23 May

It seems the local member was excited about the prospect of nuclear power, until somebody told him Mt Piper and Wang are on the list of possible locations. How many Lithgow folk know that? Good morning Springfield! There are two enormous elephants in Peter Dutton’s nuclear room. Firstly he will need to build more coal-fired power stations to cover the gap while it takes decades to build nuclear stations, the existing ones won’t last. So he’ll need to build two lots of power stations, and the taxpayer will have to pay for both, the industry has zero interest in either. The same man who said renewables ‘have to stand on their own two feet’, without government help. Secondly nuclear power stations use a LOT of water. Where they exist overseas they’re often near the coast, to use seawater for cooling, to protect against drought shortages. (Solar and wind farms don’t use a drop of water, are super cheap, and fast to put together.) The fact this is even a discussion shows just how stupid society now is.