Levelised cost is not an appropriate way to compare dispatchable versus non-dispatchable (renewable) generators, and renewables ARE NOT cheaper than fossil fuels.
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#auspol #auspol2022 Which is why even pre-Ukraine Germany had the most expensive power in Europe, despite doing more than virtually any comparable country in the world to incorporate renewables into its grid.
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The captain of the Kurrajong Heights brigade, a man with over 50-years of firefighting experience makes it quite clear - the situation in NSW has been 20-years in the making, as catastrophic fuel loads have been allowed to build up
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#auspol #bushfires Brian Williams, the captain of the Kurrajong Heights brigade, is quite clear - the intensity of the fires in NSW is directly related to a failure - over 20 years or more - to properly conduct hazard reduction burns.
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One of the most frustrating things about the climate debate is trying to get it through to the disciples of St Greta that the science does NOT support their alarmism fabiusmaximus.com/2019/10/16/ipc… #auspol #ClimateChange There are grounds for concern and action, yes, but not the hysterical doom-laden expectation of a climate apocalypse sometime soon.
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To really be mad at Trump for asking foreign leaders to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden or Hillary Clinton, the voters need to believe that Clinton and the Bidens aren’t inherently corrupt cnbc.com/2019/10/04/her… "They must also believe that just about all the rules and established groups within American government, especially the intelligence community, deserve unquestioned respect."

Pediatric gender clinics: We may look back and ask 'what were we thinking?' startribune.com/pediatric-gend… "Several studies indicate that a strikingly high percentage of young people, especially girls, who identify as transgender have pre-existing autism, ADHD and/or psychological problems, all of which may underlie their gender confusion."

As this makes clear, James Comey's FBI saved Hillary Clinton's campaign by deciding not to indict her for a series of crimes relating to the handling of classified material that would have sent any ordinary American to gaol nationalreview.com/2018/05/clinto… "Clinton’s bid was saved, not destroyed, by Obama’s law-enforcement agencies, which tanked a criminal case on which she should have been indicted."

In the PM’s office, you’re either “compliant or an enemy’’ theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/ne… #auspol 'Another minister says: “The underlying flaw is he (Turnbull) just doesn’t have political judgment.”' And there you have Turnbull's real problem distilled. It isn't Abbott. It's him. #auspol