I agree with the general point, but I'm still anxious about it. The mining lobby/industry is huge. If extra demand could justify opening a new mine or prevent closing one, I fully expect that to be abused.

I assure you, it’s not a concern. South Australia has so much rooftop solar coming online, the grid operator has real concerns they’ll see net zero demand on the grid for substantial periods of time. Renewables deployment is in full swing, and still accelerating.

I don’t see coal ever being cost competitive enough to keep digging out of the ground ever again once we make more headway.

The words “tipping point” are bandied about, but it looks like we’re there. That doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods, but it does mean it’ll be harder and harder to justify non renewables continued use. We just need to push the throttle down on more renewables.

>I assure you, it’s not a concern.

Its not the coal you burn in Australia...it's the Coal you export, remember we live under one Atmosphere:

In 2016, Australia was the biggest net exporter of coal, with 32% of global exports

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_Australia

No, it is the coal they burn in Australia -- currently >2/3 of electricity generation --, it's just also the coal other people burn elsewhere.

>No, it is the coal they burn in Australia

Yeah ok that too then :)

It's all correct in theory. Yet we're approving new coal mines and expansions to existing ones. It doesn't make sense, but it happens.

As long as a politician brings a lump of coal to the Parliament with a straight face to argue we should not be afraid of it, it definitely will be a concern. The decisions being made are just not rational.

Don’t let stupid get in the way of progress. Keep pushing forward regardless of decisions that are going to leave trillions of dollars in assets stranded (oil and gas extraction and generation).

Lots of wind and solar potential left to capture.

That's great!