‘No country’ in the world where renewables are cheap 

We need adults in government not these clowns...

These people must own shares in companies that profit from wind turbines and solar panels.

some evil people are controling the world

I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why electricity prices are going up, when it is costing literally nothing to generate it when using renewables.

Green Energy Poverty

I live in Tasmania and we are not at all 100% renewable. We have a gas power plant at Bell Bay which is currently producing power for us

Its not green energy its greed energy. Companies are receiving huge grants and subsides

We need to distinguish renewables. Wind and Solar are not the same as hydro and geothermal. Australia is embarking on a Wind and Solar Grid not a renewable grid

This alone let alone the rest of the wasted money should be more than enough to sack this government before next election

Canberra produces plenty of Methane when parliament is sitting.

At $1.5 Trillion (In Todays Money) by 2030......It Sure as Hell Won't be Cheap ?

The problem with Labour, is they know Dutton has got it right, and are embarrassed, so what do you do when that happens, yell and scream,that is evil. They need to get out of bed with the greens.

Can we just vote on no confidence in the govt, sack the lot and lets get some level headed younger people in power!!

At least the three eyed Koalas would still have trees to live in.

thanks Ian and Rita

Tasmania where I now live is burning Gas right now.

More Harry Potter economics from The Great Albonzo and his Lying Circus.

Greed is not the answer for ruling the world

Can't wait to see how they stand up to the first cyclone

What is Sad, is Wind and Solar at Their Peak Output would be Producing at About 70% of the Time ! With Coal and Gas Banned by Labor....What Then ?

As a "conspiracy theorist" it's hard to inform anyone about how crap our government is. I want people to wake up. By the time wake uptime is it'll be too late

And nuclear submarines are ok? Figure

What a disaster, look at the destruction of farmland, and for what? I guess WEF is pleased if we die of starvation

Straight facts 💯

How bad this labor lies to us in so many things.

A real pity that Plimer doesn't appear to know that "100% renewables" Costa Rica is 80% hydro. No country should be touted as the "renewables example' for Australia that has more hydro capacity than Snowy could offer. Also someone needs to tell Albo that the UAE surpasses Australia in it's great swathes of sunshine and yet it didn't dare go 100% renewables plus battery but put in nuclear as well.

Did Elon Musk over hype climate change to sell more Tesla’s….?

Wouldn't know why when they need thousands of tons of resources to make.

Turnbull Renewables Pry Ltd is an ESG DEI business.

The price of hydro in Tasmania doesn't predict the price of wind/solar in SA.

This guy is gold!

A L P = Australian Liars Party

Look at the UK, perfect example they're bills have quadrupled, £4000 per year

Prove your power generation ACT and put the solar panels on the lawns of Parliament House. A wind generator on the flag pole maybe worth an ivestigation.

I’m so glad you are showing this I’m going to send it every where I can

Tasmania backs up with gas. We only need to import power from the mainland because we sell excess to the mainland. If we didn’t have the cable we would still have power.

one should read the Guardian to know what the opposition is doing.

Adam Bandt is missing a letter from his surname, it should be spelt, Bandit.

It’s clean power isn’t it so what are they worried about isn’t that what they want

The only place in the world where renewables are cheap and reliable is inside Bowen’s tiny mind …. A VERY lonely place!!!

Never seen any 3 eyed Koalas around Lucas Heights.

What can be said renewables without baseload power is that if the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow there is no power unless there is baseload of one form or another to provide the full demand level in order to keep the economy going. For this reason, it doesn't make any sense to bulldoze ahead without any thought or plan for the total system KPIs not to build baseload into the system from the start and then build the renewables around this where it makes economic sense. Some economists in Germany believe that baseload with a renewable penetration of 30-35% might be one approach for the effective use of both sources of energy. Whatever form baseload energy takes, the most economic use is that use it for providing the bulk of the energy and switch in/out the renewables are the load changes. In relation to the choice of baseload, we have the option of coal, gas, and nuclear and there is no doubt that gas in the short term followed by nuclear is a no-brainer and even those with arts degrees might understand this.

🇬🇧Our wind turbines are still and our solar DC lines are overheating in the current hot weather reducing the current so we switch on the 24/7 back up gas and coal and import more expensive electricity from the EU. So, we run two UK systems to ensure continuous power supplies.

It still takes more power (26:21) to make a solar panel than the panel produces in its entire 20-25 year life span.

Just google nem watch to see how power is produced in each state. For Tasmania it has hydro not wind or solar. This is what the debate is about.

