{"id":475,"date":"2022-05-14T03:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T03:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/?p=475"},"modified":"2022-05-14T03:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T03:46:26","slug":"old-reliable-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"Old Reliable Coal\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Letter to the Editor,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Climate Sceptics Blog<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14th<\/sup> May 2022   <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Reliable Coal<\/em><\/strong>      <\/em><\/strong>

<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For days now in SE Queensland, it has been cloudy, rainy and largely windless. No sun electrifies the solar panels, intermittent winds play with the prayer wheels, and backup batteries are going flat. For a while on some afternoons, wind and solar produce a trickle of power. Gas and hydro try to help, but none of these can bear the whole power supply load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even on these gloomy days, our electric lights, fridge, stove, battery chargers and water pumps work. And down in the city (even on still nights) trains, traffic lights, fuel pumps, cold stores, hospitals and lifts keep working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check how this magic occurs:
OpenNEM: Queensland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When all else fails in the sunshine state, COAL KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those supporting \u201cMore Green energy\u201d are supporting \u201cMore Blackouts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/saltbushclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/zero-emissions.png<\/em><\/a>
(Feel free to use this cartoon with no alterations.)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(131 words)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viv Forbes
Washpool, Qld, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further Reading<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rethinking Coal Shutdowns:
https:\/\/www.coalage.com\/breaking-news\/nisource-will-delay-shutdown-of-schahfer-coal-plant\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Floods in Queensland are Nothing New:
http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/qld\/flood\/fld_history\/floodsum_pre_1860.shtml<\/a>
http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/qld\/flood\/fld_history\/floodsum_1890.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responsibility for any electoral comment (but not for the rain) is taken by Viv Forbes, marooned on Ipswich-Boonah Road, Washpool, Qld, Australia. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Letter to the Editor, Australian Climate Sceptics Blog 14th May 2022    Old Reliable Coal       For days now in SE Queensland, it has been cloudy, rainy and largely windless. No sun electrifies the solar panels, intermittent winds play with the prayer wheels, and backup batteries are going flat. For a while on some afternoons, wind and solar… Continue reading Old Reliable Coal\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[99,216,76,172,459,171,89],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-al-gore","tag-coal","tag-green-energy","tag-saltbush-club","tag-solar-power","tag-viv-forbes","tag-wind-power","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/australianclimatesceptics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}