16 December

Tesla has some of the best electrical engineers in the world. They're scathing about Peter Dutton's nuclear plan, correctly pointing out that the grid won't function with that much 'baseload' power, and millions of Australians with solar will need to have their systems forcibly switched off almost daily to make room for electricity from nuclear plants. 'Baseload' power, the LNP's obsession, is a 19th century way to think about 21st century energy grids.