But hey, renewables aren't reliable! Where's your coal-fired power?!
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A few years back there was a concern that S.A could wind up sitting in the dark because the generating companies could make more money selling to Victoria at times of very high demand than selling locally which wasn't the intent when Labor initially created the national energy grid.
A couple of years ago Hydro Tasmania made a packet selling power but they let the dams drain down to about 15% which would have been OK of the usual winter rains had come to top them up. Unfortunately the rains did not come and we had to buy power back from the Mainland.
Only one power company in Tasmania and that is government owned. Because of the uproar about them letting the dams get so low I don’t think they will make the same mistake again.
I went for my early morning walk and I could not see Mount Wellington due to the thick smoke haze. I could not smell smoke on my side of the river.
Up near the the Great Lake the town of Miena has been evacuated, while down here in the South, the Tahune Airwalk is being threatened by fire.
Only one power company in Tasmania and that is government owned. Because of the uproar about them letting the dams get so low I don’t think they will make the same mistake again.
I went for my early morning walk and I could not see Mount Wellington due to the thick smoke haze. I could not smell smoke on my side of the river.
Up near the the Great Lake the town of Miena has been evacuated, while down here in the South, the Tahune Airwalk is being threatened by fire.
These Clive Palmer ads are a bit much they seem to be everywhere. I don't get his game here, he's got very little chance of being elected and if one person constitutes a party well the system is a bloody joke.
Oh and when did the Australian people vote him a living national treasure?
Delusional much?
Oh and when did the Australian people vote him a living national treasure?
Delusional much?
Oh dear. It seems that Morrison totally failed Australian history and believes that Cook circumnavigated Australia!
There is a Twitter hashtag #WhatCookDid
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/invented-the-chiko-roll-aussies-mock-pm-s-captain-cook-announcement
I wonder if this ‘re-enactment’ will include being stranded on the Great Barrier Reef?
There is a Twitter hashtag #WhatCookDid
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/invented-the-chiko-roll-aussies-mock-pm-s-captain-cook-announcement
I wonder if this ‘re-enactment’ will include being stranded on the Great Barrier Reef?
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Pretty much he is delusional. He is very much thinking that he is our Donald trump. Look at his slogans and his style of politics.
He is calling himself that. There was no vote.
abbott thinks he did a good job as P.M and could do so again - delusion seems to run in the lnp.
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I'm sure there's a comparison between the Australian Cricket team and a sleeping kangaroo.
No bounce perhaps?
Why is power generation such a complicated cockup in this country?
You'd think a nation the size of Australia, surrounded by ocean on all sides maintaining its own electricity production would be a matter of importance to any standing government not just selling everything not nailed down?
You'd think a nation the size of Australia, surrounded by ocean on all sides maintaining its own electricity production would be a matter of importance to any standing government not just selling everything not nailed down?
google is your friend, suggest you start with the word "privatisation".
That's what I was referring to... Privatisation hasn't quite been the silver bullet that the pollies tell the public it is.
Thursday hit 47 here in Adelaide and that broke the record held back in 1939
