• @woelkchen@lemmy.world
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      15 months ago

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

      • @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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        25 months 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

      • @makingrain@lemm.ee
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        -15 months 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
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          5 months 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
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            -15 months 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
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              15 months 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.