From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:33:51 -0500, -hh   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/11/26 07:19, NoBody wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:51:20 -0500, -hh   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/10/26 17:09, Socialism is for losers wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:37:43 -0500, -hh wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/10/26 15:20, Socialism is for losers wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:37:46 -0500, -hh wrote:   
   >>>>>>> ...   
   >>>>>>> His cite was that in 2024, renewables were less than 50%.   
   >>>>>>> My cite was that in 2025, renewables were now more than 50%.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Socialism can't bring himself to admit that newer data supersedes   
   >>>>>>> his older data.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I've seen no fuel mix data for Western Australia for 2025 that says   
   >>>>>> renewable and solar are the primary source.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Correct, because what I cited reported just that renewables were 52%,   
   >>>>> not the entire breakdown.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>  I've seen no fuel mix data for Western Australia for 2025 that   
   >>>> says renewables are 52% of the sources for electric generation....   
   >>>   
   >>> Translation:   
   >>> "Not seen" because they chose to not read the citations.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> -hh   
   >>   
   >> Your own cite:   
   >>   
   >> "The NEM does not include Western Australia or the Northern Territory.   
   >> Western Australia also recorded higher renewable use and declines in   
   >> fossil fuel use, even as the state extended the life of a coal plant   
   >> over longer-term energy security worries. Origin Energy (ORG.AX),   
   >> opens new tab announced an extension of a coal plant the same week."   
   >>   
   >> Well?   
   >   
   >I never claimed that Australia as a whole was majority renewable, so all   
   >you're doing is trying to move the goalposts to be continent-wide.   
   >   
      
   LAUGHTER!   
      
   You most certainly implied that.   
      
   >The problem you have with that strategy is that on a continent-wide   
   >basis, Australia is currently within roughly 1% of being 50/50   
   >renewables and fossil fuels.   
      
   Except that it's not through ALL of Australia.   
      
   LAUGHTER!   
      
   >   
   >The ramifications are that if their double-digit growth in renewables   
   >deployment continues through 2026 as planned, the entire continent's   
   >electrical grid will be majority renewables within the next few months.   
   >   
   >Care to bet against that?   
   >   
      
   Get your numbers in order and accurate so the discussion can continue.   
      
   >   
   >-hh   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >-hh   
      
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