tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post8243673152934186307..comments2024-03-29T06:12:04.668+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond finds the energy to do the dance with Josh, the onion muncher, petulant Peta and the oscillating fan ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28700463235720380252018-04-19T12:21:32.709+10:002018-04-19T12:21:32.709+10:00"a classic case of political player masquerad..."a classic case of political player masquerading as commentator"<br /><br />On the Fox Network?<br /><br />Say it ain't so Sean Hannity, say it ain't so!via collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342963456605644101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-33357176491633805412018-04-19T09:12:26.434+10:002018-04-19T09:12:26.434+10:00And now even the Poms have managed a coal-free 24 ...And now even the Poms have managed a coal-free 24 hours (but they do have nukes):<br />https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/21/britain-set-for-first-coal-free-day-since-the-industrial-revolutionGrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8361731376916403472018-04-19T02:52:51.414+10:002018-04-19T02:52:51.414+10:00I note that Portugal managed to power itself entir...I note that Portugal managed to power itself entirely by 'renewables' in March without a nuclear in sight:<br />https://reneweconomy.com.au/portugal-reaches-100-renewables-ends-fossil-fuel-subsidies-32820/<br /><br />Mind you, Portugal has less than half of Australia's population (10.3 million) and is only 1.2% the size of Australia (92,212 sq km versus 7,692,000 sq km) and the largest city, Lisbon, has only just over half a million people, but still it's an achievement.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84051867953432140522018-04-19T01:01:11.071+10:002018-04-19T01:01:11.071+10:00Msn, John really drank the glow-in-the-dark kool-a...Msn, John really drank the glow-in-the-dark kool-aid on his jaunt, didn't he?<br /><br />Small modular reactor most likely from the US? The American SMR closest to being switched on is the NuScale, which will not power a single light globe before 2026 (and given how these things go, probably not before 2030, which means we couldn't get one here before say 2035. Even then, the producers are talking about US $90 per MWh ($115 Australian). And that price will only go up (and, China to a brick, it does not include disposal/decommissioning costs). <br /><br />Wind and solar cost as little as ~$50 Australian per MWh, or $75 if you count the additional costs of managing a variable supply. <br /><br />That <i>Tamyr</i>-class nuclear powered icebreaker has sailed, John.FrankDnoreply@blogger.com