December 2025 newsletter from the Citizen's Resistance at Fermi Two (CRAFT). Highlights expansion of dangerous nuclear projects that have already done harm, the related expansion of data centers, and other violent acts perpetrated by energy corporations in collusion with the state:
#StopDataCenters #NoNuclear #HaulNo #ProtectOurMother #DestroyWhatDestroysUs #ColonialismIsNotOver #SettlerCulture #WhitenessIsViolence #WhiteCultureIsWhiteSupremacy #CitizensResistanceAtFermiTwo
Angry nuclear lobby backs off as landmark SMR deal confirms CSIRO's bleak cost estimates https://reneweconomy.com.au/angry-nuclear-lobby-backs-off-as-landmark-smr-deal-confirms-csiros-bleak-cost-estimates/
Likewise, nuclear is an extremely toxic and very expensive distraction that is heavily subsidized by fossil fuels at every stage of its existence.
There's a reason why no matter how many NPPs we built in the past, our fossil addiction only deepened. A significant part of that terrible trend was a direct result of nuclear maintenance costs.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateDestruction #KeepItInTheGround #NoNuclear
#Australia #NoNuclear #TheGuardian
Economists issue letter calling for clean energy, not nuclear
An open letter from 60 Australian economists has rejected the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan, promoting instead the subsidising of household clean energy policies, including incentives for home battery storage.
The organiser of the letter, Gareth Bryant, an associate professor in political economy at the University of Sydney, says the letter is intended as an intervention in the election campaign, reports AAP.
“As economists, energy analysts and policy specialists we strongly support government investment in household clean energy and industrial electrification and not in nuclear energy,” the letter says.
It says simple household clean energy upgrades can deliver immediate cost-of-living benefits and reductions in carbon emissions, and electrification can safeguard the future of industrial jobs and the communities that rely on them.
The economists, from a range of Australian universities and other tertiary institutions, said the construction of nuclear power plants would take at least 15 years at a cost of at least $330bn:
It would result in higher household energy costs, drain investment away from renewable energy and energy-intensive manufacturing, and leave the Australian economy precariously over-dependent on increasingly automated mineral extraction.
The economists said they support a nationwide program to upgrade homes and industry with clean renewable energy.
They said the technologies to fund should include large-scale home electrification with smart appliances to provide bill savings, energy-efficiency upgrades and battery storage, which can save surplus solar for night-time use, and hot water retrofits for more efficient water heating.
German's economy used 17% less water in 2022 compared to 2019, mainly because of the retirement of the last nuclear plants in use.
Makes Australia a great choice for new nuclear power plants, the land of water aplenty.
Just Tired Anymore
Milo Dide
Grahame Gardner 🏴
SydneyJim
Simon Duffy
Протест и сопротивление
Morpheus Being
ridicol 🍉🇵🇸 🏳️🌈💚
Mojo ♻️
petros