tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post1764807842728076755..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: GetUp Campaign Ideasbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-43875027639966630412010-12-18T19:43:49.084+00:002010-12-18T19:43:49.084+00:00Hi Rach! Yes, that is also an excellent one. Now t...Hi Rach! Yes, that is also an excellent one. Now that the Wiki campaign is underway, I'll reallocate some votes.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-57346002247144288552010-12-17T15:24:56.502+00:002010-12-17T15:24:56.502+00:00Byron what about no asylum seeker processing centr...Byron what about no asylum seeker processing centre in Timor Leste? That's where all my votes went! what a disaster it would be!<br /><br /><br />ps hi!<br /><br />Rachel in TLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-55442520729433759552010-12-09T16:32:01.290+00:002010-12-09T16:32:01.290+00:00"No coal fired power station has ever been sh..."No coal fired power station has ever been shut off due to a wind farm."<br /><a href="http://www.fxnonstop.com/index.php/component/content/article/41445-myart25384" rel="nofollow">Sorry Dave, that's not true</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-55289098248119970972010-12-09T16:31:02.968+00:002010-12-09T16:31:02.968+00:00PS Dave - On what are you basing your first claim?...PS Dave - On what are you basing your first claim? How do you know what was meant by clean energy? All it says in the <a href="http://suggest.getup.org.au/forums/60819-campaign-ideas/suggestions/1056983-clean-energy?ref=title" rel="nofollow">relevant description</a> is: "More funding needs to go into researching and developing cleaner energy alternatives. Before we focus on the mechanisms byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-72881960005335684052010-12-08T15:30:23.273+00:002010-12-08T15:30:23.273+00:00Concentrated Solar Thermal is baseload. The ZCA re...Concentrated Solar Thermal is baseload. The ZCA report modeled intermittency and claimed that biomass backup would occasionally be needed for an hour here or there, but that CST and wind can take the lion's share of the load in Oz.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-53103876849758962582010-12-08T15:26:57.837+00:002010-12-08T15:26:57.837+00:00Dave - What did you think of the Zero Carbon Austr...Dave - What did you think of the <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2010/11/renewable-australia-by-2020.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Zero Carbon Australia</i></a> report?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-67015903412491520122010-12-08T03:39:41.446+00:002010-12-08T03:39:41.446+00:00By 'clean energy' they mean intermittent, ...By 'clean energy' they mean intermittent, unreliable, non-baseload renewables like wind and solar. <br /><br />Can I suggest that a vote for these forms of renewables is actually a vote to continue burning coal and gas? No coal fired power station has ever been shut off due to a wind farm. I wish it were otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com