Comments by "" (@pwillis1589) on "'We do not have' energy security: James Ashby" video.

@oldman2800 Factually incorrect Wind and gas are powering SA. The diesel generation is insignificant.
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Who said we were short of energy? Currently the NEM total capacity is 53535 Megawatts and peak demand is only 32761 megawatts.
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@alanakafang6143 So my comment was in reply to the totally factually incorrect statement that diesel was powering SA so thankyou for wholeheartedly supporting my statement with data.
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@alanakafang6143 Once again my comment was in relation to the factually incorrect statement that diesel was completely powering SA. You assisted me in proving that statement false. Thank you again.
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@alanakafang6143 So what part of 11% of 100% is not insignificant? That is merely a subjective opinion. My comment provided no data and hence you have proved nothing other than you and I have different subjective opinions on the meaning of insignificant. You aren’t very good at this are you. You have however totally supported my point about power generation in SA.
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@alanakafang6143 You really aren’t any good at this. I readily admitted in my first reply gas was a component of electricity production. Now you are attempting to argue that factually that your subjective definition of a word is the only one capable of being correct. That in itself is mildly humorous. So realising you are on a losing ticket you raised gas as an issue in an attempt at a very weak strawman. I never compared wind to diesel I always included gas. So once again all you have proven is yes you and I have different definitions of the word insignificant. I consider 11% insignificant.
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@alanakafang6143 There is little to be gained about further discussion about yours and my definition of insignificant as you were neither right or wrong. At the time the original comment was made SA had turned its diesel generators on because of a shortfall and hence huge price increase in spot gas. At that time 60% of electricity was from gas, which for the books I consider significant. Currently according to the NEM dashboard that’s down to 40% and wind is up to 60%. Not long after diesel hit 11% it was down to 3%. Do you consider 3% significant? I certainly don’t. The point being capacity and price both play into the market. The NEM is a complicated beast and SA often draws power from Victoria and this is mostly brown coal produced. The original comment was wildly inaccurate to the point of being completely misleading. My comment was not factually incorrect as you claim, only and I do concede open to question. I should have responded “ it was only an insignificant 11%”
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@alanakafang6143 Are you serious? Where in the definition does it explicitly state 11% is not insignificant. You are just plain wrong and I'm not sure now if you understand the English language. Are you being translated from some other language?
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@alanakafang6143 Your logic is so deeply flawed it is hard to respond. Do you consider 0.04% insignificant?
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@alanakafang6143 I'm not deflecting anything give me a number out of 100% that you and I can agree is insignificant? And what insult I didn't insult you, what are you talking about?
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@alanakafang6143 Not only is your logic flawed but your understanding of why diesel turbines were turned on is flawed. Then you started manipulating the data in regards to electricity production in SA which I already admitted uses significant amounts of gas, and brown coal from Victoria however when it is all averaged out on a yearly basis Wind and solar produce just over 40% sometimes 100% on a daily basis. And yes 0.04% of the atmosphere is insignificant but when it's CO2 it is vital so there is nothing factually wrong in the sentence. I never suggested it wasn't required or needed this again is another strawman argument from you making you reply completely nonsensical.
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@alanakafang6143 So even your data was incorrect as it related to diesel power production last Thursday 2 Jun as as previously stated was quickly down to 3% within hours, and it was because of gas shortages not Wind power shortages.
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@alanakafang6143 Currently as at 2240 5 June diesel is providing 0% of power to the grid. Is that insignificant enough for you. Wind 27%, black coal 43%, brown coal 14%, gas 8%, hydro 9%.
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@alanakafang6143 You were demonstrably wrong on the use of the English language. You logic was shown to be demonstrably wrong. Your continued use of strawman proves your argument as well to be nonsensical. I quoted all data factually as per the NEM dashboard. Thankyou once again for supporting my original comment, and we will leave it at that.
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@alanakafang6143 As I pointed out earlier those diesel generators were turned down as wind power did pick up the slack and as highlighted earlier is currently at an insignificant 0%. I cherry picked nothing and only used publicly available data from the NEM dashboard. Once again thankyou for helping to highlight the insignificant use of diesel in SA and the NEM generally. And we will leave it at that.
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