Power and virus yarns ‘demand a comment’

THREE stories in Monday’s Bully demand a comment.

The story on Shine Energy’s bid to build a new coal-fired power station included this comment from Energy Minister Angus Taylor: “… new synchronous generation is a priority to meet the energy needs of customers …”

Synchronous generators keep the power supply smooth enough that it doesn’t fry your TV, fridge and computer. Solar and wind are asynchronous generators; they’ll fry your electronics in a heartbeat without synchronous generators or expensive synchronous condensers to clean up their messy supply.

The story on Copperstring 2.0 includes this quote from director Joseph O’brien: “Of course, no one is going to invest while you have to pay three times more for your electricity than your competitors do.” Exactly.

This great Western civilisation that we all rely on and too many take for granted was built on access to cheap energy. Expensive energy is sending us backwards.

The more renewables we force into the grid the more expensive power gets and the fewer jobs we have. It’s that simple.

The story on the coronavirus quarantine camp in Darwin notes “The first group … have been released following 14 days in quarantine.” Reports out of China are indicating the asymptomatic infectious period may 27 days. And we’re “the clever country”?

Meanwhile the Sunday News Corp papers reported that Health Minister Greg Hunt has allowed Chinese students back into Australia. Does the LNP now take its orders from Xi Jinping?

PETER CAMPION,

Tolga.