South Australia’s Blackout Betrayal: The West’s Elite-Driven Collapse, By James Reed
South Australia's Green dream is a dark nightmare. Touted as Australia's renewable energy poster child, with 70% of its power from wind and solar, the state's racing toward 100% renewables by 2027, and straight into blackouts. Macrobusiness lays it bare: in just 48 hours on May 21–22, 2025, 60% of South Australia's electricity came from gas, 2% from diesel, and a chunk from Victoria's dirty coal. Renewables? Useless when the wind dies and the sun hides, as it does every winter. At 47.1 c/kWh, Adelaide's power bills are the nation's highest, bleeding families dry. This isn't progress, it's a scam, peddled by Leftist elites who'd rather see Aussies freeze than admit their Green fantasy's a bust. Worse, it's part of a broader betrayal: Australia's 51,000 illegal migrants drain resources. From blackouts to borders, comfortable Leftist lawyers and activists champion "progress" while locals suffer. It's time to scotch the lies and fight back.
The numbers don't lie, even if Labor's eco-warriors do. South Australia generates 6,651 GWh from wind, per AEMO, but when the weather turns bad renewables collapse. On May 21–22, 2025, gas and diesel carried 62% of the load, with Victoria's brown coal (69% of its grid) bailing out the rest. The state's 100% renewable target by 2027 means shutting down gas and diesel, leaving nothing when wind and solar fail. Macrobusiness is right: renewables are weather-dependent, needing massive storage, new transmission lines, and backup generators, none cheap. South Australia's already paying 49% more than the national average, with Adelaide households forking out 47.1 c/kWh. Posts on X scream the truth: "No renewables in South Australia this morning… thank God for gas and coal" (@TomPlayford3). Yet Labor keeps gaslighting, claiming Green energy's "cheaper." It's not. It's a costly, unreliable mess, and Aussies are the ones left in the dark.
The ABC and their academic cronies call this renewable mania "progress." They claim renewables will save the planet from the so-called climate change catastrophe. It's a lie. South Australia's grid teeters on collapse, with power prices bankrupting families. The Greens, Labor, activists, and Leftist environmental academics are not saviours, they're traitors, selling out Aussies for Green dreams and open borders.
Scrap the 100% renewable fantasy and keep gas online. South Australia's dark, and Australia's next, unless we fight the Green illusion and climate change hysteria!
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/05/south-australia-faces-blackout-future/
South Australia faces blackout future
South Australia is touted as the mainland's leader in renewable energy.
According to AEMO, South Australia generates over 70% of its electricity from renewable sources, with significant contributions from wind and solar power.
As shown above, wind farms are the largest source of electricity in South Australia, generating 6,651 GWh in the 2022-23 reporting period.
South Australia aims for 100% net renewable energy by 2027. This target will require shutting down the state's gas-fired and diesel generators.
However, relying 100% on renewables risks regular blackouts in times of low wind.
Last week, South Australia's over-reliance on gas-fired generation alongside diesel for 48 hours was a prime example of this folly.
As shown above by AEMO, between 21 and 22 May, 60% of South Australia's electricity came from gas and 2% from diesel.
What is not shown is that South Australia also imports electricity from Victoria, which was overwhelmingly generated from brown coal (69%) supplemented by gas (9%):
The above charts highlight the fundamental problem with renewables: they are weather-dependent. Therefore, they are intermittent and have low load factors. Renewables need backup generation and loads of storage. They also need a lot more network infrastructure to connect the web of generation sources. As a result, renewables are very expensive.
Renewables are especially useless in winter when there is far less sun and often long periods of low wind.
Given its high reliance on renewables, it should be no surprise that South Australia has the most expensive electricity in Australia.
"South Australia has the highest electricity rates on the NEM, at over 40 c/kWh for single use rate plans. This is 49% higher than the average of the rest of the NEM", according to Energyse.
"Adelaide is the capital city with the most expensive electricity, with electricity costing 47.1 c/kWh for a typical two person household once daily usage charges are factored in".
Anyone who continues to claim that energy will be cheaper and more reliable under a renewable grid is either delusional or lying.
Weather-dependent energy is inherently unreliable energy. It is also incredibly costly due to the massive buildout, transmission, and storage needed and the requirement to keep hydrocarbon generators on standby when wind and solar generation collapse.
Policymakers should stop gaslighting and be upfront about the costs and trade-offs in Australia's renewable energy transition."
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