I heard Premier Denis Napthine tell ABC Radio last week we face rolling blackouts and should each do our bit to save electricity during the heatwave.
His comments almost made me throw the radio through a wall – no mean feat when you’re driving.
The sun and wind are increasing our demand for the power that our brown-coal-fired power stations can’t meet when they could be a major part of the solution.
Yet our state government has all but banned new wind farms and removed many of the incentives for people to install solar panels and deliver surplus energy to the electricity grid.
Of course, the government will feel pressure to meet increasing demands as heatwaves get longer and hotter.
Ironically, it will most probably want to do this by building another dirty coal-fired power station.
