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@gusseting
How much of that gas usage is spent cooling methane for export? Gas networks for homes and industry are already worrying about death spirals as heat pumps replace them for heating, and state gov. incentives discourage gas cooking.
Where did that data come from? It seems like coal usage should have reduced more than that recently.
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@gusseting
It is a petrostate, with all the corruption that implies; but renewables are the cheapest form of new electricity generation, EVs are cheaper than ICE vehicles. The grid getting cheaper and greener benefits all, even though it currently favours home owners (roof top solar + batteries).
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@bjn @gusseting
For remote mining sites, renewables + batteries is a competitive edge. Trucking diesel is very expensive.
@nickofnz
The South Australian grid is almost an isolated one. The transmission link to Victoria is very constrained.
Such a small geographic area (albeit one with great solar and wind resources) going 100% renewable is proof it can work everywhere.
Energy intensive industries are starting to move there for the cheap, reliable power.
@gusseting @JulianOliver
Trucking should be aggressively decarbonised now electric trucks are here, but this government isn't investing in the charging network needed for that process to start
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@gusseting @JulianOliver
Some nuance: if that 9% figure is correct, it would be skewed by the massive mining (and to a lesser extent) farming industries. There is very little cargo shipped by rail, with some ocean going traffic - most is moved by road in trucks.
The electricity grids are much greener than total energy use, with rooftop solar providing a lot of savings.
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@ana_valdi
I would contact the EFF.
@johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke
A lot less human labour goes into modern EVs than your granpa's gas guzzler. Far fewer moving parts, much more factory automation and innovations like casting the body of the car in a single piece, instead of welding a bunch of pieces together.
@jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke
Part if it is US manufacturers were slow to embrace LFP battery chemistries (cheaper than NMC batteries).
But most of it is the Chinese government and industry spent billions in research and capital to make EVs cheaper than gas cars. Economies of scale and strategic vertical integration of supply chains.
@thejuicemedia
"there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong."
Why not legislate a option for users to turn off the algorithm? A check box that changes what posts you see to people, hashtags, etc you have subscribed to.
Doesn't solve malicious ads, but it's a good start.
@elfburgerman @thejuicemedia
I think of it as antisocial media.
