Honest Government Ad | Nuclear Power (Australia)

The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its nuclear plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! 👉 Help us keep Governments honest: 🔹 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/thejuicemedia 🔹 Buy a t-shirt: https://shop.thejuicemedia.com 🔹 Tip us: https://www.paypal.me/thejuicemedia 🔹 Other options: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/support 👉 SOURCES: 🔹 CSIRO, GENCOST 2023-24 Report: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2024/may/csiro-releases-2023-24-gencost-report 🔹 IEEFA Report on how nuclear will impact electricity bills: https://ieefa.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/Nuclear%20in%20Australia%20would%20increase%20household%20power%20bills_Sep24.pdf 🔹 Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering on SMRs: https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/small-modular-reactors-the-technology-and-australian-context-explained/ 🔹 Senator Canavan, “nuclear ain’t the cheapest form of power”, NatConAustralia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUlt7iLOa8&ab_channel=NatConAustralia 🔹 Coalition details for location and timeframe of nuclear reactors: https://www.liberal.org.au/2024/06/19/australias-energy-future 🔹 Construction timeframes for Flamanville 3, Hinkley Point C and Vogtle 3&4 nuclear reactors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EgvjM9K8J9-lB9crDzbUS3hKqmsTHAsrPibMrs1e5II/edit?gid=743663283#gid=743663283 🔹 AEMO, ISP 2022 (p. 46), on projected renewable generation in the National Electricity Market (NEM): https://aemo.com.au/-/media/files/major-publications/isp/2022/2022-documents/2022-integrated-system-plan-isp.pdf?la=en 🔹 Stats for Australia building the equivalent of 6x (1GW) nuclear reactors worth of wind and solar in the last 6 years: https://x.com/simonahac/status/1874335791620776295 🔹 Climate Council, “Ageing Coal and Summer Blackouts” Report: https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/lights-out-ageing-coal-and-summer-blackouts/ 🔹 Emissions under the Coalition’s nuclear plan: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/16/coalition-nuclear-plan-will-hit-earth-with-1bn-extra-tonnes-of-co2-before-2050-experts-warn 🔹 “Coal Mine Tracker”, the Australia Institute: https://australiainstitute.org.au/initiative/coal-mine-tracker/ 🔹 Gina portrait by Vincent Namatjira: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/21/gina-rinehart-portrait-national-gallery-of-australia-removal-ban-vincent-namatjira-ntwnfb 👉 FURTHER READING: 🔹 Great explainer by Rosie (make sure to subscribe!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_47LWFAG6g&t=4s&ab_channel=EngineeringwithRosie 🔹 Great podcast interview with Simon Holmes à Court (highly recommend this): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bonus-peter-duttons-nuclear-announcement-with-simon/id1580677213?i=1000659576215 🔹 Great explainer of SMRs by Dave Borlace (make sure to subscribe!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1ecjYFYTo&ab_channel=JustHaveaThink 🔹 Also this by Sabine Hossenfelder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECq9uFsy6o&ab_channel=SabineHossenfelder 🔹 Guardian, “CSIRO chief warns against ‘disparaging science’ after Peter Dutton criticises nuclear energy costings” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/15/csiro-peter-dutton-gencost-report-nuclear-energy-renewables-cost 🔹 Financial Review, “Renewables are cheapest, even with poles, wires and batteries added in” https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/renewables-are-cheapest-even-with-poles-wires-and-batteries-added-in-20231219-p5esl6 🔹 Climate Council, “Why Nuclear Energy is Not Worth the Risk for Australia” https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/nuclear-power-stations-are-not-appropriate-for-australia-and-probably-never-will-be/ 👉 CREDITS 🔹 Produced by Patrons of The Juice Media 🔹 Written by Giordano for The Juice Media 🔹 Performed by Zoë Amanda Wilson 🔹 Voice by Lucy 🔹 Thanks to Bucky and Tim for research assistance 🔹 Music by: https://audiojungle.net/item/upbeat-indie-folk/21330256 🔹 Outro beat by Mozart x Eric Parsons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6JBBuNy8Oo 👉 FIND US ALSO ON 🔹 Bluesky 🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/thejuicemedia.bsky.social 🔹 Mastodon 🐘 https://mastodon.social/@thejuicemedia 🔹 Insta https://www.instagram.com/thejuicemedia 🔹 FB https://www.facebook.com/thejuicemedia 🔹 Twitter/X https://twitter.com/thejuicemedia 🔹 Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@thejuicemedia