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Gas and Energy Expert Saul Kavonic says nuclear “should not be ruled out” for Australia’s transition to net zero and that nuclear isn’t even “given the chance to compete”.
A Guardian Essential poll released Tuesday said 70 per cent of Australians say development of renewables should not come at the expense of local communities, and 50 per cent of Australians support nuclear and only 33 per cent oppose.
“The nuclear story remains one where … the left part of Labor are just ideologically opposed to it for historic reasons,” Mr Kavonic told Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi.
“We need to set out our targets in terms of reliability, affordability and emissions and then take a technology-agnostic approach – whatever’s the best, lowest cost, most efficient way to get there is going to be the only real way to get there.
“Nuclear should not be ruled out from the get go, which it is at the moment.
“Nuclear could play a … role in Australia’s future, but it’s not even allowed to be given the chance to compete.”
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Well they wannu get this renewable energy 🐂💩 sorted soon they have already blown it with the windmills and solar farms (what will they do with all that waste 🌏🌐🕒
What are the morons waiting for?
Absolutely- New Zealand should look at it as well! The new nuclear technology is a different kettle of fish to the original. The alternatives ruin the landscape, interfere with birds and other creatures flight paths , etc etc and it fluctuates.
Makes common sense
Nuclear should not be ruled out, net zero should be.
After 10 years and 20 failed energy policies, the Robodebt right wing conservatives call for yet another….
The risk of Nuclear failure in Australia…….☢️
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Anyone else think the whole "green initiative" thing is just so stupid we rule out the stupid parts like 100% electric vehicles, wind turbines, etc, just so we go right to nuclear bc in the 90s they told us nuclear would cause a war? Is nuclear safer to use? We have a radioactive ocean in Japan, we have radioactive sites in Chernobyl that were hit 37 yrs sgo snd its still bad.
Granted we cant survive forever on fossil fuels, but why not, idk, let water engines exist… have a competition tonsee who can design a working engine…. bc that goes against the agenda.
And were are you going to build the 25 nuclear reactor that be needed
Right on, mate!
It's always about the money. They want scarcity. There's more money in that. If we had nuclear and an abundance of power. It would be one less control mechanism over the populace.
"Australia’s net zero transition" – still accepting and implying that it is valid and necessary.
"emissions" always used with arrogant presumption that people will interpret it to mean only CO2.
No hint that "net zero" is nothing more than an idiotic concept, part of a giant destructive politically motivated pseudoscientific hoax.
How much longer?
one of tricks with nuclear is to ensure it is situated in geographically stable areas. This includes away from high population areas.
Build nuclear power stations NOW!
Nuclear is an option and should be on the table and not automatically rejected.
Nuclear is the ONLY source of unlimited affordable reliable clean energy. The rest is RUBBISH that's more demaging to the environment than beneficial.
South Australia is the perfect place for the generation of nuclear energy.
Nuclear is not economically feasible.
Gencost shows even with transmission and storage renewables are the cheapest, there is no better analysis of the Australian grid.
The world nuclear association admits the renewables make nuclear and coal unprofitable by substantially decreasing their capacity factors and thereby increasing LCOEs for baseload generators, recently European nuclear generators were paying to produce power, this is an illustration of this capacity factor degradation in progress.
Renewables will be a fraction of the price by the time any nuclear can be built, solar cells reduce in cost by 10% per year and wind and storage costs are also falling. So nuclear built now is competing with tomorrows even cheaper renewables.
Border adjustment tariffs are coming and if we stick with fossil fuels while nuclear is being built over the next 20 years our exports will be taxed.
I believe there a few middle east countries not ruling nuclear out 🤪
Should be 100% in ,, IN for common sense sake