Ah 43 inches our resident expert on everything.
For the individual, electric based power that you get from wind or solar is the cheapest you will get,
No it is not. Can you quote a source or a dollar per MwH figure?
I looked in to solar at my place, no battery it would take eight years to break even on install costs and that assumes the feed in tariff does not fall again. With a battery it would be about 14 years to break even. Solar panel life is 15-20 years, inverter probably less.
Coal/gas/oil prices are too reliant on foreign issues,
Australia has gas and coal a plenty. There is no reason foreign influence exists other than only WA had a domestic supply reserve. All states should have a domestic supply reserve. Once again various federal and state governments have failed to look after the interests of Australians.
For Chis Bowen to blame Putin for our high and rising power prices is criminal.
We are not ready to transition yet but our lefty green government does not care about the cost.