Comments by "Greg Greg" (@SlowhandGreg) on "Neil Oliver reacts to the UN calling for Net Zero 2050 targets to be brought forward to 2040" video.

If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around
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@stevejones2310 the thing with renewable energy is you need the small scale distributed as well as major plant it spells the death of the huge multicorprations who will fight tooth and nail to maintain there fossil profits
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Next couple of years should see cheaper domestic battery storage with sodium/ion we also have smart grid on the way once there's enough storage around including EV'S the grid can use them for load balancing instead of firing up a gas peaker plant. I've got solar thermal just waiting a couple of years to get my roof fully done it needs retiling
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If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around
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@dallassukerkin6878 NSW AUS is 75% renewable, Norway is 93% We should be 60% but for the Cons M House will be 95% grid Indipendant within 5 years as I refurbish it. Your talking points where valid in 2010 things have moved on
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If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around
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@sunnyonion3461 So if me and others can switch to a high level of renewables at a personal level the Grid can't do it? Pull the other one once I install a battery and then buy an EV I can run my home standalone for 3/4 days without the grid Tesla owners in the US did it couple of years ago in the big Texas freeze the tech is getting mainstream Keep up and stop listening to fossil lobby gibberish that is at least 10 years out of date
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New South Wales Aus are 75-95 renewable should be fully in 5 years If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around
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@franparish1599 what? My house will be 95% energy Indipendant in the next 4 years I'm just hanging on so battery prices come down which they will do in the next couple of years because of Sodium/Ion Your living in the dark ages listening to that fossil lobby Shyte
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@franparish1599 what like escalating electricity gas and petrol cost? I'm doing this as part of a refurbishment but that base cost will pay itself back in 7 years probably 4 if I get an EV I've already got thermal solar for hot water and that saves enough to pay itself back in 8 years. After that it's free power and hot water So why aren't new homes mandated to have this stuff given our energy dependence and need to get more out of the grid?
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@anthonymorris5084 I'm not Aus my bad its South Australia Quote The battery backup Elon Musk built to win a bet has saved South Australia tens of millions of dollars. The record-setting "battery" is made of Tesla PowerPacks and helps stabilize the local grid. Rural South Australia experiences bad blackouts each summer. More than two years after winning an electricity bet, Elon Musk’s resulting Australian solar and wind farm is an almost total success. The facility powers rural South Australia, whose population density falls between Wyoming and Alaska, the two least dense U.S. states.
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@anthonymorris5084 Wind and solar aren't subsidised in the UK not sure what your point is the latest Contract price for Dogger bank OffShore is 42p per kilowatt hour which was 12x + cheaper than the the Offgem Spot Price at its peak stage. Renewables became the cheapest form of energy on the grid in 2019 before the current energy crisis Current tech challenges holding it back is the Grid still doesn't have enough transfer capacity across Scotland down through the North East to the south the work is supposed to be ongoing but usual government delays all should be finished by 2029. The other issue is storage and Grid resilience There's already a Vehicle to Grid Software solution along with local area battery backup that's now running if your a Octopus customer. Look up "Powerloop: Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Balancing the grid with green energy by storing renewable power in electric cars." You've also got Hydrogen pilot over in the North East you can run a 80/20 mix on current infrastructure. Cutting natural gas consumption by 1/5th using green hydrogen is pretty seismic
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If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around
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If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around The fossil lobby are terrified there huge global profits will go
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If the world switches to renewables it will save trillions of dollars as well as reduce polution across the globe. There are numerous studies out there as wind and solar have been the cheapest on the grid since 2019 We spend huge sums subsidising fossil extraction and even more on environmental clean up Also 40% of shipping is dedicated to moving fossil fuel around
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@getthecansin what's funny about paying through the nose for energy when we can produce it at a fraction of the cost and be energy independent like Norway whose prices rose a mere 4%
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@mel4856 The reason for transition from fossil to renewables is primarily cost they became the cheapest on the grid in 2019 even with all the Fossil subsidies. By the way China are the biggest investors in renewables. The US is putting in 1.75 trillion into the transition. We don't own our energy the current spot price is x 7 the cost of the forward contract price on Dogger Bank wind farm. Energy independence would give the economy a huge boost its estimated that UK consumers will be paying +170 billion to the energy companies in excess profits over the next 2 years. Roll on renewables I say
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