You’ve been told for years that coal is dead, that the future is all wind turbines and solar panels, that we can all just sit back and let the sun and the wind power our lives. Well, guess what? Reality doesn’t care about slogans.
NSW has just announced that the Eraring Power Station, a massive coal-fired plant, isn’t going anywhere—at least for two more years. Why? Because renewable energy isn’t up for the job. The lights still have to stay on, and solar panels and wind turbines aren’t cutting it when the sun goes down or the wind stops blowing.
This isn’t a minor oversight. This is the system we’re depending on to heat our homes, run our hospitals, and keep our businesses alive. And the people running the show? They’ll smile, nod, and tell you the transition is on track, while quietly extending the life of the very thing they claimed was obsolete.
Meanwhile, politicians push more “green” schemes, more subsidies, and more taxes—on you—while pretending that this two-year extension is just a temporary blip. Temporary? Right. How long before it’s five years? Ten? At some point, we have to call it what it is: a failure of planning, an ideological fantasy, and a very real risk to every Australian who expects reliable electricity.
If the Eraring extension proves anything, it’s this: green energy alone is not ready, and pretending otherwise is dangerous.
