painful, it’s going to take them nearly 2 years but looks like they are finally getting it

How many more in the meat grinder do they have?

I’m Asian. Don’t take my just-rising living standards away from me.

edit: how did I forget: every time I hear someone say they can’t do anything why bother, I want to say you sound exactly like the boomer in the cartoon, it’s funny how so many people blame boomers for doing nothing but then simultaneously argue that it’s not worth doing anything

You have an opportunity unlike the rest of us to have rising living standards in addition to not contributing to the problem

Solar + Battery + EV’s will save you billions of petro-dollars not going to the likes of Russia/Saudi Arabia/Iran etc

I can already see that this is not reality:

we can reduce our footprint, but it’s small compared to corporate bullshit

Recently announced in Vietnam:

Hanoi plans to ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from its city center in July 2026, part of a national drive to cut emissions and air pollution. Its commercial capital, Ho Chi Minh City, is weighing a similar step. By 2030, Vietnam aims for a third of cars and more than a fifth of motorbikes to run on electricity.

Vietnam’s motorbike market, at about 3.5 million units a year

https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-evs-motorbikes-yamaha-vinfast-4ab76826787a806392655b843c374f3a

That’s 3.5 million small footprints that will soon be making a positive impact :)

This is not a zero sum game, every single little bit helps

https://www.bom.gov.au/warning/severe-thunderstorm-warning/IDQ21035

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 8:10 pm, severe thunderstorms likely to produce damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding were detected near Ipswich and Peak Crossing. These thunderstorms are moving towards the northeast. They are forecast to affect Brisbane CBD, Logan Central and Laidley by 8:40 pm and Beenleigh, Cleveland, Strathpine and Redcliffe by 9:10 pm.

54 mm OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT BARONGAROOK IN THE 30 MINUTES TO 6:45 PM.

6 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT TAROOM AT 6:00 PM.

8 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT NORWOOD STATION AT 4:52 PM.

5 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT YULEBA AT 3:16 PM.

5 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT HELIDON AT 2:35 PM.

5 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT NOBBY AT 1:55 PM.

5 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT CLIFTON AT 1:30 PM.

9 CM HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED AT PRATTEN AT 1:03 PM.

100 km/h wind gust was recorded at Emerald Airport at 7:01 pm.

2 cm hail stones were reported at Yarraman at 5:52 pm.

104 km/h wind gust was recorded at Dalby Airport at 4:14 pm.

46 mm of rainfall was recorded at O Connor (Weir River) in the 30 minutes to 4:00 pm.

2 cm hail stones were reported at Mt Walker at 12:44 pm.

assuming you’re American your tiny footprint is one of the biggest in the world

as to what you can do about it, tons!

but you’ll just have to do some research (on ecosia.org i assume 😀) to find out more about what you can do

Bit of hail at Clifton:

Some live channels:

SUPERCELL & TORNADO CHASE - QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEenyjTPMJc

VERY DANGEROUS SUPERCELL Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Developing for Brisbane Southeast Queensland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upV263cx1WU

hey it worked on the OP and you! 😁

ah fuck and me too now

what is your area?

or we go all out on batteries and store the extra energy from the day.

Yes that’s what the article is saying

The day time negative pricing is because coal power plants can’t turn off but are needed at night, if we stop needing them at night we can just shut them down

Context:

Yesterday happened the deadliest police operation in Brazil, aiming to deal a heavy blow to a cartel in the state of Rio de Janeiro the police devised a sun tsu approved plan:

The military police, civil police and shock troops were to avance into urban areas dominated by the cartel, however they specifically left out an escape route that leads into a neaby forest near the slums, the narcos got pushed back and fled into the woods, what they didn’t know was that BOPE was waiting for them there, the narcos were trapped between the BOPE and the other police forces and were obliterated.

As of now 130 narcos were killed and more than 80 were captured, with only 4 police losses. It was a strategic masterpiece of an operation.

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if smelters only ran 8-3pm they’d be golden

It is against the inaction of Cuba’s authorities in response to massive recruitment of Cuban citizens to the Russian occupation army."

