Plans by the federal government for Australia to generate more than four-fifths of its power from renewable sources by 2030 are coming under pressure amid claims the country is way off track.
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There are increasing suggestions Australia will fall short of its 2030 renewable power target of 82 per cent
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Analysts predict Australia’s share of renewable energy is on track to be about 60 per cent at the current rate of progress
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The forecasts come amid mounting opposition to projects such as transmission lines in some parts of Australia
NIMBYism was really useful for stopping bad projects, but it doesn’t stop just because suddenly they’re good projects. Industrial scale power production and distribution is ugly.
Unfortunately industrial scale renewable energy is probably many times more efficient than whatever alternative there is.
People just gotta accept some wind turbines and solar farms.
I’ll accept them, I think they look fucking sick as.
Not everyone appreciates a solarpunk aesthetic, but I certainly do as well.
It depends.
Up in Canada where I live, we tried that experiment with respect to solar, and it is a failed experiment. You can build a one gigawatt solar farm, and for the most part it’s going to be getting a trivial percentage of nameplate capacity basically all the time. Check the ieso and you’ll see that fact manifest. Wind does ok, hydroelectric works great, solar doesn’t make any sense in places without much sun.