SA has the best statistics in Australia for rooftop solarvoltaic installations. In addition you have an incredible set of beautiful, low impact wind generators. Renewables more than offset the power to run your desal.
Come the warm weather and your desal will be cranking out beautiful fresh water for you to blend with what comes out of the Murray.
Climate deniers often forget that both unusual cold snaps and high rainfall periods are predicted by climate science. Additional heat allows additional atmospheric water vapour and the potential for more rain. The same heat drives stronger winds and more robust heat pumping in the atmosphere. This leads to some high intensity cold events in the context of a general warming.
We are witnessing more evidence of a continuation of the global warming we are causing. One cold snap by itself or one unusually wet locality is not evidence of climate change but simply the vagaries of the weather. However, in aggregate, an increasing worldwide pattern of such events is providing supporting evidence for ongoing anthropogenic climate change.
