Energy providers and renewable technology companies developing 'novel' electric car charging prototy

You do realize that there is no way a regular car can run on solar panels attached to the car?
All those solar powered cars are small and built out of special materials to be very light weight, and even then the solar energy is barely enough to power them, and probably would not be enough in someplace with a different climate from Australia.

Even for a regular electric car, adding a solar panel on top would mostly be a waste of space and money, since it would barely contribute much relative to the car's power requirement.

 

Of course I realise that! I mean the whole thing is a bit of a hoot but the technology and innovation it engenders - now THAT is more than a little worthwhile with CSIRO ready and willing to help develop things further. BTW there are “solar challenge” races in multiple countries cross the world - ours is just the best

 

Hard wiring is a whole different technical game.

Running off a battery is an EVs Achilles Heel.

 

I doubt it. The math simply doesn't work.

 

If I recall, there's still one of Edison's first bulbs burning in a fire station in New Jersey too.

What does that prove?

 

Not to mention the impossibility of meeting FMVSS standards like that.

 

I'm not a collector of antiques or curiosities.

 

Sorry, but I decide for myself what I read, and I'm uninterested in your conditions. I don't make time for those who decline to engage the substance of any question, but instead default to attacks on people with whom they disagree.

 

That is the link in #59.

 

More nuttiness down under, this time with possible criminal penalties.
Australia’s Answer to Greta Thunberg Faces Years In Jail
Eric Worrall
The kids grew up: Australia is reaping a bitter harvest, for enabling and encouraging a foreign criminal climate radical to groom our kids. . . .

 

Gee and I was to know that how???? Mate I don’t hang on your every word and I only respond in the vague hope that others may actually learn how much misinformation there is on climate change

 

That is one prime piece of cherry picking and misrepresentation.

For a start he has cherry quoted SBS news, the link was to a different story from two years previously and is ignoring the push back the media is doing over this case
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article...hunberg-is-facing-years-behind-bars/ionacwx5y
Her “crime” was to get out of her car in front of the ceo of Woodside’s home. She didn’t even hold up a protest sign. Yes they were planning a protest but didn’t get that far before being arrested
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...rupt-burrup-hub-woodside-meg-oneill/102953220
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Yes, you were. The link identified the source when opened.

 

Note the date of the story, underlined for your convenience. Note the protest is accurately described as "foiled."

"At 19, this climate activist is now facing serious legal consequences over a foiled protest outside the home of the boss of an energy giant in Western Australia. Here’s why she still believes she’s on the right side of history.

Published 12 October 2023 5:40am
By Tessa Fox
Source: SBS News

Even as a young kid in school, Matilda Lane-Rose always spoke up when she saw injustices in the playground.

Later, at the age of 15, she’d stand in front of hundreds of students engaged in the School Strike for Climate rallies with a megaphone.

…

For her, the anxieties and fears now-famous climate activist Greta Thunberg held of the future amid climate change were relatable, and seeing someone the same age taking action was empowering.

“I just decided I’m going to do something to stop this rather than just accept it,” Lane-Rose told SBS News on her decision to campaign for climate justice.

…

Five years later, Lane-Rose has become a prominent young climate activist, and the university student, now 19, faces a charge of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. She’s also been slapped with a violence restraining order, had her home raided and possessions seized and been banned from associating with fellow campaigners.

…

Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article...hunberg-is-facing-years-behind-bars/ionacwx5y. . . ."

 

Another from the Taylor & Francis "greatest hits" collection:
Exclusive: Author threatened to sue publisher over retraction, then sued to block release of emails


An education researcher who had four papers flagged for plagiarism and citation issues threatened to sue the publisher and editors who decided to retract one of the articles, Retraction Watch has learned.

We obtained the emails containing legal threats by Constance Iloh, formerly an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine, through a public records request. Iloh, who was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” top figures in education in 2016 and briefly taught at Azusa Pacific University after leaving Irvine, sued to prevent the university from giving us the emails, but after a two-year legal battle, a state appeals court affirmed the records should be released. That battle is described in more detail in this post.

Following our reporting in August 2020 on the retraction of one of Iloh’s articles for plagiarism, the disappearance of another, and the correction of two more, we requested post-publication correspondence between UCI, Iloh, and the journals where the papers had appeared.

The emails UCI released to us in May of this year shed light on the processes three journals took after concerns were raised about Iloh’s work, and how she responded.

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Net Zero Ambitions: Sinking in a Sea of Reality?
Charles Rotter
Investor Confidence Wanes in Renewable Energy . . .

Investor Confidence Wanes in Renewable Energy

A recent article highlights a notable shift in investor sentiment away from renewable energy.

