No way in hell they would ever make it mandatory for rentals. They've barely made smoke detectors mandatory for rentals. Removing negative gearing won't help. It will make rentals more expensive.

[–] stib@aus.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

@DavidDoesLemmy @Auzy Can't believe that people are still parroting the "abolishing negative gearing will make rentals more expensive" line. Like trickle down economics and the benefits of privatisation, It was a crock of shit in the 80s it's a crock of shit now.
Putting the money that we're giving to landlords into social housing will make rentals go down. Reducing the price of property which is being pushed up by investors with their wallets stuffed with handouts will make rentals go down.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A battery is not like a smoke detector. Batteries can kill when abused and renters have no skin in the game if the house burns down. So for that reason I wouldn't install one unless I actually lived in the house and could spend some time daily for monitoring and maintenance. That's the same reason I didn't install one at my mom's house. But there I did install solar, which requires intermittent maintenance that can be easily done.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

New solar, by itself, is not very valuable because the grid has a surplus of power when the sun is shining. The feed in tariff is near zero. It can offset some of your own usage but most people are out in the middle of the day.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Entirely incorrect. Not only can the state store energy in reservoirs during the day to produce hydro at night, there are battery banks like that one in LA that went into flames. But most importantly, they use an app to throttle solar into the grid to reduce fuel use. I mean, that's the whole point! If you make enough solar, they can stop running some random power plant somewhere. Some power plant's cannot easily be turned off or throttled down. That's a them problem.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you have any links to an Australian government storing excess energy in hydro during the day? I don't think that's something available in any part of Australia currently.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

In the land down yonder they have embraced battery storage:

https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/top-five-energy-storage-projects-in-australia/

For hydro you need mountains, dams, and water.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

You don't want a dead renter or a dead battery.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Am I crazy or despite writing a fucking novel, is the only actual way they say it could help people who will never take it up is because peak load demand will be reduced a little bit?

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

It needs to be mandated that if you own a rental, it will have a battery and solar setup of a minimum size.
Otherwise renters are a key demographic that will miss out on this.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Neighbourhood. Battery. Scheme.

Get the fuck on it albo