In the lead up to the Queensland State election to be held on the October the 26th. Liberal Party leader David Crisafulli has said,
“Queensland has the youngest fleet of coal-fired power plants in the country and I will keep them maintained and operational. We will continue to ensure that they operate whilst they are needed to form part of the mix of affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity,” he said.
“There is no way the vast majority of thinking Queenslanders would want us to shut off base load power before the capacity of the next generation of energy has been developed.” Asked if that meant they would run indefinitely, Mr Crisafulli said: “Well, I guess the answer to that is YES”.
“We need the baseload power that comes from those coal-fired power generators, we need that to be there,“ he said. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/lnp-commits-to-keep-coal-fired-power-stations-open-indefinitely/news-story/550d8c34ae75c3415485399f02d1f2ad
THIS IS A WONDERFUL WIN, COMMONSENSE IS PREVAILING, WE MUST PROMOTE OUR PETITION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
Our petition is, (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. https://www.change.org/p/blackouts-will-be-devastating-they-must-be-avoided-at-all-costs
YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PETITION WITH DONATIONS WILL BE REPAID WITH BASELOAD ELECTRICITY FOR THE NEXT FIFTEEN TO TWENTY YEARS. Be it $10, $20, $50 or $100 please make a donation and keep our petition in the public eye. AND KEEP THE BLACKOUTS AT BAY. The more signatures we get the more wins will keep coming and the coal fired power stations will be kept running. Promote the petition on Change.org and share it on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, 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 10th October 2024 8.05pm AEST. Batteries 1%, Biomass 0%, Black Coal 46% Brown Coal 15%, Gas 6%, Hydro 16% Diesel 0% Solar 0%, Wind 17%. 8.00pm a Peak Period, the Sun has set Solar is producing 0%, and the wind 17% could at any time drop to 3% of 4%. Or in other words solar and winds contribution is worthless and double, triple or quadruple the number of solar panels and wind turbines and the result you get is just the same. 82% Renewables with no Sun, no Wind equals no electricity generation, guarantees blackouts
To underline the importance of our coal fired generators. Coal is producing in NSW 79% Wind 5%, Qld coal 69%, wind 5% Vic Brown coal 60%, wind 27%. SA gas 12%, Wind 88% and Tas 76% hydro, wind 24%.
WITHOUT COAL AUSTRALIA WOULD BE BLACKED OUT
STOP PRESS: WHAT CAN HAPPEN. South Australia 4th June 2024 9.05pm EST. Batteries 0%, Gas 97%, Diesel 3% Solar 0%, Wind 0%.
SA RENEWABLES CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA WITH BATTERIES, SOLAR AND WIND PRODUCING NO ELECTRICITY, ZERO, NOTHING
We are up to 3,835 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? The possibility is too awful to contemplate.
WE MUST KEEP THOSE COAL FIRED GENERATORS GOING, TO KEEP OUR SOCIETY FROM HAVING BLACKOUTS, POWER RATIONING AND EXHORBITANT ENERGY PRICES.