Chris Minns ‘bells the cat himself’ on keeping coal going to not undermine renewables

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns saying Eraring Power Station must keep going, otherwise support for renewables would be undermined is belling the cat “himself”, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says.
“The New South Wales premier says he had to keep Eraring going because if he didn’t the higher power prices that would result would undermine support for renewable energy,” Mr Canavan told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“The premier is saying we have to keep a coal-fired power station going so we can prove to people renewable energy is the right option; I mean, he has just belled the cat himself there.”

[@ironmaidens6663]

Reality is starting to bite when it comes to running Australia off renewables.

[@lornacarlos]

It will not just cost us these impractical and delusional green fantasies, pray it does not totally wreck our economy..

[@craigbeatty8565]

Hasn’t our economy been durable eh? With record power prices I’m surprised it hasn’t collapsed.

[@tonynicholson3328]

No power for the non existent homes.... Lucky the peeps are in tents😮

[@Ds-lq3tc]

Albo just reads the first page

[@davefoord1259]

Our politicians are stupid mostly

[@greghaydon1392]

Minns is aware of the fact that NSW grid was almost lost last summer on the 14 Dec ( see AEMO date) The state minister had to.make a public announcement to reduce AC domestic load. Or lights out!

[@craigbeatty8565]

lol. I didn’t reduce my power usage.

[@alanginns8076]

how is it that now we are getting less for solar input because the energy companies are saying because of the increase into the grid is getting that high that the wholesale cost to them is going up therefore WHY are the governments arguing over new power suppliers for GREENER power???

[@creditelectric]

So instead of getting Minns or an Origin representative in to discuss Sky gets Canavan in.

[@antonioskourlinis7507]

Canavan is clear and precise on most things..I’d love to see him as pm

[@creditelectric]

@@antonioskourlinis7507 He never will be.

[@antonioskourlinis7507]

I’m currently in Greece where the population stays at around 11 million and they have achieved 57 percent of power from renewables

[@lesleyweber4585]

Plus Hydroelectric plants the rest from coal and gas

[@davefoord1259]

Plus nuclear from france

[@antonioskourlinis7507]

@@davefoord1259 not sure about that as I had seen a few coal fired power stations in previous visits . Plus France isn’t a close neighbour