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Flat White

Old King Coal doesn’t mind the cold

8 July 2020

4:02 PM

8 July 2020

4:02 PM

Before sunrise on Sunday, the grass temperature in Washpool, in the south-east of the supposed Sunshine State, was minus 1.7 deg.

There was no wind or sunshine. Wind turbines were becalmed and not even moonbeams energised our solar panels.

In that still, frosty darkness, green energy failed again. Not a watt came from windfarms or from subsidized solar panels cluttering many roofs (including ours).

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