Lee ๐ŸŒ
This is how much space we need to power all Australia with solar.
Yes, the little black dot.
While 6000 kmยฒ isn't insignificant, most of that could be done using rooftop solar. We will also have wind power, and the rest could be Agrivoltaics (solar designed to work in tandem with farming)
And all for the price of one submarine.
#Auspol #Solar #ClimateCrisis
Mar 15, 2023 at 9:10amWeb
Show threadRussell ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‰Mar 15, 2023
@MrLee Insightful!
Show threadex or current IDF unwelcomeMar 15, 2023
@MrLee And Australia leading in use of batteries for the grid and building a UK factory too.
Show threadFabian Laasch โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ”‹Mar 15, 2023
@MrLee me: Looks up how much a submarine is. ๐Ÿค”
Show threadLee ๐ŸŒMar 15, 2023
@FabianLaasch
Perhaps I got that a bit wrong!
https://reneweconomy.com.au/for-100-billion-australia-could-have-a-low-cost-and-reliable-zero-emissions-grid/
For $100 billion, Australia could have a low cost and reliable zero emissions grid

An investment in major transmission lines linking Australiaโ€™s best wind and solar resources could deliver reliable and cheap and clean electricity.

RenewEconomy
Show threadFabian Laasch โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ”‹Mar 15, 2023
@MrLee to be honest, I still have no clue at all how much a submarine is. ๐Ÿ˜‚
Show threadAljoscha Rittner (beandev)Mar 15, 2023

@FabianLaasch
Me2, but we have numbers for the next three centuries.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-nuclear-submarine-plan-cost-up-245-bln-by-2055-defence-official-2023-03-13/

@MrLee

Australia's nuclear submarine plan to cost up to $245 billion by 2055 -defence official

Australia's nuclear-powered submarine programme with the United States and Britain will cost up to A$368 billion ($245 billion) over the next three decades, a defence official said on Tuesday, the country's biggest single defence project in history.

Reuters
Show threadRichard WalkerMar 16, 2023
@MrLee All for the price of one submarine!!! Can you confirm that? Give numbers?
Show threadLee ๐ŸŒMar 16, 2023
@rwalker1501 I can confirm that I am wrong!
I guess if that money was used to incentives investment I might be right but this is story is more accurate
https://reneweconomy.com.au/for-100-billion-australia-could-have-a-low-cost-and-reliable-zero-emissions-grid/
For $100 billion, Australia could have a low cost and reliable zero emissions grid

An investment in major transmission lines linking Australiaโ€™s best wind and solar resources could deliver reliable and cheap and clean electricity.

RenewEconomy
Show threadRichard WalkerMar 17, 2023
@MrLee But it would have been nice if you were right ๐Ÿ™‚