More details: Sybiha added that thousands of Cubans have signed contracts, swelling the ranks of soldiers directly involved in combat on Ukrainian soil.

Quote: “The unwillingness of Havana to stop the massive deployment of its nationals in the Russian war against Ukraine constitutes complicity in aggression and must be condemned in the strongest terms.”

Greatest communist country 🙄

it would be but it’s unrealistic as infra needs paying for and someone has to pay for it

if you make electricity non-profitable then everyone’s fit rate gets reduced to 0c removing a major incentive for people to get solar, if you make electricity ultra cheap, why would anyone buy solar panels?

the energy market is a near perfect market, supply has to meet demand and demand has to meet supply at all times 24x7, if either get out of whack the power goes out

it seems odd that there wouldn’t be demand for electrical energy, especially when non-renewable power sources are still in use.

that’s the problem with solar, only works when the sun is out :p

that’s pretty much the main convo happening right now, grid firming

there is more demand coming in the form of big batteries but a big problem is that the people with the capital don’t have much incentive to build them when they are not very profitable, if you had 10 billion would you invest it in renewables and get 2% return or something else and get 8%

try to pretend you’re someone who likes money 😝

https://reneweconomy.com.au/bp-to-abandon-renewable-targets-divest-assets-in-shift-back-to-fossil-fuels/

so the labor gov stepped in to underwrite revenues so projects don’t become unprofitable:

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/renewable/capacity-investment-scheme

the idea of the gov taking over the whole thing is you run the risk of getting a tony abbott who immediately halts all renewables, gotta remember we went nearly 30 years with coalition in power majority of the time and they’re still not happy with renewables at all

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/the-coalition-s-ongoing-civil-war-over-net-zero/105939634

you’d also have to explain to tax payers why they are now paying even more tax when the largest users of electricity are factories and businesses

so it’s a bit complicated 🫠

my gosh!

I can’t believe it has been over a year when he first started talking about it:

Operational analysis of Russia’s offensive towards Pokrovsk. The entire Southern Donbas Front is at risk of falling into enemy hands. Urgent Ukrainian reinforcements are needed.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eANJw2r4rQg

I guess the fact that the Russian invasion is so slow is helpful to youtubers looking to squeeze every 😱😱😱😱 dollar out of the system though

Clearly, high energy costs lie at the heart of the challenges facing Australia’s power-intensive heavy industries, which also face intense international competition.

The industry minister, Tim Ayres, on Tuesday pointed to “a very tough and volatile global trading environment in aluminium”, including “over-subsidisation in some markets, tariff responses in others”.

The west still doesn’t know how to counter China

Reeve said the lesson was that governments should be thinking harder about how to support the long-term viability of industries considered strategically important, beyond simply showering them in cash.

Agreed

how would you rethink the system of too much supply and not enough demand?

yeah it def can be done, I’ve seen people who are on Amber electric do it as they pay the cost if they export solar during the day (see screenshot) the problem is that they’d switch off most days, any time the state isn’t covered in rain clouds or going through a heat wave the price is negative:

So for Amber customers their primary job is fill up battery and don’t export power until night time which is basically a practical implementation of what the article is saying

I was hoping to get this:

https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/redearth-v2g-charger-mb3299/

The RedEarth V2G charger will enable owners of compatible EVs to power their home with their car’s battery (Vehicle to Home – V2H) and export power back to the grid from it (Vehicle to Grid – V2G).

As for compatibility and according to information on RedEarth’s website, Ambibox has completed official testing with Ford, VW and Polestar, and carried out its own successful testing with electric vehicles such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5, BYD Atto 3, MG4, BMW i4 and Tesla Model Y.

So cool! I’ll fill up my 40kw EV battery during the day (as it sits at home most days) and then export to the grid at night!

The 11kW three-phase charger will retail for $9,990 ex GST — or $10,989 with GST — and that’s before installation.

… what a joke, it needs to be around $2000 tops… for $11000 I may as well just buy a 40kw battery, it’ll be cheaper