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Surely we didn\u2019t miss the irony on climate change?\xa0

On the day it's announced we have reduced our emissions now for three years in a row, so good on us, the very next day Transpower, the people who get the electricity into your lounge, tell us yet again that this Winter has issues and peak load and demand might be problematic.\xa0

Part one of the emissions reduction bit is increasingly about us feeling good because, as we also found out a bit over a week ago, huge chunks of the world are not reducing their emissions and not even close.\xa0

Which then leads to a lot of people arguing that we shouldn\u2019t bother because what we do makes no difference.\xa0

I come down on the other side of that. If we can, we should.\xa0

Let's be honest - in doing what we have so far, have we reached a point where we are massively inconvenienced? I wouldn\u2019t have thought so until, well, until Transpower tell us what they have.\xa0

Here is a simple rule of thumb; to not have enough power in 2024 is simply not good enough and it should be seen as an abdication of responsibility.\xa0

The reason we don\u2019t have enough is quite openly admitted. It's because the renewables are not voluminous enough and not reliable enough to cover the growing demand.\xa0

The transition hasn\u2019t transitioned to the point where we can largely leave fossils behind.\xa0

So, here's the line for me. Save the planet all you want, even if it is futile given China and India aren't as interested. But don\u2019t get so hell bent about it that the heater isn't on in July when its -3 degrees. That\u2019s not a first world country and it's not a first world approach.\xa0

Making it even more ridiculous is that the transition involves technological advances like EV's. If we don\u2019t have enough power now, how do we power EV's? How do we power generative AI, the so-called future? It's a future that requires 10x more power than a Google search.\xa0

Talk about cart before the horse.\xa0

When we still struggle Winter in, Winter out to do the basics we have allowed ideology to hijack reality.\xa0

That is not the future, of the future.\xa0

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