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"One of the more remarkable aspects of the federal Coalition’s policy positions
on energy and technology is their out of hand rejection of technologies that do
actually exist, and their apparent blind faith in things which haven’t been
invented yet.
The Nationals Senator Ross Cadell provided a case in point last month when
successfully moving a motion for a Senate inquiry into how consultations for
offshore wind zones were conducted.
He made a couple of pretty outlandish statements. The first was that “battery
technology is not evolving.” This is in line with Coalition leader Peter
Dutton’s contention that they don’t actually exist in any useful form.
That of course is nonsense, and just the Tesla energy division has a valuation
of more than $240 billion, making it worth more than any Australian listed
company.
Then he went on to say another whopper.“They (Labor) want to talk about things
that don’t exist. Show me a floating offshore substation anywhere in the world.
I know those on the other side cannot show me, because it does not exist.”
OK, so here is a picture of floating offshore substation. They do exist, even
when you close your eyes. This one above is the substation for the first
offshore wind farm in the US, being shipped out to its position. Offshore wind
substations are common in Europe and elsewhere where offshore wind farms have
been installed.
Then Cadell started talking about nuclear-fuelled hydrogen cars. The
Coalition’s mistrust of electric vehicles is well established – they will, of
course, ruin the weekend and won’t tow your boat, or your caravan, they say,
even though they can. But Cadell wants us to be all in on nuclear-fuelled
hydrogen cars."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
