Monthly Archives: September 2016

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Tel#2160414, posted on September 29, 2016 at 9:53 am No wonder the power is out. Some of the main lines in the North of SA twisted like liquorice. Near Melrose about 80km from here #SAStorms No wonder the power is … Continue reading →

Tel #2160404, posted on September 29, 2016 at 9:47 am The power source is completely irrelevant when transmission lines are down. Ahhh, well those transmission lines that where were down happened to go into Port Pirie… did you know that? … Continue reading →

copperfield#2160245, posted on September 29, 2016 at 12:05 am Just a moment ago: SA POWER GENERATION APPROX 653MW 568MW GAS 84MW LIQUID FUEL 1 MW WIND Source: How is that renewable energy working for you? | Catallaxy Files

Roger#2160674, posted on September 29, 2016 at 1:23 pm To blame the tower construction is a very long bow. Paper here, for those technically inclined, on the impact of high intensity wind events on transmission towers. The layman wonders whether … Continue reading →

Aussieute#2160614, posted on September 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm Weatherall said on the radio this morning that: “We can’t control the weather”. But controlling the climate? That’s different. Source: How is that renewable energy working for you? | Catallaxy Files

Milton … “we have relied too much on wind rather than baseload renewables” Here’s a newsflash Nick; the only economic base-load renewable is hydro, and SA needs rain, mountains, dams and no Greenies to build hydro. Source: STATE OF DESPAIR … Continue reading →

Just quietly, there may be one or two other reasons for that poll result. Howard’s response to the academic petition is excellent: Mr Howard said: “It is a free country, they are entitled to their view.” Source: A WIDENING FRACTURE … Continue reading →

Upset by a poll revealing resistance to Islamic immigration, diversity and inclusion advocate Mariam Veiszadeh conducted her own poll online. Source: NEVER ASK A QUESTION IF YOU DON’T WANT THE ANSWER | Daily Telegraph

{“contentType”:”NEWS_STORY”,”id”:{“value”:”85f572585e7a1baf91728e924904b100″,”link”:”http:\/\/api.newsapi.com.au\/conte… Source: Who let them in? The Chaouk example | Herald Sun

Niki Savva is absolutely right. Why on earth are we giving foreign backpackers a tax break to do work in a state where we’re paying one in seven teenagers to sit idle at home?  Isn’t the real challenge to get … Continue reading →

Kingsley … The worst storm in fifty years.. Did South Australia lose all its power then and have a state wide blackout? I don’t think so..Even if you did believe in renewables and global warming what kind of HYPOCRISY is … Continue reading →

Three decades ago, this was required reading. Gradually, the unhinged have taken over, and now, there is no reason at all to want to read Newsweak (sic) ever again: Will this finally convince skept… Source: 5000 times a load of … Continue reading →

On 28 September (aka ‘Black Wednesday’), as the wind picked up, output surges by around 900MW, from a trifling 300MW (or 19% of installed capacity) to around 1,200MW. As we explain below, electricity grids were never designed to tolerate that … Continue reading →

This astonishing blackout in South Australia raises this question for any manufacturer or investor: if you wanted to start a new business that needed lot of electricity, would you start it in the state with the most expensive and least … Continue reading →

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has said what Malcolm Turnbull has refused to: if Labor votes against a people’s vote on same-sex marriage “that’s it”. There will be no vote by politicians.  Source: Barnaby Joyce: it’s a plebiscite or nothing … Continue reading →

Cathy 17 hours ago There is very little that is worthwhile on the ABC  these days. I hardly ever bother with it. I know their opinions on just about every topics having been a long time listener/watcher until relatively recently. … Continue reading →

8pm: Telstra says South Australian customers should prepare for services to be lost as towers and exchanges run out of power, ABC is reporting. Source: South Australian storm | Updates, photos | Northern Argus No generators? Mobile phone contact is an … Continue reading →

Speaking after a meeting of the emergency council, Mr Weatherill said the storm tore down three transmission lines and nine towers in the Port Augusta region. He said the power system reacted to a large frequency drop by isolating South Australia from … Continue reading →

Christopher Chantrill September 28, 2016 at 1:51 pm “Australia’s ill-considered climate change energy policy of forced shutdown of the states operating coal plants to promote heavy use of renewable energy created this latest power debacle.”… Not to mention that the … Continue reading →

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A poll shows falling support for the Turnbull Government’s dangerous plan to change the constitution to divide Australians by race. Source: No wonder the Guardian wants me silenced | Herald Sun

Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi made sense on my show last night: the Liberals must take some cues from Pauline Hanson. Source: Bernardi to Turnbull: do a Hanson | Herald Sun

Is our immigration program good for  Australians? Source: Isn’t immigration so enriching? | Herald Sun