Solar farm in Australia could power Singapore via 4,500km undersea cable
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I don’t see coal ever being cost competitive enough to keep digging out of the ground ever again once we make more headway.
The words “tipping point” are bandied about, but it looks like we’re there. That doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods, but it does mean it’ll be harder and harder to justify non renewables continued use. We just need to push the throttle down on more renewables.
Its not the coal you burn in Australia...it's the Coal you export, remember we live under one Atmosphere:
In 2016, Australia was the biggest net exporter of coal, with 32% of global exports
Yeah ok that too then :)
As long as a politician brings a lump of coal to the Parliament with a straight face to argue we should not be afraid of it, it definitely will be a concern. The decisions being made are just not rational.
Lots of wind and solar potential left to capture.
You know what would be cool? Robots/Drones that dig trenches in the ocean floor and bury the cables! But even to lay them down like it is done now, it is very expensive with only about a dozen or so cable ships in the world I believe.
If sharks (or other active water hazards) are a concern, you bury the cable with water jets below the sea floor.
As if that's something bad, maybe Solar in the Sahara, Wind/Water and thermo in europe?
They have at least one, it's called money. If you work with someone on a win-win situation the political risk goes usually down, you know the whole less poverty, more education.