“Reuters reports that renewable energy funds suffered a net outflow of $1.4 billion in the July to September 2023 quarter.”

This marks the largest-ever quarterly outflow, signaling a significant retreat from the sector. The S&P Global Clean Energy Index, which encompasses major renewable energy companies, has also seen a decline of 30 percent this year, further illustrating the dwindling investor confidence in the net zero mission.

Political Skepticism Surrounds Net Zero Goals

Political voices across the globe are expressing skepticism and concern regarding the feasibility and impact of net zero policies. Australian Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, for instance, has described net zero as a “soundbite” and “totally insane,” emphasizing the extensive reliance of various sectors on fossil fuels.

““Almost everything we grow, we make, we do in our society relies on the use of fossil fuels,” he said.”. . . .

 

Snowy 2.0, doomed from the start — after the sinkhole came the poison gas, “worst major project in history”

ABC News

By Jo Nova

It’s just emblematic of your Clean Green Future

Complexity and false hope is eating the crown of Australia’s Net Zero transition — the Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro scheme. Things have gone from “debacle” to Soviet Grade Industrial Fiasco. After Florence-the-tunnel-borer got stuck and created a sinkhole, workers spent seven months trying to shore up the ground, playing God against the mountain — pumping in grout, cement and polyurethane foam. But the foam made a gas so toxic the tunnel had to be evacuated. To make things worse the workers were originally told the gas was water vapor but it turned out to be isocyanate. At every point the Snowy Hydro team hid the bad news and issued propaganda, and it’s only taken the ABC a year to tell us what the workers knew, and three months to investigate the safety breach.

Still, that’s better than the NSW regulator who knows all the other safety breaches but won’t even share them, because it’s so bad ” it may affect the contractor’s reputation.” (Which it surely just did anyway.)

This is your low-carbon future. It was supposed to cost $2 billion but the bill is $12 billion. It was supposed to be finished, but it’s barely begun. Florence the tunnel borer was meant to have dug a 15km long hole through the mountain, but it’s only bored through 150 meters. It did about a weeks worth of progress before being stuck for 19 months.

They knew at the start things were doomed, but did it anyway. Workers drilled ahead and hit soft ground only 100m from the opening. Water gushed out, proving there would be mass mud within. But they filled the hole and went ahead anyway. They were supposed to have a slurry system in place, to cope with the mud, but it wasn’t there. In just 8 weeks the borer was predictably bogged — wallowing in up to 4 feet of water. Drowning perhaps in fantasies of building a sacred weather talisman.

Do normal industrial projects, given normal scrutiny, go so wrong, for so long? . . .

 

Here are some fun facts...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l5LNdv1ubVs

 

The bottomless pit of money.
Australian government throws giant pile of money at renewables — so big, the cost is a secret


By Jo Nova

The Australian Government is building magical weather machines with large amounts of our children’s money, and they won’t even tell us what it will cost. Dear Sir, we’re here to fix the car you didn’t know was broken, give us your wallet? We’ll just help ourselves to your cash and won’t tell you what this costs, OK? (It must cost a fortune, because if it were cheap we’d tell you).

The Labor government promised impossible Net Zero things, and 18 months later everyone knows it is impossible. Renewable investment has ground to a halt, people are not buying EV’s, farmers don’t want the transmission lines, coastal towns don’t want the wind towers, project costs are doubling and tripling, and Florence the borer is still stuck in a very short hole that is meant to be a long one. . . .

 

Failure is on the menu.
Aussie Government Admits it is Failing to Meet Climate Commitments
Eric Worrall
Promises to double down on useless renewables.

The hints have been coming for a while, but now it’s official: Australia isn’t on track to meet its climate targets

By David Speers

The first official concession came three weeks ago. Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed what everyone in the industry already knew — Australia is not on track to meet its climate targets.

“We will need to do even more to secure sufficient renewable energy generation, transmission and storage to meet our ambitions,” Chalmers told a Melbourne audience.

It was hardly an explosive revelation. The hints had been coming for a while.

The climate targets were legislated in one of the first acts of the newly elected Albanese government last year. It was a moment hailed as symbolising the sea-change election result.

…

Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-23/labor-not-on-track-to-meet-climate-targets-new-plan/103137630
Australia is also not on track to meet its federal budget, or deliver those energy bill cost savings the current government promised during the election – the Aussie government recently cancelled a bunch of infrastructure projects because they are running out of money. But what else would you expect, from an incompetent administration of politicians who clearly believe saving the planet with renewables is more important than road upgrades, better schools and improved healthcare.

 

Investors are bailing out of green projects.
Major Asset Managers Exit Climate Investment Coalition
ECONOMIC COSTS FEBRUARY 20, 2024