Costa Rica has rolling brown outs on and off!!!

Dont worry old vincey will got on another voyage of discovery and find some new countries

It is really cheap in China . They build the solar farm in the desert….so, land is free. The water to wash solar panels irrigate the soil….and grass grew. They allow the local farmers to bring their goats to graze. Win win. The solar farm brought electricity to the rural area instead of bringing electricity from far away.

Hahaha the right hand not listening left hand. Your master just told the world he going to use renewables 😅

Stop the cheap air fares for a start. Take that kind of pollution out of the skies and limit all the immigrants ability to afford air fares.

Gas is the bridge from coal to nuclear and renewables.

Unfortunately some politicians and political parties are just dirty , and here in Australia sadly Labor has a track record of misinformation and dirty tricks , and I have no doubt libs have had their turn , but currently Mr Dutton seems to be one of the straight shooters ( more honest in politics) , and given he was an ex copper, I would expect him to have more integrity than some of the career politicians that are just in it for the glory and self interest like Albanese and Bowen.

Nuclear is not unclear as it is being used world wide. Nuclear power stations when built have a low component cost compared to wind & solar which require full replacement at approx every 20 years. Therefor their cost is ongoing & getting more expensive due to inflation. Nuclear stations will last 80 to 100 years with minimal outlay. Normal every day to day items that wear out. Nothing in the actual core.

There's a magic machine that sucks CO2 out of the air, costs very little and builds itself; its called a TREE! Plant more trees and burn coal. True Green energy.

Paraphrasing the Geo: Albanese should remember the vote for "The Voice" against the overwhelming of the opposition from "the blob"

Renewables are cheap in Australia. Chris bow bow said so!

I knew that bloke was spouting misleading bs but that won't stop Labor quoting him. Thanks,Ian & Rita.

I was born in Tasmania been back there multiple times live in WA for 24 years now Tasmania is no way cheap for power anything down there is not cheap. Nuclear best way to go.

According to the ITA Energy Resource Guide Costa Rica gets less than one percent from solar, 8% from geothermal, 12% from wind and 79% from hydro. I'm waiting for the wind and solar spruikers to cite a country running on candle wax and yak dung.

I dont think he meant to say kilowatt hour. The prices he said are more than we pay. I think he meant megawatt hour.

Perhaps Plimer would like to compare the cost of renewables with that of nuclear, coal and gas. No? I didn't think so.

Labor voters have left to go comment on the ABC channel, oh wait.

Canberra is run on Gas🤣🤣🤪. Lots of it!!

Its cheap to install an implement ontop of individual house holds because you dont need to carry individual cabling and cart around the logistical aspects of installing the massive fields of them in bum fluff no where... when you have roof space everywhere... and then it costs the maintenance of repair if we do have huge fields of these fields, the repairs are going to slap those that / cant / install roof top solar aka apartments and high density dwellings or people with roofs older than structurally sound to install... its a chill idea foe the tall end of down but not the broad end of the economy and eventually welfare society as a whole

Rooftop solar cheap for government expensive for owner

How much more lies 😂,

Who Is renewable ?

Our nearest Star ( Sol ) drives climate on planet Earth .. and always has .

We need nuclear but we also have a 500 years worth of gas at current rates. as we run our buses transperth in WA off of gas train's electric. We need a mixture of energy more energy the better. Cheaper it will be while investing in newt green technology but at a feasible rate price over next 50 years go to space and improve living standards. Human Goals. Just My opinion.

Wonderful grift the green scam🤭🤭🤭

Still lot cheaper then old past fusion 😅 technology

To the Australian fairdinkum people Say s IAM that Iam Amen and amen

never fails, want a wacky opinion - ask a geologist

There's one or two around still require startups to service time issue but electric motor run you know that Mars rover for a 2.5 nuke year reactor vs a nasa build lithium battery to 4 nasa self spinning wheel dynamo to charge it 8 years min 😢with the savings you could send a second rocket with battery and carry tray with a robot 🤖

So what there's 'No country' in the world where Nuclear is safe either.

Sky and guest have their noses in the fossil fuel trough

We call this progress , Do u people understand why The Spirit of St. Louis flew across the Atlantic in a single engine plane ? So it could ADVANCE humans abilities to fly , things must be tried now. Failure or not its gotta be done now. Progresss is pain , its work , Republicans dont work ? Are they all slow and lazy ?

You couldn't lie straight in bed, Ian. :I

Wait till they have to keep replacing solar panels regularly.they dont mention that ever