Plastic bags, climate change, renewable energy,

[Freediver]

1200 square kilometres doesn't sound like very much space...

No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs

Yes we need land for solar panels, wind farms, batteries, pumped hydro, transmission lines and so on. But the amount of land is surprisingly small, when you do the sums. Here’s why.

theconversation.com

It doesn't sound like much until you think of it being the size of Geelong or nearly 7 times the size of Newcastle.

 

[Haakon]

1200 square kilometres doesn't sound like very much space...

No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs

Yes we need land for solar panels, wind farms, batteries, pumped hydro, transmission lines and so on. But the amount of land is surprisingly small, when you do the sums. Here’s why.

theconversation.com

Especially when you can still graze stock amongst them.

 

[beeb]

Especially when you can still graze stock amongst them.

...and give the livestock something to shelter under from the sun/rain/sleet/snow/frost. Makes me sad when I see a paddock's worth of livestock all trying to jam into the shadow of one big tree on a sunny day.

 

[pink poodle]

It doesn't sound like much until you think of it being the size of Geelong or nearly 7 times the size of Newcastle.

Hey! I'll have you know we are really nailing urban sprawl here.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

1200 square kilometres doesn't sound like very much space...

No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs

Yes we need land for solar panels, wind farms, batteries, pumped hydro, transmission lines and so on. But the amount of land is surprisingly small, when you do the sums. Here’s why.

theconversation.com

It isn't. It's only when you realise how little of the land that we do have is actually suitable (in terms of production and connection) AND accessible or available.

Just because it isn't farmland doesn't mean it's not owned by someone or important in other ways.

 

[Dozer]

It doesn't sound like much until you think of it being the size of Geelong or nearly 7 times the size of Newcastle.

I'm completely fine with the idea of covering Newcastle. It's a fucking shithole.

 

[pink poodle]

I'm completely fine with the idea of covering Newcastle. It's a fucking shithole.

Is this going to be like the bubble dome from the Simpsons movie?

 

[Tubbsy]

 

[ozzybmx]

Is this going to be like the bubble dome from the Simpsons movie?

Keep your stolen bikes from going interstate ? Lock the ex's in ? Encourage incest ?

 

[pink poodle]

Keep your stolen bikes from going interstate ? Lock the ex's in ? Encourage incest ?

This isn't tasmania

 

[beeb]

This isn't tasmania

@ozzybmx - please note he didn't actually say no.

 

[ozzybmx]

@ozzybmx - please note he didn't actually say no.

Residents of Nukkie in 100yrs

 

[pink poodle]

That won't be a bad thing! You should see the current state of things here.

 

[fjohn860]

The 8,000-worker town that was never built and what it tells us about the renewables vs biodiversity debate - ABC News

 

[silentbutdeadly]

The 8,000-worker town that was never built and what it tells us about the renewables vs biodiversity debate - ABC News

There's no renewables vs biodiversity debate because biodiversity runs a distant third to development every single time.

Biodiversity offset schemes are a stand out example of this and they are an intrinsic part of the modern development process.

 

[Haakon]

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

www.theguardian.com