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@Numbat73

Husband, father of three beautiful kids. Pro gravel rider wannabe, airline Captain - Airbus, pro energy abundance - pro nuclear power - pro Wombat

Greendale, Wombat country Katılım Ocak 2022
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@EnergyWrapAU She whinges about socialising the cost yet it seems she’s advocating for a system which is the world champion of socialising the cost and privatising the profits
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Ben Beattie@EnergyWrapAU·
Latest evidence of captured group think from Brendan French the head of ECA - Energy Consumers Australia. This is a group supposedly working to ensure energy is ‘fair, affordable, reliable’. I dread the ideology works to promote partisan government policy - emissions reduction and arbitrary targets. These policies have no regard for consumer choices.
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@strangerous10 So why is he keeping the CIS secret if he’s so transparent and honest?
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stranger@strangerous10·
Chris Bowen says unlike former Energy Minister Angus Taylor, he won’t be intervening to change the law to hide energy prices “Something one of my predecessors has done”💥 “There was no need.” “We have price reduction in every jurisdiction” - thanks to Renewables.✅ #auspol
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@roobar1984 @FootnotesGuy You’re a slow learner dude, you need to learn when to stop digging your hole deeper. You look like a goose.
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Aidan Morrison@FootnotesGuy·
This is how it happens... Selectively quoting the ISP, placing a full-stop in the CEO's quotation where actually none exists, and he adds the critical qualifier that government policies (ie 82% renewables etc) are binding constraints on search space.
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Roo Bar@roobar1984

@CharlesHerdy @FootnotesGuy “The Draft 2026 ISP reaffirms that renewable energy, connected by transmission and distribution, firmed with storage and backed up by gas, presents the least-cost way to supply secure and reliable electricity to consumers through to 2050.” Page 3. aemo.com.au/energy-systems…

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JvK@Numbat73·
@TMFScottP The government doesn’t have a revenue problem it has a spending problem
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Scott Phillips@TMFScottP·
I have no issue with the NSW Premier suggesting more should be done on income tax. And I agree (though the 'half the week' thing is factually incorrect). But unless he puts up savings offsets or other tax increases, it just means more government debt. And that's terrible.
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@EnergyWrapAU How about the fact that these sausage factory degrees are mostly pointless anyway
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Ben Beattie@EnergyWrapAU·
Waiting for Mr Pocock to host a round table about the impact of transmission lines and industrial wind towers on farming communities…
David Pocock@DavidPocock

I am hosting a roundtable in parliament house in June alongside @spenderallegra & @Mon4Kooyong so parliamentarians can hear firsthand from students about the devastating impact graduating with this much debt is having. We will also hear from Prof Williams & experts about the solutions govt can + should adopt to reform the failed job ready graduates scheme. We can't keep kicking this can down the road if we're serious about intergenerational equity. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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@cosmicjester So you’ve no idea the difference between the distribution network and the transmission network? Your comments drip with arrogance yet you have NFI
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Tom the whistleblower@blowingtom2·
@SimpnSimpn Actually you’re wrong. The government has every right to reclaim land under the constitution. They don’t steal it either, it’s paid for.
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@TMFScottP @Barry_Asks There’s more than enough waste and incompetence within all levels of government which if reduced should equal no cuts to essential services.
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Scott Phillips@TMFScottP·
I've said there's no justification for taxing capital gains more generously than earned income. But there's also no justification for taxing capital gains *less generously* than earned income. The 30% minimum CGT tax rate does just that. Madness. #Budget2026
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JvK@Numbat73·
@EnergyWrapAU It’s always windy out if their proverbials
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Ben Beattie@EnergyWrapAU·
It’s always windy somewhere… 😂
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JvK@Numbat73·
@EnergyWrapAU Apparently the way back to relevance for the Nats is to not only match, but increase subsidies for everything. Possibly the worst take of all time.
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Ben Beattie@EnergyWrapAU·
Imagine thinking Nats voters are desperate for cheaper subsidised EVs.
Kos Samaras@KosSamaras

Federal National Party. Stuck in the past, not doing their research. Every government policy that helps people buy or afford something (not invest, not speculate) overwhelmingly benefits lower-income earners. The Electric Vehicle FBT exemption is exactly that policy. Don’t take my word for it. We surveyed Australians and the data is unambiguous. Scrap the FBT and the people hit hardest are blue-collar workers, culturally diverse households, and the precariat, the very people Matt Canavan claims to speak for. The idea that this is a tax break for the rich is class-blind. If you’re wealthy, you buy the EV anyway. You don’t need a novated lease for the maths to work. The FBT exemption is the rung on the ladder for everyone else, the tradie, the nurse, the warehouse worker, who would otherwise stay locked into petrol prices they can’t avoid. Canavan’s pitch is that working Australians need fuel excise relief. What working Australians actually need is the policy lever that makes a cheaper-to-run car affordable in the first place. Yanking it out to fund a few months of cheaper diesel isn’t economic populism. It’s like most of the Coalition’s policy at the moment. Poorly researched and firmly at home in 2010. Link to details below.

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Okies@D4RKM4773R·
@Numbat73 @nuclearforaus These are the site's already tested for Uranium mining valid in sept 2025 waiting these laws to change and NONE of the mining companies are Australian majority owned (<5%)
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Nuclear for Australia@nuclearforaus·
Australia's biggest state just passed a bill in the Upper House to lift its uranium mining and nuclear power prohibition. This is a major first step for our nuclear bans to be lifted. ✍️Take Action 📚Learn More 🛍️ Shop Merch nuclearforaustralia.com
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Okies@D4RKM4773R·
@Numbat73 @nuclearforaus Thats the trick no one that knows is allowed to say anything... but I dont care just got told its more than FIVE now see below for the ones waiting: DUBBO STUART CONDOBOLIN CARCOAR CANBELEGO PARKES BROKEN HILL MUDGEE ORANGE BATHURST COBAR BLAYNEY MILTHORPE MOUNT HOPE "OUTBACK"
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Okies@D4RKM4773R·
@nuclearforaus If this goes through NSW will lose 5 towns to uranium strip mining
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@ChrisWh53353405 @Electroversenet “Net Zero isn’t reducing emissions as fast as it should in the fossil economy..” Who writes this garbage? Fossil energy IS the economy.
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Electroverse@Electroversenet·
Almost all of Australia's emissions cuts aren't cuts at all. They come from reclassifying farmland so it counts as a carbon sink. Productive land is taken out of use and turned into unmanaged scrub. The government calls this climate progress. Over 90% of Australia's emission drop since 2005 comes from land use accounting, not real reductions. Energy and industry emissions have barely budged. Net zero hasn't cleaned up the atmosphere, instead it's hollowed out Australia's agriculture and padded the books.
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@EnergyWrapAU Malthus would be pleased “needing less of the stuff in the first place..” More for me - less for thee
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@taipan168 It’s fine having an opinion. If you’re going to shout it from the proverbial roof top you should learn about the position you’re advocating for. Suggest you educate yourself.
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taipan168@taipan168·
@Numbat73 So you want higher rather than lower wholesale prices?
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taipan168@taipan168·
Oh no, don't tell this to the people pushing for the construction of new coal-fired power stations (not to mention nuclear). afr.com/policy/energy-…
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@taipan168 What percentage of peoples power bill is made up of wholesale prices?
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taipan168@taipan168·
@Numbat73 So you want higher wholesale power prices rather than lower?
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@tomdflynn Excellent strategy 🤦🏻‍♂️ and exactly the type of thinking that got us into this mess
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