Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "The Nuclear Option: Why Renewables Will Lead To An Energy Crisis | Aidan Morrison" video.

  1. The problem with this discussion is that it is simply 2 people agreeing with each other in front of an audience who want to hear what they want to hear, but they are right about a few things. I am an engineer and there is some very valid points in this like the fact that electric trucks have failed and there is no electric alternative to diesel tractors. The other industry that wont be changing at all is the metallurgical coal for making steel. They are also right that the integrated plan will NOT WORK, but the real reason why is something these 2 clowns don't talk about. But on so many other points they are either WRONG or they are just leaving out facts they should be telling everyone. One major thing they do not tell you is that the nuclear option will cost EVERY HOUSEHOLD in Australia at least $25,000 in high energy bills while it gets built. It will simply take at least 25 years to build out what's proposed and that will mean your power bills will stay the same for the next 25 years costing you at least $1000 each year. The real cause why our energy bills are so high is because we haven't built nay major power stations in 25 years. the last reasonably large (but still under 1,000MW) power stations were Millmerran and Kogan Creek in Queensland. The 3 biggest power stations in Australia at Eraring & Bayswater in NSW and Loy Yang in Victoria were all built in the 1980s. Meanwhile the population went from 15 million in the 80s to 20 million in the early 2000s and its now 27 million. WE SIMPLY HAVE NOT BUILT ENOUGH POWER STATIONS. The real problem with the Integrated plan is that our renewables HAVE NOT BEEN PLANNED. Its all be dictated by the foreign companies building it. Its NOT been well planned and that's why its a mess. As for coal to be used for power is a dead industry and they all know it. Even the Chinese have stopped building coal. They're building nuclear and renewables side by side. In fact the Chinese have installed more renewables in recent years than the rest of the world combined. In some of their provinces 80% of homes now have roof top solar.
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  2. WHAT THEY DON"T SAY ABOUT KEPCO the South Korean company that makes the APR 14000 nuclear reactors. 1) Kepco were caught falsifying records, test reports and other paperwork by the South Korean Government. So forget it as a "Reliable Supplier" 2) The reactors built in the Middle East took a similar time (8-9 years) as the American designed AP1000s took in China and if you look at actual construction time (without the standdowns) it was also similar to what it took at Vogtle in Georgia. I am in favor of nuclear power being PAR of Australia's future BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE RIGHT and for the RIGHT REASONS.
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  3. Actually they have stopped build NEW COAL and started tearing down older coal. They are building nuclear at a impressive rate and in fact right now they are arguably the worlds experts in building nuclear just because of how many they have built. What you and others ignore is that the Chinese have also installed more solar and wind in recent years than the rest of the world combined. In some provinces 80% of homes have rooftop solar.
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  4. The problem with this discussion is that it is simply 2 people agreeing with each other in front of an audience who want to hear what they want to hear, but they are right about a few things. I am an engineer and there is some very valid points in this like the fact that electric trucks have failed and there is no electric alternative to diesel tractors. The other industry that wont be changing at all is the metallurgical coal for making steel. They are also right that the integrated plan will NOT WORK, but the real reason why is something these 2 clowns don't talk about. But on so many other points they are either WRONG or they are just leaving out facts they should be telling everyone. One major thing they do not tell you is that the nuclear option will cost EVERY HOUSEHOLD in Australia at least $25,000 in high energy bills while it gets built. It will simply take at least 25 years to build out what's proposed and that will mean your power bills will stay the same for the next 25 years costing you at least $1000 each year. The real cause why our energy bills are so high is because we haven't built nay major power stations in 25 years. the last reasonably large (but still under 1,000MW) power stations were Millmerran and Kogan Creek in Queensland. The 3 biggest power stations in Australia at Eraring & Bayswater in NSW and Loy Yang in Victoria were all built in the 1980s. Meanwhile the population went from 15 million in the 80s to 20 million in the early 2000s and its now 27 million. WE SIMPLY HAVE NOT BUILT ENOUGH POWER STATIONS. The real problem with the Integrated plan is that our renewables HAVE NOT BEEN PLANNED. Its all be dictated by the foreign companies building it. Its NOT been well planned and that's why its a mess. As for coal to be used for power is a dead industry and they all know it. Even the Chinese have stopped building coal. They're building nuclear and renewables side by side. In fact the Chinese have installed more renewables in recent years than the rest of the world combined. In some of their provinces 80% of homes now have roof top solar.
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  5. Sorry but Willian Happer has been dismissed as a complete fraud. NOTHING and I MEAN NOTHIGN he says stands up to scrutiny.
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