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Reply #15 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 1:42pm

whiteknight wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 10:14am:

Nuclear power is not the way for Australia to go. One should not forget the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters. Sad

Nor is Chinese solar panels and wind mills and jet fuel.

As of May 2021, there are 180 operable power reactors in Europe, with a combined electrical capacity of 159.36 GW.[1] There are currently 8 power reactors under construction in Europe.

It is ludicrous that an island country of 28 million with an entire resource rich continent to itself is energy dependent on imported fuel brough in by foreign ships.

The Gretafication is complete.

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Reply #16 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 2:17pm

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 1:33pm:

Alongside energy hogs, data centres are water hogs (for cooling).

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Data centre water usage varies significantly by facility size and cooling technology, with large hyper scale data centres consuming an average of 2.1 million litres per day.

Now all you have to do is tell us why the water can't be cooled and re-used. Wink

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Reply #17 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:05pm

lee wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 2:17pm:

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 1:33pm:

Alongside energy hogs, data centres are water hogs (for cooling).

ai :
Data centre water usage varies significantly by facility size and cooling technology, with large hyper scale data centres consuming an average of 2.1 million litres per day.

Now all you have to do is tell us why the water can't be cooled and re-used. Wink

It can be, the heat used for heating homes through to agriculture ... yet that would eat into the owner's of the data centre's economics.

Native title holders take appeal over one of Australia's largest groundwater licences to High Court

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/nt-high-court-singleton-station-aborigina...

And that is what is at the heart of the dispute, after the NT government approved a 30-year licence for Fortune to take 40,000 megalitres from the aquifer each year to support its enterprise. (for free).

There's always low costing politicians giving stuff away for free. Why recycle !

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Reply #18 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:19pm

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:05pm:

It can be, the heat used for heating homes through to agriculture ... yet that would eat into the owner's of the data centre's economics.

Why? it is either re-used or it is released via a water line. Who would by "used" water? Grin

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:05pm:

Native title holders take appeal over one of Australia's largest groundwater licences to High Court

Nothing to do with AI data centres. Roll Eyes

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:05pm:

And that is what is at the heart of the dispute, after the NT government approved a 30-year licence for Fortune to take 40,000 megalitres from the aquifer each year to support its enterprise. (for free).

Ok So what happens after that water is used? Is it all used up or ir is it used for other purposes. Is it released and allowed back into the acquifer? Roll Eyes

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:05pm:

There's always low costing politicians giving stuff away for free.

Ah so now it is the pliticians fault. Grin

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Ai_Took_Our_Jobs Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 661 Gender:	Re: What Is The Coalition's Energy Policy??? Reply #19 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:44pm "Nothing to do with AI data centres" Data centres uses heaps of water and politicians give water away for free ... unless they get paid under the table. Cheaper to buy politicians than pay for recycling. Now back to topic. Why's the off/on-aition ignoring Thorium for Uranium. Any ideas?
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Reply #20 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:30pm

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:44pm:

Data centres uses heaps of water and politicians give water away for free ... unless they get paid under the table.

You still haven't decided what actually constitutes "use", "re-use" or "release" of water.Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 3:44pm:

Now back to topic. Why's the off/on-aition ignoring Thorium for Uranium. Any ideas?

that is not the topic, dufus. Wink

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Ai_Took_Our_Jobs Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 661 Gender:	Re: What Is The Coalition's Energy Policy??? Reply #21 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:34pm Isn't forcing nuclear on Australia coalition energy policy?
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20528 Gender:	Re: What Is The Coalition's Energy Policy??? Reply #22 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:40pm Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:34pm: Isn't forcing nuclear on Australia coalition energy policy? By taking it to an election? You mean unlike the mandates for renewables?
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Reply #23 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:55pm

lee wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:40pm:

Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:34pm:

Isn't forcing nuclear on Australia coalition energy policy?

By taking it to an election? You mean unlike the mandates for renewables? Grin

Yes tthe Libs took nuclear to the 2025 federal election and suffered a 3.9% swing against them.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20528 Gender:	Re: What Is The Coalition's Energy Policy??? Reply #24 - Mar 28^th, 2026 at 5:20pm Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote on Mar 28^th, 2026 at 4:55pm: Yes tthe Libs took nuclear to the 2025 federal election and suffered a 3.9% swing against them. So not forced then. Unlike renewables and EV mandates.
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