for what it is worth - but watso has looked at youtube vids and using a washing machine moter ..
extended family were involved in making a small hydro thingy from a stream - up in the hills .. watso forgets the capacity - but obviously small - but enough to power a few things ..
anyway in relation to the thread header .. there was a bit on abc radio how west australia is managing the transition from fossil fuels to renewables .. so much so that no one even notices it ..
some things in west Australia's favour is the 15% gas reservation policy; coal mines producing coal only for the local market .. from memory - government regulation was mentioned ..
anyway compared to the eastern states - west australia is living in clover in relation to power provided to the plebs ..
for what it is worth, but watso did not previously believe in man made climate change - but he does now ..
mm people who follow watso on other threads know that he only rides a bicycle (ie no car) and watso energy consumption is less than 2 kw per day ..
if more people were like watso - oil would be half the present price