Climate Change

[DinkumDog]

Have a mate who is completely offgrid. House has never been serviced by electricity providers. Uses solar and wind. Granted he lives 1000 feet above sea level so he would have a truck tonne more wind energy than most.

Had two lightning strikes on his wind turbine that sits about 20 metres off the ground the 1st of which blew his washing machine to pieces and continued to rip apart the first foot and half of plumbing. Has since taken measures to route and ground the lightning.

His initial setup used car 10 or 12 car batteries for storage which he has now upgraded.

Guy has a stay at home wife and 2 kids so his energy use would be moderate.

Good story for those who can achieve it.
Assume apart from the lightning grounder there’s safety switches for any leak from batteries etc?

 

[wendog33]

Friends just bought a Tesla and re-charge from home solar no problem. They love it.

 

[belmore_utd]

Good story for those who can achieve it.
Assume apart from the lightning grounder there’s safety switches for any leak from batteries etc?

Dont know the specifics but he's been running this system for nearly 10 years with the only problem being the couple of lightning strikes.
((Found pieces of his wind turbine up to 100 metres away lol))
Built a new bathroom ensuite onto his house last year and used the water heater to heat the floors. Very clever chap.

Has inverters and controllers for combining the wind and solar. Cant tell you much more than that. Except that he doesnt use car batteries anymore but he never had a problem with it.

 

[belmore_utd]

Friends just bought a Tesla and re-charge from home solar no problem. They love it.

Would suck to go through a 3day blackout and not have a bucket of electricity on hand

 

[wendog33]

Would suck to go through a 3day blackout and not have a bucket of electricity on hand

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1452495341891117057

 

[wendog33]

ScoMo doubles down on controversial comment

Scott Morrison has also doubled down on his scathing comments about electric vehicles in 2019, insisting he does not regret accusing Bill Shorten of wanting to “end the weekend” with his electric vehicle plan.

www.news.com.au

 

[Realist90]

Yep. Limited resources. Increased population means increased pollution. Basic supply and demand.

We need a solution....

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You guys go first. Lead by example. If we end up liking it we’ll follow. If not… we’ll youre putting into practise what you people preach. We all win that way. You control your people’s population, and we rednecks (all non abiding twitter science citizens/races included under this) will stay as cave men not teaching our kids that they’re potentially harming the environment by just being born.

 

[wendog33]

Morrison government has done ‘quite the about-face’ on electric vehicles

The Daily Telegraph's Clare Armstrong says the Morrison government has done “quite the about-face" when it comes to their support for electric vehicles. The Australian is reporting the rollout of charging and hydrogen refuelling stations will be accelerated by an electric vehicle strategy...

www.skynews.com.au

 

[wendog33]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1457550353604382727

 

[The DoggFather]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1457550353604382727

Thanks for your feedback, ScuMo

That just screams that he has no NFI....

 

[wendog33]

Thanks for your feedback, ScuMo

That just screams that he has no NFI....

Arrogance and dismissal of any knowledgement that the Australian public deserve a competent answer to any Govt policies.

 

[wendog33]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1457889681207480320

 

[wendog33]

This is a good one lol

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1457893689473179649

 

[wendog33]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1457887392627453963

 

[wendog33]

Wish Sky would cancel this guy as well.

 

[wendog33]

In a galling pivot, Scott Morrison hopes he can peek under the bonnet of an EV and be accepted as a convert | Sarah Martin

Not so long ago Morrison said Labor’s electric cars policy would ‘end the weekend’. Now he’s spruiking his own plan, but there’s no substance to it

www.theguardian.com

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Australia ranked last of 60 countries for policy response to climate crisis

Country was down four places on greenhouse gas index and was the only one to score zero on policy

www.theguardian.com

Australia ranked last of 60 countries for policy response to climate crisis
Country was down four places on greenhouse gas index and was the only one to score zero on policy

 

[wendog33]

New analysis by Climate Action Tracker shows the world is on track for 2.7 degrees of warming this century if nations stick to their current climate policies, 2.4 degrees if 2030 goals are met or 2.1 degrees if 2050 targets are met. The report emphasises the failure of many governments to match their pledges with near-term actions, warning: “There is a massive credibility, action and commitment gap that casts a long and dark shadow of doubt over the net-zero goals put forward.”

Announcing a $1 billion fund for low-emissions technologies, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: “We believe climate change will ultimately be solved by ‘can do’ capitalism, not ‘don’t do’ governments seeking to control people’s lives and tell them what to do.” Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese urged voters not to get “sucked into this nonsense argument about choice and mandates … people who are born today won’t have a choice of buying a petrol vehicle because no one will be making them.”

Opinion: Drivers won’t choose electric cars if they can’t afford them, says the Grattan Institute’s Lachlan Fox.

 

[wendog33]

Existential crisis’: United States and China stun COP26 with joint climate change pact
By Nick O'Malley and Bevan Shields
Updated November 11, 2021 — 7.35amfirst published at 5.56am
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The US and China will work together on emissions reductions and an accelerated phase-out of unabated coal, however timelines were not listed.
China and the US have also reached consensus over 2030 emissions targets.
The surprise announcement is a dramatic boost to the ongoing negotiations between nations at COP26.

‘Existential crisis’: United States and China stun COP26 with joint climate change pact

John Kerry called the joint declaration a “road map for our present and future collaboration” on climate change.

www.smh.com.au

 

[wendog33]

Prob Keating has a point with going all in with USA afterall? Things happen. Things change.