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  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    19 days ago

    2 pumped hydros have been cancelled as well AFAIK ? While i am no fan of the Eungella project (its beyond environmentally destructive), other storage hasn’t been proposed so now what ? kick the can ?

    There are any number of ocean based cliff top pumped solar areas that are available that would minimise the the environmental degradation and the down hill dam is literately the ocean

    Much of the issue with power use is demand side, and there’s apparently no sating our demand for MHOAR MHOAR!

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/queensland-severe-heatwave-weather-storms/104813982

    But pensioner Vicki Delaine cannot live without the aircon at her Edmonton home south of Cairns.

    “The air conditioner is going 24/7,” she said. >But she braved the mid-30-degree heat on Cairns’ Esplanade to cool off after a coffee in the local RSL.

    “The last two years it’s been a hell of a lot hotter,” she said.