Dutton’s nuclear plan: An energy grid powered by endless spin
The commercial media have dutifully queued up to accept Peter Dutton’s carefully planned ‘taking out the rubbish’ announcement on nuclear power.
Bernard Keane, Crikey, Dec 13, 2024
For well over two years, Peter Dutton has been talking about nuclear power. He formally embraced it 18 months ago. At any point since mid-2023, he could have unveiled a detailed, costed policy. All we’ve had in that time is repeated promises, usually delivered by Dutton’s News Corp stenographers, that the details were about to be released.
It’s taken so long that the CSIRO has had time to conduct not one but two of its annual “GenCost” reports demonstrating what even the layperson can work out from the overseas experience of nuclear power: it’s massively more expensive than renewables, particularly the mythical “small modular reactors” that Dutton claims will be up and running by the mid-2030s……………………………..(Subscribers only) more https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/13/what-is-peter-dutton-nuclear-energy-plan-costing-modelling/?utm_campaign=weekender&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
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