The current bushfires in Victoria, as horrendous as they maybe, are not finished. There is a least 10 to 12 weeks of the fire season to go. And of particular concern, is the uncontainable fire in mountainous terrain in Eastern Victoria. At present the fire has spread from Wonnangatta in the North to almost Castleburn in the South, a distance of roughly 50 kilometres. The fire could have a moving boundary 150 kilometres or more. It is completely impractical to contain. During the fire season, it is not out of the question, that the fire could spread as far South, as the Ocean at Lakes Entrance. And East as far as Orbost, Cann River or even into NSW. These fires will end up being a disastrous size. Crippling Victoria.
With the present fiery experience being catastrophic and past experience being just as bad.
THEN IT IS COMPLETE RECKLESSNESS TO PUT THOUSANDS OF WIND TURBINES ON THE TOP OF INNACCESSABLE MOUNTANEOUS RIDGES ACROSS EASTERN AUSTRALIA. Wind Turbines on 280m towers, very common to catching fire, the wind turbines attract lightening strikes, potentially causing them to catch fire.. Any fire is inaccessible by on ground fire fighters and make it too dangerous for water bombers to operate.
Any wind turbine fire on a mountain ridge, will almost surely end in disaster.
ANOTHER REASON WHY THE TRANSITION TO UNRELIABLES MUST BE STOPPED.
An another reason our petition: TO STOP THE CLOSURE OF ALL THE AUSTRALIAN COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS AND TO KEEP THEM RUNNING IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
This includes Eraring NOW 2027, Yallourn NOW 2032), Bayswater in 2033, with Loyang A in 2045 and all other coal fired power stations.
And no consideration of them being closed be considered until assured supplies of base load electricity 24/7 is available from coal, gas or uranium powered generators. Even if this requires the coal fired generators be compulsory acquired by the relevant Government, in the National interest and to maintain the supply of base load electricity 24/7 that is essential to STOP the Grid from collapsing.
OUR PETITION TO KEEP OUR COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS RUNNING. Is educating everyone of how important coal fired power stations are to keeping the Grid from crashing.
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 CRITICAL 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 7th January 2026 8.10pm AESDST. Batteries 11%, Biomass 0%, Black Coal 40% Brown Coal 12%, Gas 13%, Hydro 14% Diesel 0% Solar 1%, Wind 9%. 8.10pm a time when solar has almost gone for its daily 16 hours (lack of fuel), zero production period. Unreliable wind is all over the place averaging 9%, but ranging from a pathetic 4% in NSW, up to 16% in SA. With the strong possibility of wind droughts, dropping wind’s contribution to an overall 5 or 6%.
To underline the importance of our coal fired generators 7/1/26 8.10pm AESDST. In NSW coal is producing 70% Solar 1%, Wind 4%, Qld coal 59%, solar 0% wind 11% Vic Brown coal 45%, solar 1%, wind 10%. SA batteries 18%, gas 59%, solar 3%, wind 16% and Tas hydro 81%, wind 12%.
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 4,560 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.