fencehopper
Totally with you . I live north of you and flying over the Hunter is like flying over a moonscape. Driving down towards Sydney the coal smell starts around Scone. Something has to be done, for our kids if not for us. But solar and wind aren't a magic fix. Even if you covered the centre of Australia with panels, the transmission loss to the coastal population centres would be horrendous, and demand IS high at night, a lot of industry rocks on, street and home lighting rocks on, Off peak water rocks on.... I don't know what the answer is. We have arrrived at this point through free enterprise and consumer demand and technological progress. Fingers crossed those three take us to the solution.
Come a a little bit further north my friend. Coal mines are miles away (so far), and so are those smelly power stations.