At COP28 in Dubai, there was an intensity of debate, a tsunami of evidence, a profusion of advocates, an electrifying urgency and a grasp of consequences we lack in New Zealand. Rod Oram reports.
Absolutely nobody apart from you, stop creating strawman arguments.
Yet, to achieve that we need nothing less than a fundamental transformation of our electricity system from a 20th century model dominated by gentailers involving large-scale generation, long distance transmission and concentrated market power to a 21st century one based on local generation, use, trading and storage of renewable sources of electricity.
The author of the article does seem to think we won’t need them in the future though.
Absolutely nobody apart from you, stop creating strawman arguments.
If you aren’t suggesting that the article recommends removing hydro from our network, what, exactly, is your problem? The idea is that rooftop solar, wind, and other locally-based power generation systems will eventually reduce or eliminate the demand for large centralized hydro and coal generators. Why is this a bad thing? What is your problem with having this as a goal?
The author of the article does seem to think we won’t need them in the future though.
Not needing them is not the same as removing them is it? So if hydro is going away, how exactly is rooftop solar and other local generation a bad thing that won’t work, as you have implied?
Who said anything about removing our hydro?
Absolutely nobody apart from you, stop creating strawman arguments.
The author of the article does seem to think we won’t need them in the future though.
If you aren’t suggesting that the article recommends removing hydro from our network, what, exactly, is your problem? The idea is that rooftop solar, wind, and other locally-based power generation systems will eventually reduce or eliminate the demand for large centralized hydro and coal generators. Why is this a bad thing? What is your problem with having this as a goal?
Not needing them is not the same as removing them is it? So if hydro is going away, how exactly is rooftop solar and other local generation a bad thing that won’t work, as you have implied?
I’m actually not sure what you’re trying to say here.
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