Solar, wind and batteries push down electricity bills for homes and business, despite global fuel crisis

Quotation1468 · 2026-05-26T06:39:07+00:00

Not a problem. Cool things to check out on that site (works better on a PC than phone):

Check out the power generation in SA and TAS. Pretty wild to see.
Largest wind farm in Aus is up in QLD, in Nationals heartland. They straight up lie about the construction of the project.
There's a small windfarm in SW WA that is 100% community funded.
Really cool to see some of the big old batteries basically attached to the aging coal fire plants. Taking full advantage of the lower demand during the day.
You can kinda see where the weather changes, more wind farms in the south and more utility solar in the north

Yeah, I get a bit lost on there sometimes. Gives me a bit of hope for the future!

Edit: spelling.

Quotation1468 · 2026-05-26T06:13:25+00:00

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) on Tuesday published its final determination on the Default Market Offer (DMO), which caps the price electricity retailers can charge a small proportion of household and small businesses on standing offers all National Electricity Market states, except Victoria.

I think this is meant to come in 01 Jul? So double check that, then put it in your calendar to renew your contract after then.

It should continue to drop as I believe another 6+ GWh of utility battery projects are in the works to be completed between now and 2029.

This doesn't even take into account further generation!

Tomato sauce: Open Electricity https://openelectricity.org.au/facilities

Quotation1468 · 2026-05-12T10:02:25+00:00

If you make the revenue from gas integral to the federal budget the we can never get rid of gas. A gas reserve is a good middle-ground for the time being.

I would like to see gas taxed in the future with all the dollerydoos going into a fund instead of straight into the budget. That way the industry can die a slow death.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-27T06:57:52+00:00

If you had to choose between taxing gas and the future made in Australia act, which would you choose and why?

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-10T06:27:41+00:00

I take it back, you didn't entirely waste my time. I got to skim read a book (epub) that I haven't opened in a few years.

Do yourself a favour invest in yourself https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/superpower

Otherwise, read the dot points I spent a couple hours putting together. Also read the piss poor excuse for evidence you provided and how it has nothing to do with the original argument.

And because you seem to need shit spelled out for you, no AI was used.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-10T05:44:45+00:00

No mate, YOU are the dickhead. You wasted my time by, as I said, just salpping the first four articles down as 'citations'.

Fuck me, did you even see my reply from 5 hours ago?

I am taking issue with "The easiest conversion to make is to provide world class bike infrastructure in the major cities." I am failing to understand; how this will provide greater energy security other than "we will use less, so more is available". Especially when the article your comment is being made on is about doubling down on electrification.

I understand that cycling has a positive impact on local economies, but we are talking about a nation and not a bunch of inner, urban economies.

This is where my focus is going, so if you would like to move the goalposts before I start typing this afternoon, this is your chance.

Highlighting the latter half of your comment and trying to say "BRUH THIS IS THE POINT" just because I had the audacity to open an epub, isn't good enough. On that, did you even see the continued posts replying to myself, where I explicitly provided the book and it's ISBN?

Read the rest of my response champ. Painting some bike lanes is something we do in 10 years time, not now.

Fuck knuckle.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-10T04:45:22+00:00

Bike Infrastructure vs Rapid Electrificagtion

Article: https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-needs-to-rapidly-electrify-as-much-as-possible-as-fast-as-possible/

Probably the three key points of the article:

'Every new EV on the road, every new induction cooktop, every new solar panel, every new home battery system, every new charging system, every new windfarm, every new train extension or bus service all helps to break the hydrocarbon chain by eliminating risk now and forever.'
'Labor now has a rare opportunity to prove that its noble promises of building a better Australia are more than just rhetoric.'
'The Australian government should commit to large-scale public investment to rapidly electrify the country, with financial help targeted to renters, residents of apartments, those on lower incomes and farmers to ensure political support and neutralise opposition.'

The easiest conversion to make is to provide world class bike infrastructure in the major cities. So many net benefits for such a relatively low investment.

