Comments by "John Woodrow" (@johnwoodrow8769) on "Coalition hoping nuclear energy ‘isn’t as risky’ as ‘some people perceive’" video.

And a renewables network is only 30+ years away (well actually infinity because it can't be done) and will cost well in excess of a TRILLION DOLLARS. SMR's are far more advanced that a major economy trying to run entirely on renewables without a proven backup (coal, gas, hydro, nuclear).
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The 'Orthodox Right' of politics does NOT subscribe to the irrational and completely unscientific spin of the politically motivated climate extremist mob. The so called 'right' that does are nothing more than political opportunists devoid of principals.
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@gibbonsdp "the means to do so"???? While we are currently well on the way to becoming a third world backwater due to the push by the idiot left, and you really suggesting Australia has less regulatory ability than Bangladesh, Argentina, Egypt, Mexico ...... like me to go on!!
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No damage from the "debate". Anyone with even half a brain can see Sera Ferguson is just a hostile activist, and with her previous track record, someone with next to zero credibility. Ted O'Brian handled himself well under her constant stems of hostility and misinformation.
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@gibbonsdp You clearly don't understand. The position of the LNP is to have MIX of technologies, wind, solar, gas, hydro, AND nuclear. I personally think they are wrong in not including new coal in that mix. Simple enough for you to understand now. Eventually under Labors plan you WILL have firming supplied by gas, CO2 emitting gas. Why, because 100% renewables is simply not technically feasible, Labor know it, but are simply prepared to destroy Australia by maintaining this false narrative for people of low intellect who think "Net Zero" is something more than idiot Boris Jonhson plucked out his enormous a-hole.
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@peterbrix1155 The whole 'green energy' debate is ridiculous, rooted in class warfare rather than any resemblance of science and rational thinking. Take the push to EV's, and effective ban on aussie SUV. Australia's emissions are 1% of global, and ALL transport is 16% of that 1%. Getting rid of EVERY petrol/diesel power vehicle in Australia will have ZERO effect on the planets temperature. That is just an indisputable scientific fact. The push to ban large SUV's is purely the inner city lefts distain for these types of cars, nothing more.
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So what if it DID take 15 years to build??? Are you one of those air heads who think the world is going to end in a few yeas time if Australia doesn't power everything with wind and solar in the next couple years? That's the intellectual thinking of 12 year old children.
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@gibbonsdp Even if it took as long as you estimate, having a working nuclear power plant in 2040 is far better than Labor's alternative, which will be a great white elephant and total failure. I'd much prefer to bet on a proven solution than something that has never been done, no shortage of experts say can't be done, and the regulator by its own admission doesn't know how to do it.
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@gibbonsdp And by the way, gas peaking plants WILL be a critical element of a renewables future. As soon at the system starts to fair the 'green left' will be forced to face the reality that all renewables is a pipe dream as is so often stated 'the sune doesn't always shine, and the wind doesn't always blow'. In fact the sun doesn't shine 50% of EVERY DAY in the whole of Australia.
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@edwardbec9844 "the only fault in my view was the positioning of the pump station generator adjacent to the Ocean side of the Power Plant." 100% correct. But the key point is it wasn't a failure of nuclear power. It was a failure of the Japanese system. Such a potential weakness should never have made it past the design phase. Even when built it should have failed every risk assessment undertaken, being so obvious a point of weakness. That was due to corruption, and a culture of unquestioning compliance. Australia is NOT Japan.
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You just seemingly forgot to include that the electricity tender for Tomago DEMANDS that the renewables component be 'firmed' up by an appropriate backup supply source. Translation for dumbies: "We'd like to appear full woke, but the reality is we can't possibly run an aluminum smelter on just wind and solar. I would be a disaster every time the sun stops shining (half of every day) and the wind drops off (most summer nights). So we MUST have a viable backup source" The firming component can ONLY be supplied by coal, gas, or nuclear. There are no other viable options.
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