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[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

WTF is Australia doing? Aren't they aware they have plenty of sunshine and an insanely long shoreline?

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 33 points 4 days ago

Australia is just an oil company, a coal company, and a mining company disguised as a trench coat. The Liberal party (essentially just American Republicans opposed to guns) spent 2 decades killing any green energy initiatives in favor of fracking the Outback

[-] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 days ago

IIRC Australia mines a huge amount of coal

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Shame, innit? They could be the n1 Solar panel producers per capita and panel exporters...oh well. This is why the charge against fossil fuels has to be led by net consumers (in the name of defense against geopolitical risk) and the producers will inevitably reduce extraction for export...but local consumption of coal probably will never disappear completely unless locals complain about air pollution and lag in exportable tech.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Australia likes its coal like america its guns.

[-] makingrain@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

The sun doesn't shine at night. Have a look when it is daytime there and you'll see upwards of 60% of their electricity is solar.

Or use the EM site and check for past statistics.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The sun doesn’t shine at night.

Wind blows at night at the shoreline.

Have a look when it is daytime there and you’ll see upwards of 60% of their electricity is solar.

Well, over 12 months it's not that rosy, except for Tasmania:

[-] makingrain@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

I thought you'd at least have a chuckle when you realised that it was night time when you made your dumb comment.

Over the last 12 months it is 25% solar and 13% wind. The population centres on the east coast are worse than WA, SA and TAS in that regard.

Yes, 45% of coal generated electricity is awful, but you were still incorrect in saying Australia is doing nothing.

A collosal solar farm and transmission cable to Singapore is under construction which is will be a great achievement when complete.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

you were still incorrect in saying Australia is doing nothing.

Except I did not say that. I asked what's going on and that things aren't that rosy. You must me have confused with someone else.

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