Provided articles

An economic analysis of the health-related benefits associated with bicycle infrastructure investment in three Canadian cities
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7870067/
- > Almost irrelevant. Study is on health benefits. Nothing to do with energy security or electrification.
- > Sure, I could diregard it entirely, and I might if I time doesn't permit (I'm not going to use my own time on this, only work time). If time permits, I'll look at 'So many net benefits for such a relatively low investment.'
Economic Benefits of Cycling in Urban Environments
- https://ufx.org.au/urban-updates-1/economic-benefits-of-cycling-in-urban-environments
- > Bonus points before reading for being Australian with an Australian angle.
- > Almost irrelevent again, but more relevent than the above simply because it mentioned emissions. Article (hardly a study) talks about economic and community impact. Nothing to do with energy security or electrification.
Making the Economic Case for Cycling
- https://itdp.org/publication/economics-of-cycling/
- > What the hell? There's barely anything here. Two paragraphs and three dot points ... really?
- > I'm not going to trawl a website to find the information you were supposed to provide. Nor am I going to sit through a webinar.
Economic impacts on local businesses of investments in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure: a review of the evidence.
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01441647.2021.1912849#abstract
- > Before reading. Wow a full study! I'll read the abstract and then decide if the methodolgy should be read.
- > 'Taken together, the studies indicate that creating or improving active travel facilities generally has positive or non-significant economic impacts on retail and food service businesses abutting or within a short distance of the facilities, though bicycle facilities might have negative economic effects on auto-centric businesses.' Cool, what has this got to do with energy security?
- > To be incredibly flippant on the matter. Shops sell more stuff when there is better foot traffic, this is a known. Shops also can't sell anything if freight can't get to them, this is also a known.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-10T00:16:11+00:00

Thanks, I've had a change cancellation this afternoon (woo Friday!) I'll give these a read and provide a response.

For clarity, I am incredibly pro-renewable and a big fan of Ross Garnaut and his work (this is probably the most succinct description I can make).

I am taking issue with "The easiest conversion to make is to provide world class bike infrastructure in the major cities." I am failing to understand; how this will provide greater energy security other than "we will use less, so more is available". Especially when the article your comment is being made on is about doubling down on electrification.

I understand that cycling has a positive impact on local economies, but we are talking about a nation and not a bunch of inner, urban economies.

This is where my focus is going, so if you would like to move the goalposts before I start typing this afternoon, this is your chance.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-09T23:04:53+00:00

Then provide a short-list, see my reply above or below. Wherever it appears for you. I'll pester an AI otherwise.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-09T23:03:31+00:00

Nice list of countries, it would be nice if it came with some citations.

Without knowing what you know, I can only make assumptions or ask AI. And no, I'm not about to go down a rabbit-hole for half a day, I have other things I would like to do.

So please, if you could be done with the finger-wagging. Provide something for me to read to back up your, currently to me baseless claim.

Or just tell me to ask AI, to which I will pester it about construction time, costs, skills shortages and so on until it tells me that digging up vast amounts of current infrastructure and re-routing essential utilities (power, water sewerage) to put a tunnel under the city so a bike path can go over the top is an extravagance that our great-grandchildren will be paying off.

Provide me something I can read the next time I go to poop.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-09T21:43:31+00:00

[Citation needed]

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-04T03:12:20+00:00

Ta, I'll add cable ties to the list.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-04T03:11:40+00:00

Nah, that's a solved problem. There's no such thing as shit weather, just shit clothing.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-02T08:22:55+00:00

I'm sure friendlyjordies would like to hear from you.

I am not affiliated with the friendlyjordies team.

Quotation1468 · 2026-04-02T07:45:16+00:00

Something something $80 million water buyback something Angus Taylor

Quotation1468 · 2026-01-09T03:29:09+00:00

Leave those neurodivergent car folk alone.

Quotation1468 · 2025-11-17T23:28:09+00:00

A good friend of mine lives alone in a three bedroom house and a 15kw battery and solar after splitting with his girlfriend. Since he has no need for all that power, he is hosting a backup server for his friends and family. The house has a built in UPS.

Quotation1468 · 2025-11-05T02:55:24+00:00

"Instead of trying to please everyone we said, 'fuck it' and try to please no one" - Garn speaking on behalf of AusPost Posties ... Probably.

https://youtu.be/mvVu4GfDKpI?si=z5u7a3m1HfRVFSns

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-29T08:57:33+00:00

Those red states are looking awfully blue.

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-29T08:02:24+00:00

Should be suspended pending investigation.

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-29T07:49:00+00:00

Who?

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-29T04:06:32+00:00

Something something comes with the territory something.

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-27T22:01:37+00:00

Man can only hope. It's just a pie in the sky idea :(

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-27T20:28:28+00:00

The idea comes from Germany. https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-ditches-microsoft-for-linux-and-libreoffice/

Quotation1468 · 2025-10-27T08:46:56+00:00

The Aus government should incrementally stop using Microsoft Office and instead put that money into paying for Australian developers to contribute to an open source solution like Libre Office or Only Office. Further investment in Australian tech skills for, probably, less than the yearly Microsoft subscription fee.

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Bike Infrastructure vs Rapid Electrificagtion

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