I reckon that article is pretty biased though, I'll add I'm not an expert but to me the following stands out without doing any research:
Noxious fish - the story makes out that there will be mass distribution of carp across the snowy lakes that are stocked with...Trout, another introduced species.
Environment al damage - Yes, but its not like the snowy scheme hasn't done this already and the world didn't end, the area is far from virgin country, similarly with the transmission lines , the snowy is already criss crossed with high tension lines, what's a couple more
The transmission links to Sydney and Melbourne are hardly relevant to the Snowy project, If you are increasing storage capacity then why do you need more distribution lines - sounds like an add on which would be why Snowy don count them as in scope. Also why would Snowy hydro be in the business of building distribution networks anyway?
The claim that the energy used to pump electricity is not renewable seems a little vague to me. Power in the grid is dependant on the capacity of renewables to provide power. If you chose to pump in the night on a dead calm night this might be true but switching to renewable energy is as simple as choosing when to take advantage of excess generating capacity from renewable sources when it is unused.
The cost blowouts may be correct but that is par for the course for any large infrastructure project.
Sounds like a beat up tailored to grab clicks to me....
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