China and India are building coal-fired and nuclear power plants, hand over fist. Their rapid economic development hinges on access to reliable and cheap power to industry. Meanwhile, the West maintains its positively suicidal obsession with subsidised wind and solar. Whereas China profits handsomely - selling millions of solar panels made by Uighur slaves and … Continue reading China’s & India’s Coal-Fired Power Push Ignores West’s Suicidal Wind & Solar Embrace
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Without Cheap & Reliable Power Australia’s Mineral Resources Ain’t Worth A Nickel
The wind and solar transition has delivered rocketing power prices and with it the slow-grinding demise of Australia’s mining industry. Worst hit are the nickel miners, who are shutting down their operations and sacking workers, in droves. And the reason is very simple: Australian power prices are positively exorbitant compared with Indonesia. Thanks to cheap … Continue reading Without Cheap & Reliable Power Australia’s Mineral Resources Ain’t Worth A Nickel
No Contest: Coal-Fired Power Outright Winner In Reliable & Affordable Energy Wars
China, India and Indonesia are building hundreds of coal-fired power plants because they deliver electricity all day, every day at prices that everyone can afford. The reason for backing coal-fired power is that simple. And yet thanks to a mixture of mercenary self-interest on the part of renewable energy rent seekers and the wilful ignorance … Continue reading No Contest: Coal-Fired Power Outright Winner In Reliable & Affordable Energy Wars
Endless Subsidies For Unreliable Wind & Solar are an Economic Suicide Pact
Australia’s renewable energy target has subsidised wind and solar to the tune of more than $60 billion, wrecked its grid and driven power prices through the roof. Its manufacturing industry is in tatters (tens of thousands of jobs have disappeared forever); energy-intensive mineral processors, such as aluminium, copper lead and zinc smelters are on life … Continue reading Endless Subsidies For Unreliable Wind & Solar are an Economic Suicide Pact