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Sydney's blackouts and brownouts
Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:20am

It really does defy belief that in a first-world country like Australia, its largest city can experience blackouts and brownouts due to excessive demand on baseload power, as has been happening over the past 2 or 3 days due to the heatwave. It really is time for Australia to wake up and embrace nuclear power generation, because none of the so-called "renewable" sources are fit for purpose. No more uneducated scare campaigns. Just let people see the facts from scientists who know what they are talking about, not politicians who have no idea and are only looking to appease NIMBYs in order to gain more votes for re-election. The science is clear - it's safe, it's clean, it's dependable and can be delivered on the timetable Dutton has suggested. It'll be expensive in the short-term, but the country will be better off for it in the long-term.

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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6048	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #1 - Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:34am Cost vs reliability. Private suppliers prefer cost cutting.
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 25941 Gender:	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #2 - Nov 28^th, 2024 at 12:45pm tallowood wrote on Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:34am: Cost vs reliability. Private suppliers prefer cost cutting. I prefer reliability, hence why I have solar with a battery.
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lee Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 17574 Gender:	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #3 - Nov 28^th, 2024 at 3:40pm tallowood wrote on Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:34am: Cost vs reliability. Private suppliers prefer cost cutting. And nothing to do with excessive draw on the system?
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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 18463 Gender:	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #5 - Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:56pm Get used to turning off the AC and any other power consuming electrics since AnAl embraced this renewable rubbish. This is a result of leftist lunacy
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Reply #6 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 7:26am

Well….. power stations getting pulled down as population is expanding…more housing estates cropping up…. Not only a drain on electricity but in water resources too!
How can nuclear energy help with using less water?

We’ve grown up with water tanks and no air cons in either the car or house.

All the mod cons of today like automatic washing machine, dish washer, air conditioner, big TV, fancy electrical cooking appliances…. this all came from the way we were told in past, and I can still hear that jingle ~ “Electricity…..makes life easier!”
Yes… more like… makes life lazier….
And further to put more pressure on the use of electricity…. that scare campaign about gas pricing going up through the roof … and new houses not allowed gas appliances… and government incentives to rid gas ducted heating for reverse cycle air conditioners and hws heat pump to replace instant gas unit.
I nearly fell for it. But we decided based on this question we asked….”What happens when blackouts happen with an all electric home? And it’s been happening more than ever in recent years.
Being too reliant on one source?
Whether it’s coal or nuclear… what guarantee do we have for no more blackouts?

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Reply #7 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 7:30am

Baronvonrort wrote on Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:56pm:

Get used to turning off the AC and any other power consuming electrics since AnAl embraced this renewable rubbish.

This is a result of leftist lunacy

Many years ago (2000) I went to Fiji… the humidity was unbearable!
But because of high electric tariffs during the day…the air conditioners were disabled for use until it hit 6PM!
Shocked

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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 84508 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #8 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 7:42am picks self off floor the bill came in yesterday.... $13.21 .... I'm off to the Sallies for a handout.. The 7.7Kw system is kicking well even during overcast conditions.
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John Smith Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 74514 Gender:	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #9 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 7:46am Armchair_Politician wrote on Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:20am: It really does defy belief that in a first-world country like Australia, its largest city can experience blackouts and brownouts due to excessive demand on baseload power, thats what happens when you privatise essential services.
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Reply #10 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 7:50am

Sydney - over-development has out-raced infrastructure by a country mile... so to speak...

Remember the 'good old days' of the 'second airport' in the Ning Nang Nong? Now it's jumbos landing in the heart of town..... soon the place will be awash in jet fumes and overflowing sewerage systems..... during drought there will not be enough water... what you get will be nasty to say the least... unless 'they' bore The Tunnel through under the Blue Mountains and put High Speed to the Western Plains.... soon Sydney will be a wasteland ...... well - more of a wasteland...

Meantime Albanese I keeps pouring in the people.... but don't you say anything! They'll scream racist from the rooftops!! It's all about race these days, you know - not reality... just look at the 'thinking' of some here..... fearlessly advocate for protection of the Aboriginal women killed at the highest rate in Oz and the dope fiends here - their mothers probably handed them FAS or DAS - will tell you that you only do that to create a smokescreen for your true agenda - which is forcing all them Abos into the Separate Apartheidist Sovereign Homeland Free Of The White Man's Evil Ways But Funded By The White Man, that they themselves are demanding.... cunning, no?

Let me just fix that for you, said the experienced medic to the newfer who had just put a perfect tracheotomy into a wounded VC ..... **cut**

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Reply #11 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 8:51am

John Smith wrote on Nov 29^th, 2024 at 7:46am:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Nov 28^th, 2024 at 11:20am:

It really does defy belief that in a first-world country like Australia, its largest city can experience blackouts and brownouts due to excessive demand on baseload power,

thats what happens when you privatise essential services.

As SA knows very, very well.

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Reply #12 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 8:59am

So the typical idiots are blaming solar panels for not working during a heat wave despite renewable energy having nothing to do with the blackouts....You are very stupid people!!!

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Update after Sydney CBD hit by major power outage amid heatwave
There’s been a huge update after residents woke up to darkness as one of Australia’s biggest cities experiences a blackout due to a burst water pipe.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/thousands-stuck-without-power-as-blacko...

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Major update after hundreds of Ausgrid customers hit with power outages across Sydney CBD due to flooded substation

https://www.skynews.com.au/business/energy/hundreds-of-ausgrid-customers-hit-wit...

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Increasing temperatures can result in reduced nuclear reactor efficiency by directly impacting nuclear equipment or warming the plant's source of cooling water.

https://www.nrdc.org/bio/christina-chen/nuclear-vs-climate-change-feeling-heat-0...

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 104621 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Sydney's blackouts and brownouts Reply #13 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 9:12am Only the rich who have their own home, solar panels and battery backup will have power available all the time. Common people will go without.
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Reply #14 - Nov 29^th, 2024 at 9:27am

Bobby. wrote on Nov 29^th, 2024 at 9:12am:

Only the rich who have their own home,
solar panels and battery backup will have power available all the time.

Common people will go without.

Don't count on your solar panels yet Bobby if Dutton gets his way!!!

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Coalition’s nuclear plan to switch off solar for up to 3 million homes

New analysis from the Smart Energy Council shows the introduction of seven nuclear reactors to Australia will shut down solar panels in millions of households. Smart Energy Council Chief Executive John Grimes says the true extent of the impact of nuclear power on Australian solar families has been hidden until now.

https://smartenergy.org.au/coalitions-nuclear-plan-to-switch-off-solar-for-up-to...

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No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your solar

The only way to make nuclear power work in Australia is to switch off cheap renewable energy. Stop exporting electricity from your rooftop solar system. Forget feed-in tarrifs. The system has to call on baseload nuclear power first, or the plan makes no sense whatsoever. And to make space for nuclear in 10-15 years, you’d have to somehow make coal financially viable now.

https://theconversation.com/no-room-for-nuclear-power-unless-the-coalition-switc...

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