9 November

Who remembers the big South Australian blackout in 2016? And how the mind midgets at the time were crowing about how this was an example of how unreliable renewables are? Have a look at the performance of SA. It's been adding more renewables at record pace. Easily the most reliable energy system in the country. ('Load shedding' is when they force big users to shut down, because there isn't enough supply.) What makes our electricity unreliable? Dinosaur coal plants breaking down all the time. Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story, hey.