So far the wind drought story and the ABC of intermittent energy has not been clearly explained by commentators and journalists, including those who are generally critical of the net zero program.
The evidence is publicly available in the AEMO records since 2009 and it can be found on the AEMO site and others including Aneroid.
People are urged to consult the NemWatch widget at breakfast and dinnertime to see if they will get a hot meal when there is less coal power in the grid.
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One of the outcomes from this enquiry should be an investigation into failure of the meteorologists to issue wind drought warnings and a parallel investigation into the way that the subsidies and mandates for wind power were put in place without due diligence on the supply of wind.
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