in my opinion an impossibility) Batteries are even worse, having to be replaced after only ten years (at a huge cost each time).
If this current policy is allowed to continue, Australia will end up by 2040, with no Coal fired power stations and an under performing, worn out, renewable factories powered Grid.
Power rationing and blackouts will be common every day. Australia will have become the poverty stricken Country of Asia.
TO PREVENT THIS HAPPENING OUR DEMAND THAT THE CLOSURE OF ALL COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS BE RECONSIDERED BECOMES MOST IMPORTANT.
But if they are closed , then (beginning with Liddell which closed in April 2023, Eraring in 2025, Yallourn in (2032 now 2028), Bayswater in 2033, with Loyang A in 2045)..AND THAT NONE OF THESE COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS BE DEMOLISHED AFTER IT IS CLOSED, BUT BE MOTHBALLED, SO IT CAN BE RESTARTED IN THE EVENT, THAT A SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICAL GENERATION REQUIRES IT TO BE RESTARTED. Even if this requires the coal fired generators be compulsory acquired by the relevant Government, in the National interest.
May I strongly urge all business owners, large and small. CEO’s Managers, those in charge of aged care homes, and other public institutions, everyone in a position of management. Homeowners, etc. Reliable, low cost power is essential. Blackouts are a diabolically, serious issue. Talk with your management, boards, staff about how it will affect your business.
Any business who believes that their business is totally renewable energy powered is deluding themselves and doesn’t realise how wrong they are. It is more likely to be anywhere between 60% to 80% fossil fuels and only 20% to 30% unreliables, with the damage unreliables are doing to Rural Australia can only be described as reprehensible.
Continue to promote our petition as widely as possible. https://www.change.org/p/blackouts-will-be-devastating-they-must-be-avoided-at-all-costs I would value it if you are able to donate $20 or $50 to promote the petition on Change.org and also promote it on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp or Email.
KEEP INFORMED BY DAILY MONITORING THE AEMO DATA DASHBOARD. And alert your friends to watch the AEMO dashboard, the more know what's happening the better.
Particularly at 7pm and 7am (Or a time that suits you?) watch (and record) the mix of coal, gas hydro, batteries, solar and wind generation and the prices per MWh for each State on the AEMO dashboard.
Example: Eastern States 1st April 2024 5.40pm EDST. Batteries 1%, Biomass 0%, Black Coal 49% Brown Coal 18%, Gas 3%, Hydro 7% Diesel 0% Solar 11%, Wind 11%. In an hour solar will have gone to sleep for the next 15 to 16 hours and produce nothing. Winds 11% is not assured, if the night is calm, that could be down to 2% or 3%.
IT WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE RELY ONLY ON GENERATORS WHOSE PRODUCTION IS TOTALLY DRIVEN ON THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE WEATHER
We are up to 3,048 signatures, let’s increase it by many more, everyone’s future depends on it. Continue to spread the word, to all family, friends, anyone you meet, particularly discuss it with shop and business owners. Ask the question, “How do you plan to cope when the blackouts come? Are you thinking of buying a generator? I’m having second thoughts about the portable generator, but I have gas for cooking and heating. WE MUST KEEP THOSE COAL FIRED GENERATORS GOING, TO KEEP OUR SOCIETY FROM HAVING A BLACKOUT ATTACK!