It continues: 2024 was the World’s Warmest Year on record

[Robert W]

And I stated clearly, South Australia.

Around 72%​

South Australia has the highest wind and solar share in Australia, with an average of around 72% over the last 12 months1. In 2023, the state hit a 75% share of wind and solar in its energy mix3. Rooftop solar alone powered 101.7% of the state's demand for 30 minutes on New Year's Eve, a world record for a grid of this size3. South Australia's wind generation directly influences wholesale electricity prices in the state

It does not mean that nations can copy that. Seems that SA has tons of wind.
So why is the whole country only making use of wind by about 9%?

 

[Old Rocks]

Tell us the other story.

Here you are;

"These efforts have the potential to ease the greater challenges currently plaguing China's domestic development — namely, interregional competition, centralization of governance, mismatched regional implementation of national policies, and a poorly optimized electricity grid."

The Obstacles China Will Face in Fixing Its Energy Grid | RANE

High rates of energy wastage and a lack of interregional connectivity are pushing Beijing to pursue reforms that could result in more power disruptions and social unrest in the future.

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In that we have the same problems, with a grid that we should have started rebuilding 50 years ago, we are in no position to criticize China's problems. For instance, the insistence in Texas of having a stand alone grid literally killed a lot of people in their big freeze.

 

[Old Rocks]

It does not mean that nations can copy that. Seems that SA has tons of wind.
So why is the whole country only making use of wind by about 9%?

Because they also have a bunch of brain dead "Conservatives". And, yes, we can copy that. We have huge wind potential in the Great Plains region, and the same for solar in the Southwest. Even Texas, which has the highest use of wind, has only tapped a very tiny amount of the potential there. By building batteries like the one currently in construction in Maine, Texas could have wind and solar 24/7. In the Pacific Northwest, at Goldendale, they are building a pumped hydro system that could provide 500,000 households with electricity for up to 12 hours.

 

[Old Rocks]

each turbine requires tons of concrete and steel for its base and 50 gallons of oil for lubrication. the blades do not degrade and are filling up landfills with toxic waste. they also do not work when there is no wind and kill birds by the thousands.

How many tons of steel and concrete do coal, gas, and nuclear generators require? You really think that the fossil fuel generators run without lubricants? And we are beginning to recycle the blades, and the rest of the turbines are totally recyclable. In the meantime, we have had whole watershed destroyed by flyash from coal plants, watersheds destroyed by mountain top removal mining. And your bird thing is just bullshit. Here are the primary culprits in bird mortality;

 

[Robert W]

In that we have the same problems, with a grid that we should have started rebuilding 50 years ago, we are in no position to criticize China's problems. For instance, the insistence in Texas of having a stand alone grid literally killed a lot of people in their big freeze.

We don't have a big beautiful national grid. Laws of physics comes into play as to why that is.

The RealityThe US power grid is, in fact, highly fragmented and consists of not one, but three different sections. These are called the Eastern, Western, and ERCOT interconnections — three separate power grids that are almost completely isolated from one another, electrically speaking.Jan 12, 2023

 

[Robert W]

Because they also have a bunch of brain dead "Conservatives". And, yes, we can copy that. We have huge wind potential in the Great Plains region, and the same for solar in the Southwest. Even Texas, which has the highest use of wind, has only tapped a very tiny amount of the potential there. By building batteries like the one currently in construction in Maine, Texas could have wind and solar 24/7. In the Pacific Northwest, at Goldendale, they are building a pumped hydro system that could provide 500,000 households with electricity for up to 12 hours.

The USA does not have a brain dead conservatives problem.
Australia only has 9 percent done the way you want it done.