Solar will very shortly overtake every other type of electricity generation and together with batteries, will electrify everything, everywhere: just look at these curves! Result: Fossil fuels are entering a period of permanent decline rmi.org/insight/the-cl… #climate #facts

Meet the world's largest all-electric ferry out for delivery in 2025: It has capacity for 2,100 passengers & 225 cars. Batteries can store >40MWh & will be 4x larger than any battery installation that has been constructed anywhere in the world for marine transport. Range

The National Party will push for a 3-hour-a-day cap on sunlight, with similar restrictions to be considered for the amount of allowable daily wind. theshovel.com.au/2024/06/18/nat…

Santos paid $15,876 in tax. First year they've paid tax since the data was first published in 2013. Someone earning $73,000 pays this much tax. Santos' earnings were $5,860,919,930

Coal is gone in UK electricity generation. Fossil gas is next. For the first time wind and solar generated more electricity than gas (first 5 months of 2024).

The Port Augusta site is not vacant. It is already being repurposed as a green cement & concrete plant and a minerals export port. The transmission lines are not idle. They are used every day by wind & solar generators around Port Augusta & in the Mid North.

This is what I wrote 3 months ago about the nuclear policy. imo this is still the most important context. I think most people reporting on this realise it - am interested to see what role it plays in reports.

The Coalition has unveiled plans to deliver nuclear power using the existing copper phone network theshovel.com.au/2024/06/19/coa…

Party That Was Unable to Build Commuter Car Park Unveils Plans to Build 7 Nuclear Reactors theshovel.com.au/2023/09/20/par…

If… They can win majority govt. Overturn federal ban (w Senate support too). Overturn state bans. Spend years planning complex nuclear power stations that need many approvals. Get community support. Build an entire new workforce. Spend $bns Or… we could do more☀️ 💨

This is what nuclear promises actually look like / deliver for Australia = more climate pollution from coal and gas

Look what’s actually happening in France… 🇫🇷 #nuclear #auspol

This thread paints a brutal picture of what it must be like to experience such sustained heat... x.com/MasalaBai/stat…

And there will be a global gas glut by then…

Where the world is actually moving … and the speed at which clean tech like solar and wind are taking off

Peter Dutton used a Rolls Royce SMR concept image in his nuclear brain fart announcement. I guess he didn’t see this article from April 👇😂 “Rolls Royce pulls plug on £200m plans for small modular reactor factory.” building.co.uk/news/rolls-roy…

⚛️ only 5 #nuclear power construction starts this century in all of north america & western europe, average 21 years. Petaren’t Dutton reckons he can overturn *state* legislation, compulsorily acquire sites, sail through planning & build in just 10 years. tell him he's dreaming!

Solar farms can help INCREASE biodiversity. Critics often claim that they are an environmental disaster leading to a loss in biodiversity. But research shows: Solar farms tend to have more species of plant, insect & bird than equivalent farm fields. theconversation.com/solar-farms-a-…

This soccer or afl? As a shit tonne of acting out there for frees 💩#afldogshawks