Re:Eight million Australians urged to turn off lights
by milkytron on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:23PM
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> It's crazy to me that Australia hasn't gone for renewables though.
Coal is a way of life for much of rural Australia, a transition to renewables without some plan to get the coal workers jobs in the renewable industry would be catastrophic to their livelihoods so they typically vote against it.
Recent reports have shown that many coal workers are open to renewables over coal, but they want to insure that they aren't left in the wake during the transition.
Re:Eight million Australians urged to turn off lights
by benj111 on Friday June 17, 2022 @08:12AM
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But the coal can still be exported even if you aren't convinced by the environmental arguments.
Plus renewables still provide jobs.
Re:Eight million Australians urged to turn off lights
by milkytron on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:07PM
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You don't have to convince me, I was just talking about the coal workers' POV. I can't vote in Australia, but they can. Even though renewables do provide jobs, Australia would need to make sure some of those jobs are available to these coal workers.
It's crazy to me that Australia hasn't gone for renewables though. The amount of land and sun they have, it's also decentralised, so when (climate induced?) Floods happen, they don't take out all the generating capacity. Plus even if they aren't convinced about climate change, that just frees up more fossil fuels to export.